Tag: Nigerian Bar Association
Robbers kill pregnant lawyer in Delta State
As man stabs brother to death during marital squabble
Suspected robbers, on Wednesday, shot and killed a pregnant lawyer, Mrs. Nkiru Agbasu on the Warri-Sapele...
Gbajabiamila threatens not to sign off on 2021 budget without provision...
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday threatened not to sign off on the 2021 budget if it does...
Court adjourns trial of NBA president for alleged N1.4bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned the trial
of the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro in
alleged N1.4...
Nigeria’ descent into tyranny
Shaka Momodu
Acid rain is falling; the green grasses of the rain forest are turning into yellow. The trees are falling, animals are scampering for...
Judiciary independent but fettered financially – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad,
said yesterday that the Nigerian judiciary, to a large extent, is independent in
conducting its affairs and...
LG funds: NGF angered by NFIU directive writes to Buhari
Ime Akpan
The announcement by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit
(NFIU) of new guidelines which would make the joint account system currently in
use by state and...
EFCC arraigns man for coveting N21.3m mistakenly credited to his account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on
Thursday arraigned a bank customer, Mr. James Olaoluwaniyi, for allegedly coveting
N21, 319, 200 ($59,220) mistakenly transferred into...
Court varies NBA president’s bail conditions, permits his overseas travel
A Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday varied the bail conditions it granted to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro,...
Onnoghen: When a judge is too guilty to be innocent
Prince Ugo
The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice
Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, is a lucky man. Never in the history of Nigeria has...
Court orders arrest of four as EFCC re-arraigns NBA president
The president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul
Usoro, on Friday appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High
Court, Lagos, to answer...