At about an hour to midnight yesterday, 30 July 2020, the elections for the various offices of the Nigerian Bar Association were concluded. The elections were conducted from 11pm on 29th July 2020 to 11pm on 30th July 2020 on a platform called “election buddy”. Various people have referred to the voting system as “very

Mr. Augustine Alegeh SAN, a former president of the Nigeria Bar Associarion, NBA, has congratulated Mr. Olumide Akpata for his election as the 30th President of the NBA. He also felicitated with the other elected National Officers on their victory, urged them as true leaders of the Bar to work with the incoming President in

The saying goes that, “All is well that ends well.” When we began this journey, the singular unifying factor that brought us all together was the yawning need to fill wide gaping void for Transformational Leadership in the NBA. We prayed for a Moses who would lead the Bar to the promised Land of salvaging

Olumide Akpata has won the just concluded NBA presidential elections. The election result was announced by the Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the Nigeria Bar Association, ECNBA, Tawo.E. Tewo. The an announcement goes as follows; For the office of the President, Olumide Akpata won with a total of 9,891 votes (54.3%) defeating Julius Oladele Adeshina, SAN and

The Dele Adesina SAN Support Group has petitioned the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, calling for the suspension of the ongoing NBA elections. In a letter addressed to the ECNBA, Team DASAN cited some noticeable infractions including : Failure to release the final voters list within constitutionally prescribed period. Over 4000 names

Presidential aspirant of the ongoing NBA Elections, Dele Adesona, SAN, has petitioned the Electoral Committe of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, on the management of the elections. In a letter addressed to the the ECNBA, Dele Adesina listed the following among others as grave errors noticed before and during the elections: 1. Names of purported

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has confronted the Nigerian Army over an attack on his convoy in Baga, a town in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. In continuation of the food distribution programme which he started earlier in July, the governor had departed Maiduguri, the state capital on Monday afternoon for the

Afenifere chieftain, PA Ayo Fasanmi, who was a pharmacist, died on Wednesday night at the age of 94.The demise of the Yoruba chieftain was confirmed by his son, Afolabi. In a statement, Afolabi said, “With gratitude to Almighty God for life well spent, we wish to announce the demise of our father, Senator Ayo Fasanmi,

 ECNBA STATEMENT NO. 020 – UPDATE ON ELECTIONS The ECNBA can confirm that over 13,000 individuals have voted in the ongoing NBA National Officers elections so far. The ECNBA however clarifies that, Notices observed on the live voting platform as undeliverable can be attributable to any of the following 5 reasons: Voter has an inactive

Federal Government has approved the ratification of air transport agreement between Nigeria and the United States of America. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed to State House correspondents that Nigeria would take advantage of the air agreement with the US to strengthen economic, social and cultural ties between the two countries. He