NBA Warri Branch Launches A Mobile App On Google Play-Store For Its Website

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Warri Branch at the October
general meeting of the Branch, held on Sunday, the 28th day of
October 2019, launched a mobile App on Google Playstore for its
website.

At the meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Branch, Michael A.
Asugo, Esq., who stated the need for the Branch to evolve with the
times, expressed delight that via the instrumentality of the App,
members and non-members of the Branch will have easier access to
the content and information on the Branch website. He added that
the world which had become a global village, had also gotten to a
stage where anyone with a smartphone was just a click away from
whatever information he desires, hence the need for the App. He
added that the use of the App was a novel idea in the NBA.

The Secretary of the Branch, John E. Aruoture, who was called
upon by the Chairman to conduct a practical presentation of the new
website, stated that it could be accessed either via www.nbawarri.com^[1], or
www.nbawarri.org^[2]. He added
that “the App for the website can be downloaded on any Android
phone from the Playstore on Google.” He informed members that to be
eligible to access all information on the site, they will have to
register by imputing their full name, Supreme Court Number, email
address, mobile number, and a personally generated password, after
which the Administrator of the site will verify and confirm their
membership status. He stated that the site will enable an easy
search for information on members of the Branch, which will include
their names, emails, phone numbers, Supreme Court Numbers, Year of
Call and office address. This, he said, will enable “easy access to
information about the activities of the Branch; and to serve as an
easy alternative platform for committee meetings by enabling the
conduct of online meetings.” He added that non-members can also
have near absolute access to all contents of the website save for a
few restricted areas.

John E. Aruoture demonstrated the features and contents of the
website to include the excerpts of the History Book of the Branch,
the names, positions and photographs of the current Officers, the
schedule of meetings, photo gallery of members and Bar events. The
contents also included articles by members, a list of all Senior
Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), past members of the Branch, all Judges
of the Delta State High Courts, Revenue, Magistrate and Customary
Courts.

The Secretary also mentioned the fact that letters have been
written to the Chief Judge of Delta State, Hon. Justice Marshall
Umukoro, and the Presiding Judge of the Federal High Court, Warri
Judicial Division, Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite, requesting for their
Lordships to inform registrars of their various cadre of courts to
furnish the Branch with an advance cause list of cases. This is to
enable the publication of the information on the website. He added
that this will effectively make the Branch website a go-to area for
lawyers in and outside Delta State, who are need of these kinds of
information. He added that officials of the Court of Appeal will be
reached for a similar purpose.

The Secretary concluded the presentation by adding that the
website also contains copies of the minutes of meetings of the
Branch from June 2018-till date. He promised the introduction of
other features and contents, as the development of the site
continues.