{
  "id": 19976883,
  "title": "ADC accuses NBA of siding with ruling party over Kalu’s comments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/adc-accuses-nba-of-siding-with-ruling-party-over-kalus-comments",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T12:38:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/adc-accuses-nba-of-siding-with-ruling-party-over-kalus-comments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of supporting the ruling party over the remarks made by ADC lawyer, Kalu Kalu, about a Federal High Court judge. The ADC questioned the NBA's decision to refer Kalu to a disciplinary panel for his comments. The party claimed that the NBA had not shown similar concern when the Court of Appeal criticized the same judge's conduct.",
  "summary": "The African Democratic Congress has accused the Nigerian Bar Association of bias for referring lawyer Kalu Kalu to a disciplinary panel over his comments. Read More: https://punchng.com/adc-accuses-nba-of-siding-with-ruling-party-over-kalus-comments/",
  "key_points": [
    "ADC accuses NBA of siding with ruling party over Kalu's comments.",
    "NBA referred Kalu to disciplinary panel for remarks about judge.",
    "ADC claims NBA didn't object when Court of Appeal criticized same judge."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}