Nigerian Lawyers

Top Law Firms gear up for AfCFTA

as LawPavilion unveils Solicitors and Arbitrators' Toolkit and AI-Powered Practice Management software. Following the launch of the LawPavilion Experience Centre in…

6 years ago

THE PROPER APPROACH TO AN INDICTMENT CONTAINING A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AND A SUBSTANTIVE CHARGE

CASE TITLE: JIMOH v. STATE (2019) LPELR-48089(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 5TH JULY, 2019 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ABUBAKAR MAHMUD…

6 years ago

RAISING THE DEFENCE OF ALIBI TIMEOUSLY

CASE TITLE: MUSA v. FRN (2019) LPELR-48155(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 3RD JULY, 2019 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: CHIDI NWAOMA…

6 years ago

A New Wig’s Guide To Litigation Part 2 – “What do I say?”

A New Wig's Guide To Litigation is a Guest Series of 4 posts submitted by Morenike Okebu (Lawyer and Partner at GM…

6 years ago

A New Wig’s Guide To Litigation

A New Wig's Guide To Litigation is a Guest Series of 4 posts submitted by Morenike Okebu (Lawyer and Partner…

6 years ago

THE HYDRA-HEADED FOURTH ALTERATION

INTRODUCTION Whilst we all know about the 4th alteration to the Nigerian 1999 Constitution; I doubt if we all know…

6 years ago

THE MOMENTOUS WEIGHT OF A CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT

      KARIMU SUNDAY V. THE STATE (2017) LPELR-42259(SC) PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW INTRODUCTION On how significant the confession…

8 years ago

APPROPRIATE WAY TO REQUEST FOR FACILITIES FOR DEFENCE FROM THE OTHER PARTY

      NWEKE v. STATE (2017) LPELR-42103(SC) PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW INTRODUCTION Generally, when a party wants to tender a…

8 years ago

The Court Has No Business With Intra-party Issues!

UFOMBA v. INEC & ORS (2017) LPELR-42079(SC) PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITION  INTRODUCTION In a recent judgment delivered on Friday, 7th…

9 years ago

The Propriety of the Court of Appeal Sitting on Appeal Over its Own Judgment

ABDULRAHMAN ABUBAKAR & ANOR v. SENATOR AIDOKO ALI USMAN & ORS (2017) LPELR-41915(SC) FACTS: This appeal borders on Election Petition.…

9 years ago