Distinguished Colleagues, You will recall that the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN in a bid to further improve electoral practices in the NBA, had earlier constituted the NBA Electoral Reform Committee. In furtherance of its mandates,…
President Vladimir Putin of Russia signed decrees on Friday to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia as the Kremlin seeks to solidify its tenuous hold over Ukrainian territory through a widely denounced illegal annexation. “This is the will of…
The controversial Kano State cleric, Sheik Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara, yesterday accused his lawyer, Dalhatu Shehu-Usman, of allegedly collecting N2 million to bribe the presiding Judge of an Upper Shari’a Court in Kano in his ongoing trial. Abduljabbar is facing trial…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, ended the leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo chapter, by dismissing an appeal instituted at the Court by Dan Orbhi-led faction. The suit sought the court order to authenticate the ad-hoc delegate…
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The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed the Governor-elect of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the gubernatorial election that held in the state on July 16. The Apex Court dismissed…
Popular counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo, was on Thursday listed among successful applicants for the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank. The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Thursday released a list of 62…
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Nigerian Judiciary to remain an honest arbiter in the role it plays in the electioneering process, both at the pre and post-election stages. The President made this remark on Thursday, while commissioning the Body…
The Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has reacted to the Wednesday ruling of a Federal High Court in Yobe State, which affirmed the candidature of Bashir Sheriff Machina as the duly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for…
The Constitution of the Nigerian Bar Association 2015 [as amended in 2021] under the Uniform Bye-Laws for branches in its Section 9[5] provided that the Human Rights Committee shall promote and protect the principles of the rule of law and…