The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has decided that the controversial “Directions” issued in respect of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar association (NBA) Elections has no legal footing to stand on. In a certified copy of the judgement in an Appeal No. CA/IB/110/2026 filed by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) members against an injunction by a High Court...
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‘STAY AWAY FROM NBA ELECTIONS,’ EGBE AMOFIN WARNS US, EU, UK, YIAGA AFRICA, OTHERS
The face-off between Egbe Amofin O’odua, the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, and the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) peaked at the weekend with the influential lawyers’ group asking the United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, YIAGA Africa, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and other invited observer groups to steer clear of the forthcoming NBA...
BREAKING: 82,213 LAWYERS TO ELECT NEXT NBA PRESIDENT ON 18 JULY, 671 NAMES WITHOUT BRANCHES
No less than 82,213 lawyers are eligible to elect the next Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President in an election billed to hold on July 18, 2026. According to an email to NBA members seen by CITY LAWYER, the voters are spread across 139 NBA branches. Meanwhile, the electoral committee reports that “Six hundred and seventy-one (671) names appear at the...
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‘POSTPONE ELECTION BY 2 WEEKS OR PAY HEAVY PRICE,’ EGBE AMOFIN WARNS NBA
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THE BAR AT A DEFINING MOMENT: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ELECTIONS?
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FIDA GLOBAL PRESIDENT ENDORSES AUDREY CHINELO OFOEGBUNAM AS NBA WELFARE SECRETARY
I am pleased to express my strong support for Chinelo Audrey Ofoegbunam in her bid for the office of National...
‘NBA CRISIS: THE IMPERATIVE OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION,’ BY BOLAJI AYORINDE
The chicken has come home to roost, as they say. The current crisis in the Almighty one body of lawyers...
SENIOR LAWYER ENAMHE ENDORSES BADEJO-OKUSANYA FOR NBA PRESIDENCY
I have watched with philosophical calmness in the past months the campaigns for the office of the NBA President 2026...
DSS FREES SERVICE PROVIDER’S CEO AS NBA-NEC VOWS NO GOING BACK ON SATURDAY’S ELECTIONS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) election service provider...