Chairmen of the various branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that make up the northern geopolitical zone has disassociated themselves from the activities of some lawyers from the region. You will recall that some lawyers of Northern extraction resigned there membership of the association to form a parallel NBA. The splinter group emerged following … Read more
A co-convener of the New Nigerian Bar Association (NNBA), Abdulbasit Suleiman, says formation of the splinter association is not due to the to removal of Kaduna governor, Nasir El Rufai, as a speaker from its annual conference. Suleiman made this known in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, Suleiman said more than 5,000 lawyers … Read more
Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the plan by some aggrieved members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to form a splinter group that is parallel to association will be vehemently resisted. Following the controversy that greetes the withdrawal of invitation to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, as a speaker at an … Read more