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Maikyau who succeeded Olumide Akpata-led administration was sworn in Friday, as the 31st President of the NBA, having won the virtual election held in July with 38,000 electoral votes.At the swearing-in ceremony which was held at Eko Hotel & Suites, the venue of the Association conference,  Maikyau thanked God for bringing him this far.

Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, had on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter barely 48 hours after the microblogging site deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari referencing the country’s civil war, and threatening to treat those attacking government buildings “with the language they understand.”

The President, in a statement by his Spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, wished Akpata every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development and fulfillment.