Justice Mary Odili Set To Bow Out Of Judiciary. Mrs Odili is one of the earliest women to be promoted to the Supreme Court bench, will step aside having attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy years. EDITOR’S PICK 2023: 5 Things I Will Do As President Of Nigeria – Tinubu Why I Haven’t Named … Read more
The NBA said it was high time government at all levels got serious about running the education system in Nigeria… The government needs to get serious about how it wants to run education in Nigeria right from budgetary allocation EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Bar Association has urged the Federal Government to end … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Umahi and his deputy to vacate office after it was approached by the PDP to nullify the governor’s defection to the APC Umahi, while reacting, had said the judge lacks the power to remove him EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has berated Ebonyi … Read more
Pastor Adeboye has urged continuous prayers for Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the country to become a better abode for the citizens. Represented by the National Overseer of the Church, Pastor Joshua … Read more
Twenty-four hours after the incident, information concerning the motive behind the siege remained hazy and the subject of speculation EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the raid on the residence of a justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Peter-Odili, by yet-to-be-identified security operatives. In a statement issued on … Read more
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, has summoned six judges over conflicting orders issued in their courts. The CJN made the summons, requesting the judges to explain their recent conflicting court orders. EkohotBlog reports that these actions got the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) fuming over politician’s efforts to ridicule the Nigerian judiciary and justice … Read more
The Charges were brought by the Economic and Financial crimes commission, EFCC against the Ex-NBA President. The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has discharged former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro SAN, from the charges of laundering 1.4 billion Naira on behalf of the Akwa Ibom State government. Justice … Read more
“Baba, as he is fondly called, passed on to the great beyond few hours ago while the branch is rounding off preparation for the annual B.O Benson lecture scheduled to hold on the 1st of July 2021.” A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Babatunde Olusola Benson, SAN, has been pronounced dead. … Read more
Twitter had deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, and this prompted the government to announce a ban The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that there is no constitutional nor legal authority that supports the ban of Twitter by the Federal Government. NBA President, Olumide Akpata disclosed this in a statement on … Read more
Aggrieved members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and lawyers from Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday staged a protest over the financial autonomy of the judiciary and blocked the convoy of the Deputy Governor of Osun State, Benedict Alabi. The protesters blocked the convoy of the Deputy Governor when he was heading … Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has protested against the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary as enshrined in the Constitution. The protest by the placard-carrying lawyers was led by the Chairman, Bartholomew Aguebodo. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, on Monday, protested against the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary … Read more
The NBA President had earlier on Friday directed its branch chairmen nationwide to lead “visits” to government houses in their states over the 36 governors’ alleged reluctance to implement the striking workers’ demands The workers are also asking for the payment of peculiar allowances to their members Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on … Read more
The judiciary workers had down tools in protest against the unwillingness of the executive arm to implement the judicial financial autonomy The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has directed its branch chairmen nationwide to lead “visits” to government houses in their states over the 36 governors’ alleged unwillingness to implement the judicial arm’s financial autonomy. NBA … Read more
A Nigerian born has a yearly earning of ₦46 billion per year He has Greek nationality He plays basketball in the United States It’s not easy to make a living especially in this part of the world called Nigeria. However, people work their socks off to ensure they can earn a decent living. Doing hard … Read more
NBA, coronavirus The NBA announced Wednesday that 48 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, a dramatic increase over the zero positive tests reported during last season’s quarantine bubble in Florida. The league said the positive tests are the result of 546 tests carried out between November 24-30 as the NBA gets set to begin … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 21ST NOVEMBER 2021 A record-high number of the 2020 NBA Draft class is made up of seven basketball players of Nigerian origin. Two of them born in Nigeria, Precious Achiuwa and Udoka Azubuike, will be in consideration for pickup by some of the best basketball teams in the world at the draft ceremony scheduled … Read more
After initial expectations that the next NBA season wouldn’t start until next year, possibly as late or February or March, it’s now been confirmed that the 2020-21 season will begin far sooner after all. The Board of Player Representatives of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) has approved a start date of December 22 for … Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday has set up a fact finding team over the alleged killings in Oyigbo. NBA President Olumide Akpata who made the announcement, said the 4-man team will conduct an inquiry into reports of alleged reprisal killing of suspected members of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the … Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos State branch, has called on the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), over the #EndSARS protests to release innocent detainees. The association made the call in a letter signed by the branch Chairman, Mr Yemi Akangbe and Chairman, NBA Lagos Human Rights Committee, Mr Okey … Read more
Legal body asked Nigerian Army to fish out soldiers who perpetrated the atrocities The Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday decried the killing of peaceful #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. The NBA President, Mr Olumide Akpata, stated in a statement asked the Nigerian Army to immediately identify the soldiers who carried out … Read more