The Plaintiff, Lawyers Network Against Corruption, in conjunction with the Nigeria Bar Association, Abuja Branch are urging the Court to designate the Judiciary and Legal Practitioners as essential services personnel during the exercise of the President’s emergency powers under the Quarantine Act or any other Legislation
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The chapel made the demand in a statement issued by its secretary, Sampson Nwafor, on Sunday in Abakaliki
The Network of University Legal Aid Institutions Nigeria and the Nigerian Bar Association have partnered to provide pro-bono legal representation at the 13 mobile courts in the Federal Capital Territory for defenders unable to afford it.
The lawyers, in two protest letters addressed to the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Bar Association, also ventilated their grievances against the harsh words directed at them by the apex court
A legal luminary, Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to effect a constitutional change that would allow a decentralised police force to effectively address the insecurity challenges confronting the country.
The NBA top shot was reported to have been abducted by unknown gunmen from her residence on Friday
Ikeja branch Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Dele Oloke, has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu “to put politics aside and fix Lagos State” after 200 days in office.
The letter was dated December 16 and forwarded to the UN’s New York Secretariat on the same day.
It was titled: “Re: injustice here is a mark of injustice everywhere.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Esthon and Mustapha with seven counts bordering on fraud in before 2015.
A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lokoja branch, Williams Aliwo, on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to continue his fight against corruption to ensure economic growth and survival of the country.
The Benin Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association on Thursday barred its members from handling cases of kidnapping.
Mohammed Gimba, Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Minna branch has called for the declaration of state of emergency on kidnapping and armed banditry in the country.
The defence on Monday told a Federal High Court that it applied for an order to direct prosecution to supply it with the summary of evidence it would provide in the trial of Nigerian Bar Association President Paul Usoro.
The Nigeria Bar Association, Cross River chapter, on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Governments, especially the executive arm, tend to forget that it is the rule of law that makes it possible, in the first place, to define what national security is. They think national security is what the man or woman in power says it is – and quite often, meaning personal loyalty, convenience and security
It is unfortunate that the most important statement made so far at the ongoing Annual Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, an outright derogation of the supremacy of the rule of law, has not yet generated any coherent response from either the Bar or the Bench.
The commentary of President Muhammadu Buhari at the opening of this year’s Nigeria Bar Association Annual Conference in Abuja to the effect that national interest supersedes the rule of law and fundamental human rights delivers yet another concern to patriots.
The Assistant Secretary of the Owerri, Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association, Chinedu Agu, made the allegation in an interview with newsmen on the court premises on Friday
The reconstitution of the Tribunals is in accordance with Section 2(1) of the Fifth Schedule of the Federal Inland Revenue Service Establishment Act
This was revealed by a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association and one of the activists that fought for the revalidation of the election, Chief Olisa Agbakoba, in an interview with Saturday PUNCH