A total of 888 candidates failed the final bar examination conducted in November 2023 by the Nigerian Bar Association.

This was as 4,412 candidates were successful out of a total of 5,300 who sat for the examination.

Among the successful candidates, 251 had first class.

The  Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma,disclosed this at the call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, who is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Peter-Odili, described the current period as bad for the judiciary.

She noted that the confidence in the judiciary was dwindling as a result of the spate of conflicting judgments and in discipline among lawyers.