The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has faulted the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP on its alleged neglect and non-prosecution of offenders arising from the 2023 General Election, especially Governors and Deputies found wanting for violations of electoral laws, describing the assertion by SERAP as misleading. INEC in a statement by a National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the allegations are untrue and fly in the face of facts already in the public domain. INEC stressed that Governors and Deputy Governors have constitutional…
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Kano Emirate Tussle: ‘Lawyers, Judges have brought shame to legal profession’ NBA President
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, has bemoaned the role of some lawyers and the courts in the conflicting injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate crisis. Sanusi and the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, are locked in a battle for the royal stool. The tussle has sparked protests from their respective supporters in Kano. Recall that two courts in Kano State have issued conflicting interim injunctions on the Kano Emirate tussle. Justice S. A. Amobeda, of the Federal High Court in Kano, on Tuesday ordered the…
Read MoreInsecurity: Nigeria under siege by terrorists, bandits, criminal gangs – NBA writes Tinubu
The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) has expressed fear that Nigeria is under siege by terrorists, bandits and criminal gangs, describing the growing state of insecurity in the country as happening in alarming proportions. In its letter dated 14th February, 2024, titled: State of the Nation, which was signed by Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, the president of NBA, and directed to President Bola Tinubu, the association wondered which part of Nigeria was still under the control of the Federal Government. The entire country is under siege by terrorists, bandits, and criminal gangs.…
Read More“We can no longer sleep” NBA cry out over insecurity in Bwari, environs
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Bwari, FCT, has expressed concern over the escalating levels of insecurity in the area council and its surrounding areas. Chairman of the Bwari branch of the NBA (Cradle Bar), Paul Daudu, who made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, said the association is deeply concerned about the escalating levels of insecurity in Bwari and its surrounding areas. According to him, it is disheartening to witness the erosion of peace in the area and the constant threat faced by its residents on a daily basis. He…
Read MoreOsun: NBA rejects Adelekes acting Chief Judge
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, by Gov. Ademola Adeleke. In a statement issued yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, the NBA said that it will not recognise Justice Olayinka Afolabi, the acting Chief Judge appointed by the governor. Lawal said that the NBAs position was anchored on the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. The tenure of a judicial officer cannot and should not be subject to the mood…
Read MoreTinubu is legitimate President as declared by INEC – NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it was wrong to refer to President Bola Tinubu as an illegal president since no court has set aside his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The body of lawyers submitted that as of today, there is only one President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the person of President Bola Tinubu. President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau made the assertion during the weekend, at a public presentation of the communique issued at the 63rd Annual General Conference of the association,…
Read More67% of our reports signify that 2023 election was satisfactory – NBA
President, Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has said that in the NBA report, 20 percent of those who turned in their report said the 2023 election was excellent, and also 67 percent of those who turned in their report said that the election was satisfactory. Yakubu Maikyau made the statement in an interview on a television programme, when he was told that some people question how he is leading the NBA with respect to his comments and assessment of the 2023 election, comparing it with election union observer…
Read MoreNo Constitutional provision for an Interim Govt. Ex-NBA President, Agbakoba
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, says there is no provision for an interim government in the countrys Constitution. Agbakobas comments come a day after the Department of State Services (DSS) alerted the nation to plots by some political actors to bring an interim government into power and stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as Nigerias president. The DSS said the plot includes embarking on violent protests nationwide to engineer the declaration of a state of emergency as well as securing frivolous court injunctions…
Read MoreOnly 8 percent voters rated Presidential/NASS elections poor – NBA report
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said only eight percent of voters rated the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections as poor. NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, said in an issued statement on Tuesday, that this was part of the findings contained in the interim report of the NBA Election Working Group. The interim report was based on the reports sent to the NBA 2023 Elections Situation Room by the NBA Election Observers from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). Recall that…
Read More2022 NBA Annual Conference: “Everything negative happening in Nigeria” Atiku
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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