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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION HELD ON THURSDAY 18TH DAY OF MARCH 2021
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held her 1st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of 2021 on March 18, 2021 at the Emerald Event Centre, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
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NBA's Position on CAC's Revalidation Directive 2
The attention of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) has been drawn to a directive credited to the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (“CAC”) to the effect that accredited agents of the CAC, including lawyers, are to revalidate their status as agents with the CAC and pay the sum of Ten Thousand Naira (₦10,000), failing which the defaulting agents may be unable to access the CAC’s Portal.
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SPECIAL UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NBA: CONSTITUTION OF STANDING AND AD-HOC COMMITTEES
It is six (6) months today since I took the oath of office and assumed responsibility as the 30th President of the foremost professional membership association in Nigeria and the most influential network of legal practitioners in Africa – the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”). In my inaugural address on the 28th of August 2020, I reiterated the resolve of the leadership of the NBA to build a functional Association that works for the members and for our society.
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NBA STAMP DISPATCH NOTICE NO. 2
Please take note that NBA Stamp applications received between the 18th and 27th of January 2021 have been processed and the stamps produced and dispatched to the various branches. 
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION HELD ON THURSDAY 18TH DAY OF MARCH 2021
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held her 1st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of 2021 on March 18, 2021 at the Emerald Event Centre, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
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NBA's Position on CAC's Revalidation Directive 2
The attention of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) has been drawn to a directive credited to the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (“CAC”) to the effect that accredited agents of the CAC, including lawyers, are to revalidate their status as agents with the CAC and pay the sum of Ten Thousand Naira (₦10,000), failing which the defaulting agents may be unable to access the CAC’s Portal.
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SPECIAL UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NBA: CONSTITUTION OF STANDING AND AD-HOC COMMITTEES
It is six (6) months today since I took the oath of office and assumed responsibility as the 30th President of the foremost professional membership association in Nigeria and the most influential network of legal practitioners in Africa – the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”). In my inaugural address on the 28th of August 2020, I reiterated the resolve of the leadership of the NBA to build a functional Association that works for the members and for our society.
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NBA STAMP DISPATCH NOTICE NO. 2
Please take note that NBA Stamp applications received between the 18th and 27th of January 2021 have been processed and the stamps produced and dispatched to the various branches. 
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Olumide A. Akpata
Olumide A. Akpata was born on 7 October 1972, and I had my early education in Warri, Delta State. I thereafter attended King's College, Lagos from where I proceeded to study Law at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). I graduated from UNIBEN in 1992, and I was called to the Nigerian Bar on 15 December, 1993.
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Section On Legal Practice (SLP)
At the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held in Enugu in 2003, two sections of the Association were created...
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Section on Business Law (SBL)
The Business Law Section of the Nigerian Bar Association was created to help lawyers practice in the Nigerian Business environment
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Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL)
The Section on Public Interest and Development Law of the Nigerian Bar Association was created to help lawyers practicing in the Nigerian
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