…as TCCP assures delegates of enough bags, other materials Collection of conference materials by delegates at the ongoing 62nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resumed in earnest and is going very smoothly at Best Western Hotel. Collection of materials resumed at about 2pm today, Wednesday, 24th August 2022. A visit…
Dear Colleagues, As you may already know, the registration center for the collection of materials by delegates at the ongoing Annual General Conference was broken into, vandalised, and looted by some delegates last night with most of the conference materials carted away and lawyers/registration officers injured. Whilst we acknowledge and regret that there were lapses…
An Abuja High Court has ordered the seizure of vehicles belonging to senator Andy Uba over N50 million debt owed Oranto Petroleum Limited. On Tuesday, officials of the execution unit of the court alongside police officers stormed Mr Uba’s residence situated at No. 49 T.Y Danjuma Street, Asokoro, Abuja and seized Jeep vehicles belonging to…
Ned Nwoko one of the consultants in the controversial $418 million Paris Club refund has dragged the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to court for defamation of character. He is demanding from the NGF, a sum of $40 million for allegedly claiming that he has an issue that affects his status as practising lawyer with the…
The Nigerian Government and the United States of America, USA have signed agreement for the repatriation of Mecosta/Abacha assets. The assests is worth Twenty three million four hundred and thirty nine thousand, seven hundred and twenty four dollars. This followed the court order and finilisation of negotiation and terms of the assets return agreement between…
On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Mr Julius Haruna, Assistant Director and Head, FCCPC North-West Zonal Office, Katsina died in the Commission’s office in Katsina. Although investigations are at early and inconclusive stages, information known suggests that he was involved in a dispute which escalated to, and included physical contact with Ms. Muibat Taiwo Abdusalam, another…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the ratification of the the suspension of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA’s General Secretary, Joyce Oduah by the National Executive Council, NEC of the Association. The NEC had on Sunday at 21st August 2022 at its Pre-AGC meeting ratified the suspension of the NBA GS from…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has called for stiffer action against illegal mining in the north and other parts of Nigeria. Lalong made the call at the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos . In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Dr Makut Macham, on Monday in Jos, he decried that…
There was money rain on Monday at the opening ceremony of the Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association held in Lagos, as personalities donated over N3 million for the NBA female football competition to be held as part of the events during the eight-day conference. During her speech on accountability, award-winning writer and…
President Muhammadu Buhari, and four others have been dragged before a Federal High Court, Abuja, over their alleged unlawful interference in the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The suit brought by an aggrieved indigene of the Niger Delta region from Imo State, has President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation…