Tag: Nigerian Bar Association

Tinubu is legitimate President as declared by INEC – NBA

Aminu Imam

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,…

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NBA AGC: Lawyers loot conference materials at collection centre

Aminu Imam

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has expressed regret over the looting of collection centre conference materials by lawyers at the on-going Annual General Conference (AGC) of the association. Akpata stated this in a press statement issued at the venue of the conference, titled: Collection of Conference Materials. While acknowledging and expressing regret that there were lapses in the distribution process, he maintained that Tuesdays nights incident was a national embarrassment, noting that members of the association behaved in a most despicable manner not expected of…

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Electoral Bill: Override Buharis veto, – NBA urges NASS

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), has urged the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buharis veto on the Electoral Amendment Bill. The NBA had issued this statement a few days before President Buhari in a letter to the National Assembly on Tuesday, declined his assent to the Bill. Earlier, rising from its National Executive Committee (NEC) held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on December 16, the NBA had advised President Buhari to sign the Bill into law. The body, which just released its NEC resolution communiqu on Wednesday, by the NBAs…

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NBA Conference: ‘Nigerians are tired, angry; Constitution offers little hope’ – Bishop Kukah

Aminu Imam

Tasks lawyers, judges The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Hassan Matthew Kukah says young Nigerians are angry and tired of the happenings in the country. Kukah spoke at the 61st annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), which kicked-off in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. Delivering a keynote address at the conference, the bishop said they (youths) cannot protest; if you carry a laptop, you are labeled a yahoo boy. The sign that Nigerian youths are tired is the heavy traffic to other countries. Now, there is internal…

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‘Crushing of secessionists is constitutional’ 1st NBA Vice-President

Aminu Imam

Nigerian Bar Associations first Vice-President, John Aikpokpo-Martins has stated that Nigerias Constitution allows the crushing of secessionists. Aikpokpo-Martins, who disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page at the weekend, said any elected President of Nigeria is constitutionally bound to crush secessionists like and Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) and Nnamdi Kanu. He noted that Nigerian law prohibits self-determination agitations, noting that they are simply unconstitutional. The Legal Practitioner while stating that Chapter 4 (fundamental human rights guaranteed provisions) of the 1999 Constitution does not include the right to…

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