LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit to challenge the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari. The suit was filed against Buhari, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, and Adamu. “The NBA’s position in the Suit is…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Owerri Branch, N.H. Nwankwo Esq, has been gruesomely slaughtered at his office on Saturday 6th February by unknown assailants. Below is the Press Release from the Secretary of NBA Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu Esq,; FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF NBA OWERRI. N.H NWANKWO, ESQ. MURDERED…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro, has declared that judges are afraid of performing their duties as expected due to fear and intimidation from the executive arm of government. Usoro lamented over the “intimidation of judges by members of the executive arm and security operatives”, stressing that judges now…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner by the name, Joseph Ashefel was reported have slump and died in the late hours of Tuesday, 10th April, 2018 at Phase IV, High Court Kubwa. The lawyer who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2003, was from Cross Rivers state and a graduate of the University of…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos lawyer, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a case at the Federal High Court, Lagos suing President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) Mr. Abubakar Malami, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris and Lagos state Police Commissioner, Mr Edgal Imohimi for aborting the proposed NBA Ikeja Branch protest…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The secretariat of Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association was invaded on Wednesday by security men made up police and men of the Department of State Security, DSS. The invasion which was carried out against the backdrop of the NBA’s plan to lead a protest against the new tax regime in…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday warned some protesters planning to block Third Mainland Bridge and other critical public infrastructure in Lagos over the new Land Use Charge (LUC) of the State Government to follow due process. The Police said any attempt to breach public peace will be met with stiff…
