Lawyers

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused a significant portion of Nigeria’s judiciary of corruption, claiming that many judges and lawyers have compromised their roles in the delivery of justice. Speaking on Monday…
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By Yusuf Abdulsalam This piece is meant to debunk the deliberate half-truth peddled by the assistant secretary of the Kano branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Hadiza Nasir Ahmad on her Facebook page on Wednesday. Unlike Hadiza…
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A Federal High Court judge in Kano, Simon Amobeda, has termed the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) branch in Kano  “a political bar sponsored” to attack his court. Justice Amobeda, who is the presiding judge of Court 3 of the Kano…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ungogo Branch, Kano State, has organized a seminar to strengthen lawyers' understanding of professional ethics and anti-money laundering compliance.  Held on Thursday in Kano, the seminar focused on…
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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has arrested a serving High Court registrar, retired deputy Sheriff, three Lawyers and 10 others among them security agents and a bailiff over their alleged…
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Police have arraigned eight lawyers before a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Ogba for allegedly conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of public peace. The police accused them of allegedly quarrelling and…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chairman, Ola Olukoyede says the judiciary should address the issue of senior lawyers receiving “obscene legal fees” from political officeholders. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the…
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Twelve years after its establishment, the Maryam Abacha American University of Niger (MAAUN), in Maradi, Niger Republic, has produced five Provosts of Nursing Colleges in Borno, Yobe, and Bauchi States. Dr. Hadiza Sabo a graduate of…
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Kano-based legal practitioners Barrister Ahmad Sani Bawa, Jarman Tokarawa, and Barrister Gidado Aliyu Gidado have filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), seeking a legal interpretation on whether it has the authority to…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the recent agreement to allow United Kingdom Attorneys to practice in Nigeria. The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), in an email to lawyers of the Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday…
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