Nigerian Lawyers

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…

5 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…

5 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…

8 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.…

8 years ago

30 Websites Every Nigerian Lawyer Should Know

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) –nba.org.ng: The NBA is a non-profit umbrella professional association of all lawyers admitted to the Bar…

10 years ago