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Position of the Law on Distribution of Estate Under Islamic Law

CASE TITLE: KANKAROFI V. UMAR (2023) LPELR-61140(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: OCTOBER 5, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: ISLAMIC LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED DANJUMA, J.C.A.…

12 months ago

Whether Unchallenged Debt Amount in Bank Correspondence Equate to an Admission of Liability

CASE TITLE: UNITY BANK PLC v. MEDLEEK INT'L CO. LTD. & ANOR (2023) LPELR-60761(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: WEDNESDAY, 31ST MAY, 2023…

12 months ago

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

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

12 months ago

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

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

12 months ago

Ingredients of the Offence of Arson

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

Sports Law and Practice in Nigeria

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago