Mary Akanbi

UPDATE ON NBA BAR PRACTICE FEE (BPF) PAYMENT PORTAL Mary Akanbi 25th March, 2023 Distinguished Colleagues, On behalf of the President and the National Executive Committee of our dear Association, I express our unreserved apologies for the difficulties experienced by our colleagues in the last few days over payment of Bar Practicing Fee (BPF). This was due to a technical glitch in the payment platform.  I am pleased to inform you that the NBA BPF Portal is now up and running. Members are advised to quickly visit the portal and make payment of BPF as appropriate. Once again, we sincerely apologise for the earlier hitches. Thank you. Adesina Adegbite, FICMC General Secretary

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - NBA-INEC PRO BONO SERVICES Mary Akanbi 13th February, 2023 Distinguished Colleagues,    In a meeting between the NBA President, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau OON, SAN and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu held on Thursday 9 February 2023 to discuss the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the NBA President pledged the NBA’s support to INEC in the conduct of free, fair, credible, inclusive and verifiable elections emphasizing that we [the legal profession] owe Nigerians the duty of sincere participation in all election processes.    In furtherance of our commitment to support INEC as indicated above, the NBA is setting up a team of lawyers to provide pro bono services to INEC for the handling of electoral matters including the prosecution of electoral offences arising from the 2023 general elections. We, therefore, call on interested members of the NBA to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for the provision of pro bono...