The Nigerian Bar Association has entered a new chapter with the election of Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, but decades earlier, Dame Priscilla Kuye made history as the association’s first female president. From breaking barriers in legal leadership to defending the rule of law during military rule, her legacy remains one of Nigeria’s most significant legal milestones.
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