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A group of Northern lawyers within the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) have formed a splinter group known as the New Nigeria Bar Association (NNBA).This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen and signed by the conveners of the new…

The 2020 election into national offices of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has opened online with a total of 29, 635 lawyers accredited to cast their votes.The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) had at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday…

Legal practitioners under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LIDD) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately withdraw names of 11 nominees sent to the Senate for confirmation as judges in the FCT High Court,…

Following the launch of the new marginal field bid round by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), a Lagos based commercial law firm, Perchstone & Graeys LP, in recognition of the importance of key stakeholder engagement in this…

As businesses adjust their operations to COVID-19 realities, legal practitioners have noted that the courts are set to be bombarded with litigations stemming from businesses being compelled to invoke contractual clauses and penalties…

The Chief Whip of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Bunmi Adelugba has said the recurrent practices of self-medication were responsible for the deaths and health challenges being suffered by many Nigerians.Adelugba said this in…

Latest sex research findings have shown that of all the professionals, journalists have been found to be less sexually active, as the majority of them don't have time for sexual activities, while lawyers are said to be the hardest to be…

An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to drag the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to court following what he described as “discriminatory” recruitment process.Olajengbesi, in a…

THREE lawyers, Luqman Olanrewaju Bello, Dr. Mustapha Aduwa and Mohammed Akande, the branch chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin, Kwara State, were reportedly harassed and assaulted last week by some police cadets at the…

THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on Monday disclosed that some lawyers, in their desperate bid to get the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) forged court judgments to qualify for…