LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) and the Nigeria Bar Association are at logger head over demand by Rivers state Sole Administrator for the refund of N300m paid to the Association for the hosting of their 2025 annual convention in Rivers State. The NBA annual conference was scheduled…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Edo State. Akpata won the LP primary election held in Benin City, the state capital, on Friday. He was declared the winner of the primary after polling the highest number of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the issue of insecurity in the country. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, in a state of the nation address it presented in Abuja on Wednesday, maintained that “what…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Outgoing Nigerian Bar Association, NBA President Mr. Olumide Akpata has said that any lawyer found complicit in vandalisation of conference booths, theft of phones, and assault on officials will be prosecuted. Akpata stated this on Thursday during the Annual General Meeting of the NBA holding at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. Some…