The Grundnorm

The Eastern Bar Forum hereby congratulates Olumide Akpata, the NBA President elect and other elected candidates in the just concluded NBA 2020 National Elections. In a statement issued by the Chairman, S. Long Williams Esq. the Forum commended the Electoral Committee, Nigerian Bar Association for successfully managing the […]

Consumer protection leverages the idea of a marketplace free from scams, fraud, and deceptive practices. To achieve this, consumers need to be empowered and see that there are genuine efforts to protect them. From price gouging to unfair treatment, many are the afflictions of the Nigerian consumer. The […]

The Federal Government has been cautioned against placing too much emphasis on its immediate need to grow its revenue in the planned review of the fiscal regime in the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).Speaking at a webinar, an advocacy workshop on ‘Elements of Fiscal Regimes and Impact on […]

• House prices, vacancy rates to rise• Policy to face stiff opposition• Lack of data on properties to mar collection• To increase tenancy disputes, create a black marketUneasy calm pervades the real estate sector as controversy rocks Federal Government’s stamp duty policy, which industry watchers say, could worsen […]

Greetings dear colleagues. A few months ago, I took the decision to run for the office of NBA National ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Since that time, neither you nor I have rested! ? It was I who decided to run but you who suffered. The calls, the pings, the countless […]

AS WE MATCH TO THE POLLSLearned silks,seniors ,erudite professors , bar leaders, colleagues etc . permit me to lend my voice in support of the candidature of OLAYINKA SOKOYA as THE NEXT PUBLICITY SECRETARY OF THE BAR I met Olayinka Sokoya precisely 3 years ago in the ancient […]

Nigeria’s Minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has been asked to give full disclosure of recovered assets linked to the OPL multi-billion dollar oil scam.In a statement delivered by the Chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) Mr Olanrewaju Suraj, the charge […]

Section 36 subsections 5 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria as amended presumed every person who is charged with criminal offence as innocent until such person is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction. Needless to say, those sections added that nothing in them should invalidate any law […]

Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika Monday said the Nigerian Government has inaugurated the National Air Transport Facilitation Committee to review the guidelines for the reopening of the country’s airports to international flightsSirika, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 briefing in Abuja, highlighted members of the […]

Soldiers have been warned by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) against engaging in mutiny or revolt against constituted civil authorities.The warning came on a day the Department of State Services (DSS) warned on plots to destabilise the nation.The DHQ restated that all officers and men of the military swore […]

There’s no gainsaying that a cleaner and more comprehensive database, efficiently maintained and periodically updated, would simplify the job of the ECNBA and impact positively on our electoral system going forward. We shall facilitate the establishment of a more comprehensive database of Nigerian lawyers and a yearly e-directory […]

Again, bandits terrorising Kaduna State killed 10 persons at the weekend in two separate attacks on three villages in Jema’a and Kaura local government areas.Governor Nasir El-Rufai had on Friday night extended the 24-hour curfew imposed on troubled Zangon-Kataf to Jema’a and Kaura LGAs to bring the situation […]

A United Kingdom court has ordered the UK Home Office to pay for and facilitate the return of a Nigerian man deported to Nigeria in March 2018.The man, granted anonymity in the case, was jailed for four-and-a-half years for being a ‘prime mover in a criminal enterprise.’He was […]

The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about lockdown and social distancing rules which have restricted the day-to-day activities of the Courts and created a new normal for the Judiciary. The Ondo State Judiciary is taking a giant stride, with the aid of technology, to ensure justice […]

At the General Meeting of NBA Funtua branch, held virtually on Wednesday, the 22nd day of July, 2020, the branch unanimously resolved to adopt Okey Leo Ohagba as its sole candidate for the office of NBA General Secretary in the forthcoming NBA General Elections. After a careful consideration […]