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Fawehinmism: Emulate Ikeja NBA, Activist Sulaiman tells Ibadan NBA on Human Rights

Social Justice Equity — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:28:47 +0000

A human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, has enjoined the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan Branch, to emulate its Ikeja Branch counterpart on human rights, saying that the level of human rights, including economic right violations, has been enormous in Oyo State, especially the city of Ibadan which is the capital of Oyo State [...]

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Oyigbo Killing:NBA Request Immediate Insight on the Event

Abiodun A. — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:22:36 +0000

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a four-man fact-finding team to visit Oyigbo in Rivers State over reports of killings in the area. This was contained in a statement issued by the NBA President, Olumide Akpata on Thursday, November 5. This comes in the wake of reports of Nigerian soldiers going from house [...]

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Rejoinder: EFCC Challenges NBA President Over Judicial Corruption

Kunle Edun — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:56:52 +0000

The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to the reactions that have trailed its statement on the call by Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, recently elected president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) that the Commission should be stripped of its prosecutorial powers. Whilst the reactions have been overwhelmingly positive, a few people seem to [...]

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Don’t Severe EFCC Powers, Human Right Activist Advocates

Kunle Edun — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:26:17 +0000

Malachy Ugwumadu, a Legal Luminary and Human Right Activist, has added his voice to the clarion call on the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to bury the thought of divesting the prosecutorial powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, in his inaugural speech as the NBA President at the weekend in [...]

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LGAs Caretakers Are Illegal – Kazeem Gbadamosi

David Folami — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 12:37:02 +0000

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admonished State governors to stop the illegal practice of appointing caretakers to run the affairs of Local Government Areas (LGAs). Mr Kazeem Gbadamosi, the Chairman of Ibadan branch of the association stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ibadan. Gbadamosi said [...]

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Nigerian Army Partners NBA To Check Human Rights Abuses By Security Agents

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:55:54 +0000

The Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) have inaugurated a team to monitor and report cases of human rights violation by security agents across the country. The NBA president, Agustine Alegeh, announced the constitution of the team at a workshop on human rights on “Human Rights in Times of Conflict” in Maiduguri on [...]

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It’s wrong for Code of Conduct Tribunal to disobey High Court Order – Chief Olisa Agbakoba

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:13:56 +0000

A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has faulted the Code of Conduct Tribunal for declaring itself at par with the Federal High Court. The former NBA president was reacting to the issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the CCT on [...]

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#Law > Why We’re Against Capital Punishment For Corruption – Nigeria Bar Association

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:30:13 +0000

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has rejected the call by organised labour for capital punishment for public officers found guilty of corruption and corrupt practices in the country. NBA President, Augustine Alegeh (SAN), who made the association’s position known while receiving the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, at the Bar House [...]

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