Olumide Akpata

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, has denied claims that he had a hand in the protest that took place at the party’s secretariat in Benin on Sunday. Members of the Edo Chapter of the Labour…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Olumide Akpata yesterday berated lawyers who stormed the accreditation centre and carted away conference bags and other items. Akpata, who apologised for his lateness to the President’s Dinner…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has dispelled worries about the endorsement of candidates in the general elections of 2023. Speaking at a press conference in advance of the NBA's 2022 Annual Conference in Lagos State, on…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has begun a probe of the circumstances surrounding the jailing of a Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot. President Olumide Akpata, who ordered the…

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that only an independent judiciary would guarantee an effective rule of law in Nigeria. Okowa stated this on Monday, July 4,…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that there is no constitutional nor legal authority that supports the ban of Twitter by the Federal Government. NBA President, Olumide Akpata disclosed this in a statement on Friday night, …

President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has faulted the calls for regulation of social media by the Federal Government. Akpata who admitted that there are people who are “irresponsible” in their usage of…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it has set up a seven-man task force to rescue a lawyer, Bisola Paulette Ajayi, who was abducted on Sunday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. MDB earlier reported that the 25-year-old lady was trailed…

Newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata; and some Senior Advocates of Nigeria have condemned the move by some northern lawyers in the country to pull out of the body and form another one. The lawyers…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sworn in Olumide Akpata as its 30th President on Friday, August 28. Akpata is the first non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria, to lead the NBA in years, having defeated two SANs in an online election the…

A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, (NBA-SBl) Mr Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the 30th President of the NBA. Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) made the declaration at…