Tag: NBA Conference

NBA Conference: Tinubu reaffirms commitment to rule of law, tolerance

Aminu Imam
Tinubu@NBA

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to upholding the rule of law, the separation of powers, and tolerance for dissenting views within the bounds of Nigerian law. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu made this pledge at the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Annual General Conference in Lagos. He praised the NBA for its role in promoting democratic ideals and called on Nigerian lawyers to collaborate with his administration in achieving sustainable national development. Tinubu assured that his Government would prioritise the welfare of the Judiciary and work to…

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Kano emirate tussle: ?NBA Conference recognises Sanusi as 16th Emir

Aminu Imam
Sanusi opens up

As the tussle for the throne of the Kano emirate lingers, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has recognised Muhammadu Sanusi II as the lawful monarch of the emirate.?Apart from the fact that all the district heads across the 44 local government areas of Kano, the council chairmen, commissioners and well-meaning Kano people and Nigerians consider him as the one on the throne, the NBA has also identified with Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano, by inviting him to their on-going annual conference in Kano. The conference, holding at Amani…

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“Nigerian politicians playing Russian roulette with Judiciary” – Ex-NBA president 

Aminu Imam

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says it is only by sheer luck that the Nigerian judiciary can produce a good judge. Akpata stated this recently at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris, France. Addressing the gathering, the former NBA president noted that Nigeria remains the largest black nation on earth, adding that the country is confronted with a major problem he termed, “judiciary capture.” Similarly, a law professor and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, shared Akpata’s perspectives…

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2022 NBA Annual Conference: “Everything negative happening in Nigeria” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that every negative thing now happens in the Nigeria of today. The former vice-president, who stated this at the on-going 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) in Lagos, stated that since the return of democracy in 1998/99, Nigeria had never experienced this level of poverty, insecurity and unemployment. Atiku said, “Nigeria has never found itself in such a very, very critical point in our history. Today, we have had all the negative indices.…

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2022 NBA Conference: “Illegal mining as much of a danger as oil bunkering” – Gov Lalong

Aminu Imam

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has said critical steps need to be taken to tackle illegal mining which constitutes economic and security challenges to the country in most parts of the North, just as oil bunkering does in the South. Lalong disclosed this yesterday, in a press statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Simon Macham, after his contribution to eliminating oil bunkering in the country at the on-going Annual National Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), held in Lagos State. According to him,…

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Obasanjo shuns NBA conference

Ishaku Yohanna

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has during the week boycotted the 60th Virtual Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Obasanjo’s boycott of the conference with the theme, ‘Step Forward’ might not be unconnected with the controversy that trailed his inclusion as one of the speakers. The just-concluded NBA conference generated heated controversy when thousands of lawyers signed a petition for the NBA to remove Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, from the list of speakers due to his government’s failure to stop the killings in Southern Kaduna, and his…

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NBA Conference Controversy: Like Jigawa, Bauchi lawyers threaten to boycott session over El-Rufai

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) may be heading towards a split following its withdrawal of the invitation to Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State to speak at the association’s annual conference. Bauchi State chapter members of the NBA, on Friday threatened to boycott the association’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting if the decision to withdraw the invitation extended to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to participate in the event was not reversed by the body. This followed the threat by the Jigawa State chapter of NBA which had on Thursday…

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Lawyers’ Conference: NBA withdraw invitation to El-Rufai as speaker

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Bar Association has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as one of the speakers in its forthcoming conference.  The announcement was made via the association’s Twitter handle, days after some lawyers protested against the inclusion of the Kaduna state Governor in NBA’s speakers’ list.   Recall that a lawyer, Usani Odum spearheaded the online petition to stop the governor from attending the Annual General Conference and it has garnered over 3,000 signatures. In a seperate letter titled ‘Request to Withdraw the Offer of Platform at the 2020 Annual General Conference of…

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Over 500 lawyers sign petition asking NBA to remove El-Rufai from list of speakers at Annual General Conference

Ishaku Yohanna

About 500 people have signed a new petition asking the Nigerian Bar Association to remove Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the list of speakers in the upcoming Annual General Conference of the NBA. This is just as some lawyers called on the NBA leadership to remove el-Rufai from the list of speakers due to his leadership failure in the wake up of the killings in Southern Kaduna as well as his human rights record. The petition, which was started by Usani Odum on change.org, has garnered nearly 500 signatures…

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NBA Conference: Lawyers denounce inclusion of El-Rufai as key speaker, threaten to deregister

Ishaku Yohanna

Dozens of lawyers have threatened to boycott the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the involvement of Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai is listed as one of the key speakers for the conference which is scheduled to take place between August 26 and August 29, 2020. An online campaign against the governor’s participation started to gather steam on Monday, August 17. Many lawyers who have registered for the conference, which will take place online due to the physical limitations enforced by the Coronavirus pandemic,…

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