The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has received with shock and deep concern the distressing reports of the abduction of one of our young colleagues, Onyesom Peace Udoka, a newly called lawyer, alongside her sister, around the Lokoja–Okene axis in Kogi State while returning from the recent Call to Bar Ceremony in Abuja. This tragic development…
Mary Akanbi 30th September, 2025 On behalf of the Chairman, the Executive Committee of the Branch, and the entire NBA Bwari Branch, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Chinyere Moneme, SAN and Victor Agunzi, SAN on their inauguration as Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) yesterday, Monday 29th September, 2025. Their dedication, hard work and commitment to…
Mary Akanbi 25th September, 2025 Dear Learned Friends, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on this milestone achievement. You have been called to the most noble profession on earth. Please note that you are now to carry a lot of responsibilities: your immediate family and the society at large will begin to look…
The Nigerian Bar Association notes with deep concern the troubling developments in Imo State, where the Police Command has invited Chinedu Agu, Esq., former Secretary of the NBA Owerri Branch, to appear before its X-Squad Unit on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, on allegations of “criminal defamation” and “conduct likely to cause a breach of the…
Mary Akanbi 20th September, 2025 At the just concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference, the Former Chairman of Lagos Branch, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN called on the Association to embrace technology as a catalyst for transformation and improved service delivery to its members. He noted that the NBA must go beyond promises and…
Mary Akanbi 20th September, 2025 My Dear Learned Friends and Members of the Young Legal Professionals, it is with great delight and joy that I join thousands of Nigerian Lawyers, to wish you all well and congratulate the newly sworn in Executive Members of the YLP Governing Board, led by a complete gentleman and Bar…
Mary Akanbi 12th September, 2025 A rights activist and Legal Practitioner, have added his voice to the planned protest match by the Executive and Members of the NBA, Lagos Branch, according to him ” This is a welcome development, it sends a sound message that no institution no matter how well recognized can be bigger…
Mary Akanbi 12th September, 2025 Dear Learned Silks, Honourable Benchers, Seniors and Colleagues of the NBA Dutse Branch , it is with a sense of humility that…
Mary Akanbi 11th September, 2025 Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, FCIArb(UK), has send a congratulatory message to G.H. Umaru, Esq., and members of the newly elected executive committee of the NBA Dutse Branch. In his goodwill message, Akangbe described their emergence as a “clear vote of…
Mary Akanbi 8th September, 2025 A core mandate of the Nigerian Bar Association is the promotion of the welfare of its members, the imperative to ensure that the welfare and interest of members is adequately catered for necessitated the establishment of several fora under the NBA including the Police Lawyers Forum which comprises all persons…
