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Nigerian Bar Association

Nigerian Law Organization

Field	Value
name	Nigerian Bar Association
alt
caption	Nigerian Bar Association
extinction
type	Professional Association
status
purpose	Promote legal professionalism
location	Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
coords
language	English
leader_title	President
leader_name	Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe, SAN
leader_title2	General Secretary
leader_name2	Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara
website

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of lawyers admitted to the Bar by the Council of Legal Education in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance. The NBA has an observer status with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, and a working partnership with many national and international non-governmental organizations concerned with similar goals in Nigeria and in Africa.

The NBA is made up of 129 branches, three professional sections, two specialized institutes, and six practice-cadre forums.

Its National Secretariat is managed from Abuja. Its organizational structure comprises a National Executive Council, a National Officers/Management Board, sections, forums, committees, working groups and a National Secretariat with 54 staff as at June 2024.

The president of the Nigerian Bar Association is Afam Osigwe, SAN and the General Secretary is Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara.

References

"Nigerian Bar Association".
"About NBA". Nigerian Bar Association.
"Nigerian Bar Journal".
Dania, Onozure. (2024-08-29). "BREAKING: Osigwe sworn in as 32nd NBA president".
Admin 1, Abdullahim. (2024-08-12). "NBA: History as Afam Osigwe replaces Maikyau".

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