NBA Issues Cease and Desist Notice to First Bank Over Unlawful Advertorial

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The Nigerian Bar Association has through its Section on Legal Practice, NBA-SLP, issued a Cease and Desist Notice to First Bank of Nigeria Plc over an unlawful advertorial.

The Bank had in a publication on “This Day” Newspaper, used the phrase, “Get Legal Advice For Your Business,” claiming to offer clients legal advise for their businesses.

The act by the bank is against laws regulating the legal profession and the law practice in Nigeria, prompting the letter by the NBA-SBL.

The details of the letter are in the following images:

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