Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has cleared the coast for the registration of a new association of lawyers in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has repeatedly faced rival groups clamouring to be registered as associations of lawyers.

But the court's approval in a judgement delivered on 15 December 2023, for the registration of "The Nigerian Law Society," "Nigerian Bar Society," "Nigerian Lawyers' Society" and "The Association of Legal Practitioners of Nigeria," is the first of its kind.

Gladys Olotu, the judge, ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) "to approve for registration and thereafter register any of the proposed names submitted to it on behalf of the plaintiffs, being: The Nigerian Law Soc...