The National Industrial Court, Abuja Division, has cautioned the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) against proceeding with its 8th Triennial Delegates Conference, scheduled for November 26–28, 2024. The court advised the union to delay the election until the resolution of a legal dispute brought by an aggrieved member, Mr. Olayinka Abdulwaheed Adubi. Adubi, a ...

  The United Kingdom has announced plans to nominate Nigerian-born Professor Dapo Akande, a distinguished public international law expert at the University of Oxford, for election as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2026. In a statement by Joanna Roper, UK ambassador to the Netherlands and ICJ representative, Akande’s nomination reflects ...

  As the Edo State governorship election approaches, lawyers in the state are calling for a transparent, peaceful, and credible process to ensure that the will of the people is respected. Mr. Idemudia Iredia-Osifo, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Benin Branch, emphasised the need for heightened security and a neutral election process. ...

Legal practitioner Efua Ghartey has made history by being elected as the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA). The election took place at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) during the GBA’s annual conference. Efua Ghartey won with 1,208 votes, defeating Kwadzo Dzakpasu, who garnered ...

    The NBA Lagos Branch’s decision to challenge the election held on July 20, 2024, due to the failure of two of their members to win the presidential election, while simultaneously congratulating another member who won the office of 2nd Vice President, raises questions about their true intent. Are they questioning the entire election ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Afam Osigwe as its new President, marking a significant moment in the legal community. The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) made the pronouncement  at exactly 11:16 am, today at an event held to formally announce final results. Osigwe, a seasoned lawyer with a wealth of ...

  The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has progressed to the next phase of selecting Election Platform Service Providers, narrowing down the contenders to four companies. Revealed in ECNBA Notice No. 6 dated April 25, 2024, the shortlisted entities are Zoracom Ltd, located at Enterprise Hubs, Lagos; INITS Limited, based in Lagos; ...

In a resounding win, Chidiebere Nwabueze Udekwe clinched victory over his rival, Chief Dan Nwabodo, in the election held by the Otu Oka Iwu, a Pan Igbo Lawyers Association. The election marks a significant transition as Udekwe assumes the role previously held by Ejiofor Onwuaso, who was at the helm of the Association for the ...

  The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has opened nomination envelopes for the association’s upcoming elections. All the members of the ECNBA were in attendance together with a number of invited guests, including the prospective candidates or their authorised representatives, lawyers, observers and pressmen, who witnessed the event, which took place on ...

  In a bid to ensure transparency and fairness in the upcoming National Bar Association (NBA) elections, President Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau has announced the constitution of the National Officers’ Election Appeal Committee. This committee, once ratified by the National Executive Council (NEC), will play a pivotal role in addressing electoral complaints and disputes. Headed by ...

  Every two years, elections are conducted at national level to elect National Officers of the Nigerian Bar Association and at branch level to elect Executive Members for the NBA Branches. To this end, the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch (Unity Bar) led by Moses Ebute SAN released the Electoral Guidelines ...

  The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has issued a call for proposals for the selection of an Election Service Provider (ESP) to facilitate the upcoming elections scheduled for the 20th of July 2024. With the mandate to oversee the elections to the National Offices of the NBA and the NBA Representatives ...

  A dispute has emerged between lawyers from Steel Attorneys and the Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, as well as the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC), over an alleged unpaid legal fee totaling N40 million. The Director-General of Press Affairs at the Gombe State Government House, Ismaila Misilli, refuted the claim, stating that there ...

  The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu’s victory was upheld by the tribunal and Appeal Court in the state. The kernel of the case of the Labour Party candidate in the election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, is on Sanwo-Olu’s running mate qualification. He claimed that the deputy ...

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Jibrin Okutepa, has warned that the 2027 general election would be a “war” if happenings in the nation’s courts on the 2023 election are anything to go by. Okutepa was on the 2023 presidential election petition team of Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi. “From some decisions there ...

The House of Representatives member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has won his appeal at the Lagos division of the Appeal Court. The court on Tuesday affirmed his election. The Appeal Court panel led by Justice Abubakar Babandi Gumel set aside the ruling of the Tribunal which ...