The Grundnorm

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has vowed to sanction any commercial bank hoarding the new naira notes from the public. According to CBN, from Thursday (today), monitoring of commercial banks will commence, in order to know those who are not giving the new naira notes to customers.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) until Sunday 29th January 2023. Recall that INEC had earlier fixed the collection deadline as Sunday, 22nd January, 2023. But following a meeting on Thursday, INEC said it has pushed […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has disclosded that voter distribution for the 2023 general revealed that 44,414,846 registered voters are females, while 49,054,162 are males.

The Presiding Judge, Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Osat Obaseki-Osaghae has dismissed a Forty-Two Million (N42m) entitlement claim filed by aides to the former National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Chris Owoicho and 15 Others against the party for lack […]

Oladapo Ajila has won the 2022 Lawyers Table Tennis Open( Mfon Usoro cup) defeating Yahaya Olarewaju in a fierce final match.

I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to all distinguished delegates to the NBA Annual General Conference (2022) taking place at the Centre of Excellence, from 19th to 26th August, 2022.

The NBA Lagos female team began a robust training today in preparation for the female soccer event at the Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association coming up later this month from 18th to 26th of August.

The feud between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike deepened yesterday. The Board of Trustees (BoT) rejected Wike’s supporters’ demand for the resignation of the National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.

Budget deficit has risen to at least N30.58tn in the last seven years. This is according to data from budget implementation reports for the third and fourth quarters of 2015; the four quarters of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; the first three quarters of 2021; and the first […]

The Commander, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Ibrahim Ali, has said the the military will remain neutral and fair to all in securing the nation. OPSH is a multi task force in charge of security of lives and properties in Plateau, Bauchi and parts of southern Kaduna.

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye SAN, has hailed the contributions of the Anti-corruption and Transparency Units of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies in their efforts to tame corruption in the public service.

The industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may worsen following the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Education that its proposed agreement with the union will not be binding on state universities.

Dear Colleagues, You will recall that in preparation for the elections into the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Executive Committee of various NBA Branches, the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association had constituted the NBA Election Appeal Committees for the NBA National […]

It has become imperative that the letter written by Mr. Olumide Akpata requesting that one of his predecessors in office who is also one of the undisputed leading lights of the legal profession, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN recuses himself as the chairman of the Body of Benchers (BOB) […]

The attention of the Governing Council of Egbe Amofin O’odua: (The Yoruba Lawyers’ Forum) has been drawn to the calls on Chief Wole Olanipekun,SAN to recuse himself as the Chairman of Body of Benchers by some commentators and groups in the Legal profession.