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Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has expressed his willingness to be integrated into the working system of the African Bar Association (AFBA) in order to uplift the association. The Lagos lawyer stated this, in his letter of acceptance to his appointment as the chairman of the Justice Sector Programme Commission of the AFBA. AFBA in…

A Lagos Magistrate court sitting in Igbosere, has ordered Princely Court, owners of Protea Hotel and Kuramo Waters to pay the sum of N7million to an oil dealer, Paul Ojoje of Rejoice Hope Company. The Chief Magistrate, Folashade Botoku, ordered the Protea Hotel, Kuramo Waters to pay the sum as a debt owed the businessman…

Crusade For Justice (CFJ), a human rights advocacy group, has called for a clinical reform in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to return it as a bulwark and the last line of defence to the oppressed. The group stressed that the NBA has slipped into the hands of a cartel and has over the years,…

Confidentiality of business agreement has been identified as one of the striking advantages of arbitration over litigation in disputes resolution particularly as they affect copyright infringements. In this interview with SUNDAY AIKUNOLA, an international arbitration expert, Nathan Searle, gave reasons why cases arising from copyright infringement take a lot of time and resources to be…

NPF & ORS v. OMOTOSHO & ORS CITATION: (2018) LPELR-45778(CA) In the Court of Appeal In the Lagos Judicial Division Holden at Lagos ON TUESDAY, 30TH OCTOBER, 2018 Suit No: CA/L/1078/2016 Before Their Lordships: TOM SHAIBU YAKUBU, JCA UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, JCA GABRIEL OMONIYI KOLAWOLE, JCA Between 1. THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE 2. THE COMMISSIONER…

Dissatisfied with the decision of a Kano State high court in respect of the fight against graft in the state, some civil society organizations have called on the Court of Appeal, Kaduna division, to accelerate hearing in the appeal filed by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC). The groups, comprising Zero Corruption…

A law firm - Advocaat Law Practice, last week, held its second discourse series with the theme, “Technology Disruption in the Power Sector.” The programmed which held in Lagos, featured seasoned resource persons in the Nigerian power sector, power generation and distribution companies, financiers of power projects as well as investors. One of the highlights…

The Lagos division of Appeal Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the ruling of Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo in the case of collapsed Synagogue Church of All Nations’ building (SCOAN), which killed about 116 persons.

The Nigerian Judiciary has always done at least, marginally well; and I have expressed this viewpoint in various interviews and at various fora. I can confidently say that in spite of the public perception about the judiciary, this arm of government has always been the last hope of the common man in Nigeria .....

Omnia praesumuntur rite esse acta - “all things are presumed to have been done rightly.” This maxim is a fancy way of expressing the legal principle known as the presumption of regularity.

A Group of Nigerians has taken the federal government to the Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) over its ban on independence candidacy.

President, ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has described attacks on journalists across the world as a matter of grave concern.Justice Asante added that it was unacceptable that journalists were maimed and killed for simply performing their professional duties in line....