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ICYMI: Samoa Agreement: Reps demand suspension as NBA faults same-sex allegation
The Nigerian Bar Association, on Tuesday, defended the Federal Government’s endorsement of the Samoa Agreement, declaring it contained no clause on same-sex marriage. President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), waded into the controversy surrounding the pact as the House of Representatives asked the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the agreement signed by […]
SAMOA agreement had no provision for LGBT, gay rights – NBA President
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), on Tuesday said there was no provision in the SAMOA Agreement that required Nigeria to accept or recognise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queen (LGBTQ) rights. Maikyau noted that the narrative being propagated was either due to ignorance of the contents of the agreement, or […]
NBA gives FG seven-day ultimatum to reverse electricity tariff hike
The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has given the federal government and electricity distribution companies (Discos) a seven-day ultimatum to reverse the old electricity tariff or face a lawsuit. At a news conference on Tuesday, the branch chairman, Seyi Olawunmi, described the increase in the electricity tariff by almost 300 per cent […]
BREAKING: Ex-NBA President, Akpata, emerges Edo LP guber candidate
The immediate past national chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the September governorship election in Edo. Akpata, who was a senior partner and the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group at Templars law firm in Nigeria until his resignation […]