The 20th Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture witnessed an insightful address by Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The event, held on 15 January 2024, focused on the theme “Right to Self-Determination and Agitation for Secession in Nigeria.” Commemorating Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s Legacy In his opening ...

On the significant occasion of the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) stands in solidarity with the men and women of the Armed Forces, recognizing and commending their unwavering commitment to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement released today, NBA President Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, praised the ...

I was saddened by the news of the demise of a revered senior member of the Bar, an elder statesman, the doyen of Senior Advocates of Nigeria in Kwara State, and more personally – my father, Dr Aliyu Alarape Salman, SAN, which event took place on Sunday, 7 January 2024. Late Dr Salman, SAN was ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, on Friday, led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family of the late former Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Mr Akeredolu, who was the governor of Ondo State and a former NBA president, died of prostate cancer on 27 December 2023. His remains ...

  It is with a heavy heart that I pay tribute to His Excellency, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, CON, SAN (Aketi), the Executive Governor of Ondo State and Past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), whose transition took place on 27 December 2023 after a protracted ill-health. His Excellency was called to the Bar ...

  Dear Colleagues, Christmas is the season when we commemorate and celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ – a fulfilment of the prophesies of about 750 years prior, for the specific cause stated therein; to redeem mankind from the sinful nature and its consequences, occasioned by the fall through Adam which led to ...

  Hon Justice U. P. Kekemeke sitting at the Federal Capital Territory High Court 4 has declared a statement made by Dame Pauline Tallen, a former Minister of Women Affairs, as unconstitutional and contemptuous of the court. THE METRO LAWYER (TML) had reported that Tallen, who is a defendant in a suit brought against her ...

  Today is International Human Rights Day and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) joins the rest of the world to celebrate this day, which is also the 75th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On 10 December 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UDHR, and ever since, ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, has expressed shock and sadness over the demise of Mr. Yinka Farounbi, former Chairman of the NBA Ikeja Branch. The NBA President described Mr Farounbi as a distinguished bar man and a complete gentleman who was well respected by many who ...

  The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, has congratulated all the advocates and the sole academic who were confirmed for elevation as Senior Advocates of Nigeria by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) on 12 October, 2023. Mr. Maikyau has also commended the LPPC under the chairmanship ...

    The Supreme Court Tuesday in Abuja held a valedictory court session in honour of the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze at the main courtroom. The session had in attendance the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola; Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi SAN; Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria ...

  ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, DELIVERED AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HONOUR OF THE LATE HONOURABLE JUSTICE CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, JSC, ON 10 OCTOBER 2023 AT THE SUPREME COURT COMPLEX, ABUJA PROTOCOLS “Lives of great men all remind us We can make ...

    The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, was in London to attend the 2023 Opening of the Legal Year for England and Wales. The event commenced on Sunday, 1 October with a Bar Leader’s Discussion organised by the Law Society of England and Wales and the ...

  INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN Dear Learned Colleagues, Notwithstanding the myriad of challenges confronting us as a nation and our present-day experience, we cannot afford to give up on the Nigeria of our dream – a Nigeria where we all live in ...

Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, CON, the Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning is celebrating his lovely daughter, Princess Sarah Maikyau who has just graduated from the prestigious Covenant University, Ota-Lagos State, bagging a degree in Accounting. The Metro Lawyer (TML) recalls that earlier this year, on the 6th of January, as the Governor of ...

  Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Thursday, described Justice Amina Adamu Augie, who retired from the Supreme Court Bench, as an affable jurist who diligently and meticulously offered unquantifiable services to Nigeria and humanity in different capacities for several decades. Justice Ariwoola said the amiable disposition and reticent outlook of Justice Augie, literally ...