COURT JAILS FAKE LAWYER WHO PRACTISED FOR 10 YEARS
The NBA Aba Branch has secured another conviction in its campaign against legal impersonation, as a 38-year-old man who reportedly practised as a lawyer for more than a decade was…
NBA DEMANDS PROBE INTO 37 NSCDC CUSTODY DEATHS
The Nigerian Bar Association has demanded a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 persons in NSCDC custody in Minna, insisting that arrest does not extinguish the…
NBA: NBA PRESIDENT VISITS EFCC, SEEKS CLARITY ON FOREIGN CURRENCY LEGAL FEES
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb(UK), has met with EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede over concerns surrounding the payment of legal professional fees in foreign…
NBA SEEKS SAFEGUARDS IN LAGOS ANTI-BEGGING BILL
The NBA Lagos Branch has backed efforts to tackle organised street begging while warning lawmakers that enforcement must not turn poverty and vulnerability into criminal offences.
NBA PRESIDENT JOINS BODY OF BENCHERS LPDC APPEALS PANEL
The controversy over how disciplinary decisions against Nigerian lawyers should be appealed has moved into a new phase, with NBA President Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, appointed to a Body of…
NBA-SBL TARGETS TOURISM INVESTMENT AT UYO RETREAT
Lawyers, investors, regulators and financiers are set to examine how data, innovative financing and stronger legal frameworks can unlock investment in Nigeria’s underdeveloped tourism and hospitality industry.
AKPATA SAYS KING’S COLLEGE CONCESSION IS NOT A SALE
Former NBA President Olumide Akpata has entered the controversy surrounding the management of King's College, Lagos, insisting that the school's concession to its old boys is an intervention arrangement rather…
NBA-ICLE HOSTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION FIRESIDE CHAT TODAY
The Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education, NBA-ICLE, is scheduled to host a fireside chat today, Wednesday, September 16, 2026, featuring dispute-resolution practitioner Rehoboth Juwah, MCIArb. The virtual…
Ex-NBA President Accepts Contested ‘Blue Silk’ Rank
The dispute over Nigeria's alternative “Blue Silks” designation has entered a striking new phase after a former NBA President accepted the Senior Counsel of Nigeria rank despite the Bar's opposition…
NBA: Senior Lawyers Ask NBA to Reopen Igwe Murder Case
Twenty-four years after the brutal killing of NBA Onitsha Chairman Barnabas Igwe and his pregnant wife, senior lawyers are asking the Bar to revive an unfinished search for justice and…