The association vowed to sanction legal practitioners who file lawsuits concerning the internal affairs of political parties, specifically citing a violation of both the Electoral Act 2026 and professional ethics.
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Earlier reports indicated that a clash occurred between Sowore and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Musibau Adetunbi, when he attempted to address journalists and hold a press briefing inside the courtroom while awaiting legal proceedings.
The collaboration was formalised on Thursday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ICPC and the NBA Anti-Corruption Committee at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
The demand was made by the NBA National President, Afam Osigwa in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The NBA spoke following a statement by the police on Monday that it would recommence the tinted glass permit implementation.
President of NBA, Afam Osigwe (SAN), stated this in an interview he granted newsmen on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that The Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti, Finland, convicted Ekpa after finding him guilty of terrorism charges.
A joint statement on Friday noted that the call was made during the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference in Enugu.
This is as the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country described the lifetime flight ban imposed on the passenger by Ibom Air and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), as arbitrary and unjust.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the communities, led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Terkaa Jerry Aondo, accused the Nasarawa State Government of willfully disobeying a subsisting court order and permitting unchecked attacks on Tiv villages.
Adegboruwa made the call in a strongly worded statement on his Facebook page, expressing shock and dismay over the financial donation, arguing that the NBA, as a self-funded professional body, has no justification for soliciting or accepting government funds for its activities.
The professional body of lawyers stated this on Monday on its X handle in reply to a demand by Ibas that it should refund the money.
The Chairman of the LPDC, retired Justice Is’haq Bello, gave the order after Amagwula told the committee that he was not ready to proceed with the hearing of the petition.
This comes two days after the police arraigned Olubuwe Ossai Silas in charge NO: MCON/2C/2025 at the Magistrate Court Ovwian for impersonating a lawyer.
According to available information, the association, led by David Omage, arrested the fake lawyer on Tuesday while claiming to be Simon Sabuke.
Atule Elchors, Vice-Chairman, NBA Badagry Branch, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the fake lawyer had come to represent a client who was in court.
The EFCC boss had in a speech he delivered at the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference in Abuja, insisted that no mega financial fraud could be perfected without the input of lawyers.
In a statement on Wednesday, the NBA President, Afam Osigwe, said EFCC officers found culpable must be dismissed and prosecuted.
The President of the NBA and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau, said this on Wednesday in Lekki, Lagos State.
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the newly-elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe (SAN). A…