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The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has urged winners of the 2026 NBA National Elections to celebrate with moderation and reach out to those who lost, saying the period after the election should be used for healing and rebuilding confidence in the Bar. Speaking after the announcement of the election […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, has said he has lost faith in the Nigerian Bar Association as a professional association of lawyers, following the conduct of the just-concluded 2026 NBA National Elections. In a strongly worded statement shared on his X handle, Okutepa alleged that credibility, objectivity, honesty and integrity had departed from […]

The President-Elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb (UK), has expressed gratitude to members of the Association following her election as the 33rd President of the NBA, pledging to lead with integrity, courage, humility, fairness and accountability. Badejo-Okusanya was declared winner of the 2026 NBA presidential election after polling 12,317 votes, representing […]

A presidential candidate in the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association National Elections, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, FCIArb, has described the election as “shambolic” and “a shame to the Bar,” alleging that thousands of willing lawyers were disenfranchised by platform failure, authentication problems and what he called an electoral process that was not ready. In a post-election […]

— Osigwe Says Election Survived Cyberattack, Urges Winners To Unite Bar The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has declared Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya winner of the 2026 NBA presidential election and the 33rd President of the Association. The ECNBA Chairman, Aham Ejelam, SAN, announced the results at the NBA National Secretariat in Abuja after the […]

Bulus Yohanna Atsen, fsi, elected NBA Representative on the General Council of the Bar, has expressed gratitude to members of the Nigerian Bar Association for supporting and voting for him in the just-concluded 2026 NBA National Elections. In a statement of appreciation dated July 19, 2026, Atsen said he was deeply humbled by the support […]

An accredited agent for Chief Chidi Ezenwafor, candidate for the office of General Secretary in the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association election, has called on the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to review the election process before making any final declaration of results. In a monitoring report addressed to the Chairman of the ECNBA, […]

In a swift regional response to an attempted military coup in Benin, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has authorized the immediate deployment of its Standby Force to support stability in the West African nation. The move comes hours after Benin’s government declared the coup attempt foiled, with loyalist forces regaining control of […]

Disturbed by the rising wave of insecurity across the country, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has called on the Federal Government to take urgent and decisive action to address what he described as a frightening national situation. The legal icon expressed concern that many Nigerians now live in […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former second national vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Monday Ubani, says Nigeria must adopt a flexible and optional approach to state policing as lawmakers prepare to debate constitutional amendments on decentralised policing. His position comes amid growing calls for state police driven by a surge in kidnappings and banditry […]

The Federal Government has reportedly secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The abduction occurred on 21 November 2025, when armed bandits attacked the school in the remote Papiri community. Around 2:00 a.m., the gunmen arrived on […]

Benin’s interior minister, Alassane Seidou, on Sunday said that the Army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers who said they had ousted President Patrice Talon. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed Forces […]