NBA PRESIDENT: REMEMBERING DELE GIWA
“The passage of time must never diminish the value we place on a human life….” Forty years ago today, on 19 October 1986, Dele Giwa was killed by a parcel…
NBA Orders Financial Records Review in Owerri Probe
The NBA has ordered a records-based investigation into its Owerri Branch’s ₦100 million gift, with a report due by October 30.
NBA President Demands Stronger Child Rights Act Enforcement
Nigeria has laws protecting children, but the NBA President says too many girls still experience a different reality — child marriage, harmful practices and exclusion from education. Her message is…
NBA President Begins Reconciliation Drive to Unite Bar
Weeks into her presidency, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, is turning from election victory to post-election reconciliation. The NBA President says she has begun direct engagement with senior members of the Bar…
NBA President Badejo-Okusanya Meets SPIDEL Delegation, Pledges Support for 2026 Conference
NBA President Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has challenged SPIDEL to transform public outrage over human rights violations into meaningful reforms, while pledging support for its 2026 conference in Umuahia.
Celebrating A Pacesetter: Mrs. Badejo Okusanya SAN, 1st Elected Female President of the NBA – By Sabastine Anyia Esq., NBA 1st Vice President
The First Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Sabastine Anyia, Esq., has hailed NBA President Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, describing her emergence as the first female President of the…
AFRICA’S RISE AS A GLOBAL ARBITRATION HUB: NBA PRESIDENT CALLS FOR BOLDER ACTION AT THE 10TH ICC AFRICA CONFERENCE
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has called on African legal practitioners, arbitral institutions, policymakers, and business leaders to take deliberate steps toward positioning…
Eyewitness Clarification: NBA President Never Admitted Bias at NEC Meeting
I attended the NEC meeting in Maiduguri and want to share what I personally observed, because some reports circulating online do not reflect reality. The suggestion that the NBA President,…
NBA President Flags Key Judicial Reforms at Opening of 2025/2026 Federal High Court Legal Year
Distinguished Members of the Nigerian Bar Association, At the opening of the 2025/2026 Legal Year of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and Judges’ Conference, the President of the Nigerian…
ABDUCTION OF 315 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN NIGER STATE: A NATIONAL TRAGEDY THAT DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ACTION
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is once again compelled to speak, this time in grief and profound outrage, over the shocking abduction of 315 persons, 303 students and 12 teachers,…