The Legal Practitioner Of Light (1)
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN “A lawyer lives for the direction of his people and the advancement of the cause of his country.” (Christopher Alexander Sapara-Williams, the first indigenous Nigerian lawyer…
VeryDarkMan and NBA: When Institutions fail, spectacle becomes justice
By Israel Olawunmi Esq An institution begins to decay long before it collapses. The first sign is often its inability to distinguish between what attracts attention and what deserves authority.…
Is the NBA in short supply of Resource Persons?
By Ejiro Ofoye There are moments when an institution must pause—not necessarily because it has acted unlawfully, but because a particular decision raises deeper questions about judgment, standards and institutional…
NBA Conference: Rethinking the choice of voices on the podium
By Emmanuel Umohinyang The controversy surrounding the invitation of Martins Otse, fondly called VeryDarkMan, to the Nigerian Bar Association’s 2026 Annual General Conference should not be reduced to the rather…
Kaduna Gov donates brand new buses to NBA Kaduna Branch, others
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has donated brand new buses to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kaduna Branch, and other key professional institutions in the state as part of…
EFCC secured 10,872 convictions, recovered N1.23trn, says no one is above the law
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered more than N1.23 trillion and $684.48 million in proceeds of economic and financial crimes, secured 10,872 convictions and dismissed more than…
Protecting Civic Space, Constitutional Freedoms, and Democratic Governance
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION The civic space in Nigeria is getting choked day by day through various interferences from both state and non-state actors. The protection and enforcement of…
When the street meets the Bar: Defending the NBA’s choice of VeryDarkMan
By Fatai Abiodun Esq On the 25th August 2026, social media was busy with the participation of social media critic Martins Otse, known as Very Dark Man, appearing as a…
Geregu Power and Bandit Capitalism?
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In 2005, Nigeria enacted the Electric Power Sector Reform Act to “establish the legal framework for the formation of initial and successor companies, transfers assets and…
Cybercrime allegation: Sowore rejects DSS bid to suspend trial, demands withdrawal of charge
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to apologise and withdraw the alleged cybercrime case instituted against…
NBA President Badejo-Okusanya pledges all inclusive administration, list 5-point agenda
“Earn Better, Live Better, Practise Better” The newly inaugurated President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, entered office with an extensive campaign manifesto built around what she called…