Courteous Language: A Vital Part of a Lawyer’s Toolkit’ -By Victor Obinna Chukwuma

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INTRODUCTION The legal profession is often regarded as a noble profession. This presupposes that lawyers possess certain qualities that distinguish…

Between Power And Human Rights: Jamal Khashoggi As A Case Study

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It appears that the laws in the world are couched with the ultimate indendment, or at least it’s proximate impulsion,…

Ingredients of the Offence of Arson

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CASE TITLE:  OBAKPNOVWE v. STATE (2023) LPELR-61092(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 1ST AUGUST, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ABUBAKAR…

Whether the Issue of Qualification of a Candidate to Contest an Election is Both a Pre-Election and an Election Matter

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CASE TITLE: OKOLIE v. ELUMELU & ORS (2023) LPELR-61110(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH SEPTEMBER 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERLEAD JUDGMENT: HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA…

Concurrent Jurisdiction of the Election Petition Tribunal and the Federal High Court Over Issues of Qualification and Locus Standi in an Election Petition

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CASE TITLE: OKEKE & ANOR v. NWACHUKWU & ORS (2023) LPELR-61233(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITIONLEAD JUDGMENT: BIOBELE…

Illicit Fund Origins: Understanding Burden of Proof under the Advance Fee Fraud and Related Offenses Act

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CASE TITLE: YUSUF v. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN EFCC(2023) LPELR-60652(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 26TH JUNE, 2023 JUSTICES: YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, JCAJAMES GAMBO Abundag,…

Sports Law and Practice in Nigeria

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Sports, since time immemorial, have served as a universal language of unity, camaraderie, and friendliness. It engrains punctuality, patience, discipline,…

Corporate Affairs Commission Not Empowered to Register Trade Union Organizations – Industrial Court Rules

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Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the Port-Harcourt Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has declared that the Corporate Affairs…

A Critical Appraisal of the Misapplication of Discretion in Judicial Proceedings in Nigeria

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Justices, Judges, Magistrates and Presidents of Area and District Customary Courts in Nigeria are very powerful. What they say and…

Academics, Lawyers deserve Appointment as Supreme Court justices – Former NBA GS

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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, shares his thoughts with SOLOMON…