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The Golden State Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 in Game Six of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday to win the Championship trophy for the fourth time in eight seasons. Stephen Curry led the way for the visitors with 34 points, seven…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that there was…

The Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS for its timely report after the inquiry into the 2020 protests. The Bar expressed its commendation in a statement signed…

The Nigerian Bar Association, Imo branch, has set up a help desk to collate data of persons allegedly arrested and detained unjustly by the police in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the association’s Publicity…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for extending the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu by three months. The suit marked FHC/L/CS/214/2021 was…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has set up a fact-finding team on the alleged reprisal killing of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by soldiers in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State. Akpata…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) not to allow ethnic and religious bigotry to tear it apart. Ganduje made the call in a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Garba, the state’s…

In other words Attorney General, Malami has degraded the NBA to the status of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)  and the Trade Union Congress

The President of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, says that the association remains one united and indivisible family. He stated this Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja. This is just as members of the…

Mr Olumide Akpata, Head, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group, Templars law firm, was on Friday sworn in as the 30th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Akpata was sworn in by the outgone NBA President, Dr. Paul Usoro…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has been torn into two parts as some Northern lawyers have formed a faction. The lawyers said in a statement that they formed the "new NBA" in reaction to the main body's peddling of sectional interest.…

UFC Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman says former interim champion, Colby Covington should have his jaw broken for attacking the National Basketball Association (NBA) and LeBron James. The Auchi, Nigeria-born mixed martial artist…

The rescission of the invitation extended to Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as a consequence of sustained social media pressures from people who are discomfited by his history…

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has berated the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for allegedly taking sides in the Southern Kaduna crisis. Secretary General of the Council, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, said in a statement issued on…

A female lawyer, Halima Gachi, has vowed to boycott the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)'s Annual General Conference 2020 over the withdrawal of Governor Nasir el-Rufai's speaking invitation. She stated this in a tweet on Friday. Recall…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai says that the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw his speaking invitation at its 60th Annual General Conference would not stop him from contributing to national conversation.…