The Young Lawyers Forum(YLF) of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) Ilorin Chapter has elected new executives that will pilot the affairs of the body for the next two years. In an election which was held at the NBA house in Ilorin on Thursday, Salman Abdulafeeez Olanrewaju was elected as the new Chairman of the body after…
NOTICE OF MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING OF THE BRANCH Learned SANs/Dear Colleagues, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hybrid (Physical/Virtual) monthly meeting of the Branch will hold on Friday 18th August, 2023 as follows- Venue:a). Phyiscal – Branch Secretariat(NBA House), High Court of Justice Complex, Ilorin, Kwara State. b). Scheduled Zoom Platform. Please follow the link…
The Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has demanded the release of its member, Barrister Sulyman Toyin Yahaya by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following the order by the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State. The Informant247 gathered that Barrister Sulyman Toyin Yahaya,…
Gunmen have kidnapped a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Okey Wali. They reportedly kidnapped him on Monday April 17, 2023 after the gunmen launched an attack on his convoy along the east-west road in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers state. The NBA’s president, Yakubu Maikyau in a statement released on Tuesday, April 18, 2023…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Monday asked Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct compliance with the terms of the order by the Supreme Court in its judgement delivered on 3 March 2023 in respect of the naira redesign policy. This was contained in a statement by its president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN). The statement…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it will demand at least N5billion compensation for the family of slain Lagos lawyer Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, while saying it will also monitor the trial of Assistant Superintendent, Drambi Vandi, who shot and killed Mrs. Raheem in Lagos on Christmas Day. This is contained in a statement by…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has approved an appointments of 150 of its members to National Executive Council (NEC). The NBA NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the association, next to the Annual General Meeting, and its scheduled meetings are held quarterly. The list consist of 38 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) and 112…
An Abuja based lawyer, Mr Adamson Adeboro, on Sunday criticized the professional practice of law by fake legal practitioners and implored the members of the public to report perpetrators. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) made this revelation during an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja. He has spoken against some persons who go about…
The outgoing President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has revealed that some lawyers stole phones and other items at a week-long Annual General Conference. The outgoing president made this revelation on Friday in reaction to a viral video. In the viral video, some disgruntled lawyers could be seen, destroying conference booths and…
The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has reacted to the manner people criticized his outfit when he attended the conference of the Nigeria Bar Association in Lagos. The Informant247 observes that Shettima, the running mate to the presidential candidate of the APC, senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been trending on all…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has expressed sadness as unknown gunmen kill one of its members, Barrister Benedict Torngee Azza in Gusau, the state capital. The state chairman of the association, Barrister Junaidu Abubakar, made this revelation via a signed statement, made available to newsmen in Gusau. The chairman said…
Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has become the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Maikyau, SAN, gathered a total of 22, 342 votes to defeat his major contender, Chief J. K. Gadzama, SAN, who had 10, 842 votes. Report has it that a total of 34, 564 votes were…
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Monday, said it has identified seven lawyers that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, said the seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, were found culpable by its investigate…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 4 to hear a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) challenging the legality of the Federal Government’s (FG) suspension of the operations of microblogging and social media website, Twitter. The Incorporated Trustees of the NBA filed the suit numbered FHC/L/CS/613/202 on June 18, following…
By Akewushola Afeez Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Kwara State, on Wednesday, protested against the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the Judiciary. The lawyers, who converged at the entrance of the Kwara State Government House in Ilorin, chanted solidarity songs and carried placards with several inscriptions calling for autonomy such as “Withholding…
As a way to end the ongoing Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) strike, the Ilorin branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Kwara Government to grant financial autonomy to the state judiciary. The Chairman of the branch, Mr. Abdul-Ganiyu Bello, made the call in an interview with newsmen on Monday in…
…Sani, Ashonibare to chair constitution drafting, summit committees The Arewa young lawyers have unanimously approved the creation of Arewa Young Lawyers Forum AYLF. In its Annual 2019 General Meeting which took place in Lagos following the just concluded NBA Annual General Conference also affirms the leadership of Kwara’s Olayinka Dauda Jimoh as the Chairman…
