The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau has said that the Bar would not hesitate to punish any lawyer who is found wanting while discharging their official functions if proper evidence is found against them. Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, spoke at a news conference to herald the 2023 annual general conference with the theme …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau is the new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). He will succeed Mr Olumide Akpata who was elected on 28 August 2020. Maikyau scored 22,342 votes to defeat his major opponent, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, also a SAN, who polled 10,842 votes. The third candidate Taidi Gunu polled 380 votes, representing four per cent …