Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has emerged as president after completion of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2026 national officers’ election. Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the NBA, Chief Aham Ejelam, SAN, on Sunday announced her as the winner of the presidential seat, despite internal wranglings and an initial technical glitch, Ejelam, SAN, declared that…
The President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has expressed gratitude to lawyers across the country for electing her to lead the association, promising to serve with integrity, humility, courage and accountability. In a message issued after her victory, Badejo-Okusanya thanked members of the NBA for the confidence reposed in her, describing…
ASMARA, Eritrea, July 19, 2026/APO Group/ — The National Eritrean Festival 2026 was officially opened this morning by President Isaias Afwerki at the Expo Grounds. At the opening ceremony, which featured colorful traditional dances and songs from the country’s various ethnic groups, showcasing unity in diversity, President Isaias, accompanied by senior Government and PFDJ officials,…
Convenes emergency stakeholders’ meeting Threatens defectors with probe In what appeared to be a desperate political move, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has convened an emergency stakeholders’ meeting with a view to pacifying aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost out during the just-concluded party primaries. The meeting was held at…
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has given automatic employment to seven outstanding indigenes of the state who distinguished themselves during the 2025 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, year and were subsequently honoured by President Bola Tinubu with the prestigious Presidential Honours Award at the Aso Villa. The governor made this known when he…
ASMARA, Eritrea, July 19, 2026/APO Group/ — Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Negassi Kasa, Eritrea’s Ambassador to the European Union and the Benelux countries, participated in the 121st Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, convened in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 and 16 July. The session, in…
