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Dear Colleagues, You may recall that the Editorial Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association presented two issues of Volume 11 of the Nigerian Bar Journal at the recently held Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association which took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. You will also recall that the commercial price for each…
The Nigerian legal community recently witnessed a spate of conflicting orders that were obtained and granted from various courts across the country in political cases, which created ripples all over the nation. The uproar necessitated the NBA President, Mr Olumide Akpata to set-up a three man Committee made up of Dr. Babatunde Ajibade SAN, Chairman…
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has issued a query to Justice Mohammed Bello Shinkafi of Zamfara State High Court over alleged misconduct. Bina Consult & Integrated Services Ltd. had on August 11, 2021 written a petition to the NJC, accusing Mr Shinkafi of issuing an injunction, despite a subsisting ex-parte order on the matter. Bina…
Hon. Justice Ayodele Obaseki-Osaghae of the Abuja Judicial division of the National Industrial Court has dismissed the case filed by Corporal Timothy Ode and 119 others personnel against the Nigerian Army, Chief of Army Staff, and Nigerian Army Council in its entirety for lacking in merit. The Court held that Corporal Timothy Ode and 119…
The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has criticised the annual insufficient allocation of funds to the judicial arm of government by the federal government. It, therefore, made a passionate plea for additional funding for the sector in the 2022 Appropriation Bill currently being considered by the legislative arm. Chairman of the…
The NBA Chairman on Welfare Committee, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN has stated that the fight against violence perpetrated on women is to be fought by all and sundry. Read the full message below GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM Y. C. MAIKYAU, SAN, TO FIDA NIGERIA ON HER 2021 CONFERENCE/AGM HOLDING IN ABUJA FROM THE 24TH TO 29TH…
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the award of a contract worth N6.3 billion for waterways surveillance under the Deep Blue project. The Deep blue project is also known as the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure project. It is based on a maritime analytics system, providing comprehensive monitoring and an exclusive economic…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to order. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the remarks of the minister on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry…
The Chairman Nigeria Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Monday Ubani, has said that it is shameful for the federal government to call a press conference over a report which the Lagos State government is yet to release a white paper on. The former second vice president of the NBA in…