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ECNBA STATEMENT NO. 005NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION NBA HOUSE, PLOT 1101, OFF MUHAMMED BUHARI WAY, CBD, ABUJA ELECTORAL COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ECNBA) Contact: ecnba2020@gmail.com ecnba2020@nigerianbar.ng Phone: 08033127580 ECNBA STATEMENT NO. 005 NBA NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2020 – PUBLICATION OF INTERIM/PROVISIONAL VOTERS REGISTER

The NBA Asaba Branch at its Monthly General Meeting held on 28/5/2020 endorsed and adopted AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL ESQ as its SOLE Candidate for the position of National Publicity Secretary in the forthcoming NBA National Elections. This is a testament to the dedication and excellence that has been […]

NIGERIA BAR ASSOCIATION, PORT HARCOURT BRANCH 2020 ELECTIONS Ladies and Gentlemen,I greet you all in the spirit of brotherhood. My name is JOHN IYENE OWUBOKIRI. I studied Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka between 1987 and 1991. I got called to the Bar in December 1992 and […]

BUILDING CAPACITY, BREAKING NEW FRONTIERS Distinguished Learned Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Respected Seniors and Dear Colleagues, INTRODUCTIONIt is another time and season for us as members of NBA PH Branch to elect leaders from among us to pilot the affairs of our Branch for the period June, 2020 […]

“Only a life lived in service to others is worth living” – Albert Einstein I, Orowhuo W. A. Okocha, Esq., fondly called “Oros” by my friends, colleagues and associates, am a proud alumnus of both the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, where I […]

On 4 January 2019, in an article titled, “Why Not Face Your Lecturing Job And Leave The NBA For The True Lovers Of NBA ,” Steve Sun had warned or counselled me thus:“And by the way sir, since when did you become a lover of NBA? Why not […]

“Conscience is an open wound, only the truth can heal it “~Usman Dan Fodio. The Nigerian Bar Association is the premium Non State Actor in Nigeria. Conversely ,we have not lived up to expectations .The Association itself is having a problem Managing itself .Previously conducted National Bar Elections […]

1️⃣. Tribal “adoption” is inferior to Article 9 & Part 2.1(d) of the 2nd schedule to the NBA Constitution by virtue of which, in 2020, any lawyer that hails from the core Southwest is entitled to aspire to become the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in […]

Happy Sallah celebrations to all our Muslim brethren.It is well with you all. May you all, individually and collectively, live long on earth to witness many more happy Eid-el-Adha Sallah celebrations. Amen. I respectfully advise that our leaders and indeed all Nigerians, Muslims, Christians, etc, should use the […]

The President of the International Bar Association (IBA), Horacio Bernardes Neto, is to feature in an episode of The Mentorship Chat – a Law Students’ Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) webinar series – on Sunday 24 May at 6pm (GMT +1). At the invitation of LAWSAN President, Emmanuel Nwobodo, […]

22 May 2020 THE CHAIRMAN,NBA BENIN BRANCH,NBA SECRETARIAT,BAR HOUSE,BENIN CITY,EDO STATE Dear Sir, PUERILE VITUPERATIONS AND OUTBURSTS AGAINST THE ELECTORAL COMMITTEE OF THE NBA BENIN BRANCH: ANOTHER CASE OF POLITICS TAKEN TOO FAR May we use this medium to first and foremost wish you a happy birthday celebration […]

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Why It Is Better To Elect One Who Is Experienced in Both Courtroom Advocacy & Commercial/Solicitor’s Work, as the NBA President In 2020 (By USMAN BAMALA ESQ) ▪️I will start by referring us to a statement by Ben Heineman, Jr., former general counsel of General Electric, about […]

A Benin Based Legal Practitioner has asked Lawyers Nationwide to boycott Online the 2020 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Annual General Conference (AGC) ,holding at Portharcourt,in protest of the Impunity of the Rivers State Government in the Enforcement of the COVID-19 Regulations in the State Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.,who is […]

INTEREST IN SPACE LAW: PART II: WHY BOTHER WITH SPACE SCIENCE?When we think of space, we think of going to the Moon and going to Mars and all the other planets; and we think Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong. However, we fail to realise that the simple everyday […]

INTRODUCTIONTwinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are . . .Like the words of the nursery rhyme reveal, long before the early man figured out how to record history with paintings on cave walls, he always looked up at the heavens in wonder. The early man […]