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The Nigerian Bar Association,Benin Branch-the Lion Bar InauguratesElectoral Committee for the forthcoming Elections. The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association,Benin Branch-the Lion Bar-Prince Benson Ogiegbaen A.I.C.M.C has sworn in a Seven Man NBA Benin Electoral Committee.

Couples are set to be married in online weddings following a shake-up of marriage rules in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Twitter that he is issuing an executive order allowing for marriage licenses to be obtained remotely and for clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference. […]

A legal luminary, Chief Richard Akinjide(SAN) is dead. He died at the age of 88. A family source said he died in the early hours of today at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Details shortly

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO A QUINTESSENTIAL STATES MAN: Chief Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri MON :A Philanthropic Politician with a Difference “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The […]

The internet is an endless resource of possibilities .Knowing how to use it makes your life incredibly easy .You can do the unthinkable on the Internet.Here are amazing ways that that the Internet can touch your lives .

The legal world is being ravaged by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, as lawyers are furloughed, forced to take pay cuts or unable to find work. Government lockdowns aimed at containing the spread of the virus have forced even elite law firms to rein in their […]

NBA CONDEMNS ASSAULT ON PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED LAWYER BY POLICEMEN. Kassim Olalekan Lawal Esq. is a member of the Association of Lawyers With Disabilities. On Sunday, the 19th day of April, 2020 he and his niece decided to show true patriotism and love by distributing food items (as palliatives) […]

COPING WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND STAYING AFLOAT (1) ByFikunayo Sarumoh & Temple Amadi It is no longer news that COVID 19 has brought the entire world to a standstill. The media is awash daily, with figures of new cases of carriers of the Coronavirus and the deaths […]

The Chief H.O. Ogbodu led Investigative Committee on a Petition written by the Welfare Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association,Benin Branch -the Lion Bar ,has dismissed a Petition written by the Welfare Secretary of the Branch -Fidelis Eireye.

In a Notice issued by the Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch-Pius I. Oiwoh Esq.,the Lion Bar ,it was indicated that the Lion Bar shall hold its April,2020 Meeting on its 7 WhatsApp Fora and other Social Media Channels.

LA ABOGADA NEWSLETTER(A Publication of FIDA INTERNATIONAL) Dear Distinguished Colleagues, A CALL FOR ARTICLES: MAY 2020 (2019/20 3RD QUARTER) EDITION We are at this time accepting suitable articles for publication in our 2019/2020 thirdquarterly edition of La Abogada for the current administration of FIDAINTERNATIONAL.

When you a mere mortal play god,steal and kill in the name of man and God,When in dealings with others you show no mercy,which brings pains and strains to persons, remember,you will die one day! When you loot and decrepit the public Coffers ,I tell you one day […]

The Special Taskforce Committee against COVID-19 of the Eti-Osa Bar Forum began its activities on Thursday, 16th April ,2020 by paying a Courtesy visit to the Area “J” Command Headquarters , Eti-Osa Local Government Headquarters and a partner private health institution, Dove Hospital, Badore , Ajah. It will […]

The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020. May God accept his soul. Funeral arrangements will […]

PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF ELECTION 2020 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 8 (1)-(4) OF THE CONSTITUTION AND PARAGRAPH 1.5 OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION 2015 (AMENDED AND ADOPTED AT THE AGM IN LAGOS ON 29TH AUGUST 2019) The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association appointed […]