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NBA 2026 ELECTIONS: THE STUBBORN QUESTION AROUND MIKRODIGITAL CONNECT

EDITORIAL Nigerian lawyers are nearly unanimous in asserting that one of the best policies concerning Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections is the introduction of universal suffrage. The credit belongs squarely to the Augustine Alegeh Administration (2014-2016). It is perhaps fortuitous that Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN was the General Secretary during that administration. Accordingly, he is also entitled to take full...

EGBE AMOFIN OODU’A RAISES CONCERNS OVER NBA ELECTIONS, DEMANDS USE OF NIN

Ęgbé Amòfin Oòdu’À (The Yoruba Lawyers Forum), the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, has raised strong concerns over the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, calling for the use of National Identification Number (NIN) linked mobile numbers for transmission of voting credentials as against use of emails. In a communique made available to CITY LAWYER on the heels...

‘WHY WE BARRED MIKE OZEKHOME FROM USE OF SAN RANK’ – LPPC (SEE LETTER)

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has been barred by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) from further parading or referring to himself with that title pending the conclusion of ongoing disciplinary proceedings and other cases involving him. “This action was taken pursuant to Paragraph 26(6) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of Senior Advocate of...