Maikyau Succeeds Akpata As NBA President

Maikyau Succeeds Akpata As NBA President

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Friday administered the oath of office to Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, who takes over from Mr Olumide Akpata as the 31st President of the NBA. Maikyau, who won the NBA presidential election last July, was sworn-in during the association’s 62nd Annual General Conference held in Lagos. THIS DAY reports. … Read more

NBA: We’ll Prosecute Lawyers For Looting Conference Materials

The president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, says lawyers found culpable in the recent vandalisation of the conference materials collection centre will be prosecuted. THE CABLE reports. Recall that some lawyers went on a rampage in Lagos on Tuesday over the distribution of bags at the annual general conference of the NBA. Information … Read more

Inibehe Effiong: NBA Threatens To Drag Akwa-Ibom CJ To NJC

Inibehe Effiong: NBA Threatens To Drag Akwa-Ibom CJ To NJC

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has threatened to drag the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot before the National Judicial Council, NJC, for sentencing human rights activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong to prison. VANGUARD reports. Justice Obot had on July 27, 2022, sentenced the lawyer to one-month imprisonment over alleged contempt, a development … Read more