The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Nigerian Bar Association challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over its decision to freeze Osun State accounts. The outgoing Bar president, Afam Osigwe, warned that administrative agencies lack constitutional powers to block state bank withdrawals without court orders. The anti-graft agency instructed First Bank to place a post-no-debit order on the state government…
President Bola Tinubu’s congratulatory message to Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, the incoming President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), carried more than the usual ceremony. Alongside praise for a historic victory, the President added a pointed instruction: to reach out to her rivals, unify a divided bar, and “make efforts to correct issues that arose during…
More than three decades after a woman last led the Nigerian Bar Association, the country’s largest professional body of lawyers has again placed its highest office in a woman’s hands, though the victory arrived through one of the most turbulent elections in the association’s recent history, shadowed by a cyberattack, collapsed voting links and…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has issued a stinging indictment of Nigeria’s political culture, declaring that the country stands alone in Africa as a nation where thuggery has evolved into a recognised and rewarding profession, warning that the trend poses a direct threat to democratic governance. Jonathan made the remarks on Wednesday at the opening…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has clarified that the recent judgment of the Federal High Court did not invalidate the NBA Stamp and Seal regime or aspects of its Continuing Professional Development policy, contrary to reports circulating on social media. In a statement released on Saturday and signed by its General Secretary, Mobolaji Ojibara,…
The Nigerian Bar Association has issued a stern warning that it will pursue disciplinary measures against legal practitioners who institute court actions aimed at entangling the judiciary in the internal disputes of political parties. The warning, contained in a statement released amid ongoing factional tensions within the African Democratic Congress, reflects growing concern over…