Tag: NBA
Afam Osigwe set to succeed Yakubu Mayikau as NBA president
Afam Osigwe, a senior advocate of Nigeria has won the 2024 Nigerian Bar Association, NBA presidential election.
Voting began at 12am on Saturday an [...]
NBA debars Adekunbi Ogunde, former partner in Wole Olanipekun’s chambers for influence peddling
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has struck out the name of Adekunbi Ogunde from the list of legal practitioners in Nigeria.
Ako [...]
NBA president, Maikyau denies allegation of nepotism, fraud
Nepotism allegations have continued to swell against the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN, following an alle [...]
NBA files misconduct case against young lawyer, Ifunanya Grant before LPDC for posting her nudes online, smoking marijuana
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has filed a petition against one of its members, Ms. Ifunanya Excel Grant, alias @namu_lawyer (Baddest Lawyer) befor [...]
Mary Odili takes over from Wole Olanipekun as chairman Body of Benchers
Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili JSC is now officially the chairman of the Body of Benchers, BoB following the expiration of the tenure [...]
Court adjourns trial of Supo Shasore’s N87m money laundering charges as he seeks medical treatment abroad
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, January 16, 2023, granted an application fil [...]
Influence peddling: NBA president, Maikyau absent as Olanipekun presides over call to bar ceremony
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Chnonoko Maikyau, SAN, has declined to participate in the ongoing Call to Bar Ceremony.
This [...]
Influence peddling: Again, NBA asks Olanipekun to recuse self, requests Justice Odili preside over call-to-bar ceremony
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau has written to the Chairman, Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Ol [...]
Influence peddling: Lawyer quits membership of JRP over resignation letter to Olanipekun
A prominent member of the inner bar and former Attorney-General of Ogun State, Mr Oluwemimo Ogunde, SAN, has resigned his membership of Justic [...]
Influence peddling: Lawyer faults Olumide Akpata’s recusal letter to Olanipekun
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Benbella Anachebe has faulted the rationale behind the recusal letter written and signed by the Nigeria Bar Association [...]