The stage is set for the much-anticipated Edo State governorship election scheduled to take place today, Saturday, September 21, 2024. Stay tuned to EKO HOT BLOG for comprehensive situation reports, election results, and live updates from the governorship poll. We will be providing real-time coverage from across the three senatorial districts, ensuring you don’t miss … Read more
NBA Boss, Akpata, Absent At Body Of Benchers’ Meeting. Akpata, who, by virtue of his office, is a member of the BOB, failed to attend Tuesday’s meeting… EDITOR’S PICK BREAKING: NLC Issues Fresh Ultimatum To FG Over ASUU Strike BREAKING: Train Victims’ Families Stage Protest At Transport Ministry, Bar Staff From Entry [VIDEO] BREAKING: Terrorists … Read more
There was no authorised approval for the amendments – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed opposition at the amendments to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners (RPC), 2007. The RPCs are laid down professional conducts expected of lawyers when dealing with clients, courts and their colleagues. In an amendment by the … Read more
The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata; and some other Senior Advocates of Nigeria have condemned the move by northern lawyers in the country to form a parallel association. Some lawyers of northern extraction had, on Friday, formed the ‘New NBA,’ following the recent controversy that trailed the withdrawal of an … Read more
THE South-West Lawyers’ Forum, popularly known as Egbe Amofin, has rejected the result of last week’s national election of the Nigerian Bar Association, alleging manipulation. In an August 1, 2020 communiqué signed by the Chairman of its Steering Committee, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), and Secretary, Dr. Oluwole Akintayo, Egbe Amofin claimed that 4,000 ‘ghost voters’ … Read more