Law

Civil society organisations have filed a suit against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Chief of Army staff, Lt. General Turkur Buatai and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82nd Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Emmanuel Boman Kabuk, over infringement of fundamental rights through military operations. The organisations, comprising International Human Rights…

Eighteen former area managers of Visionscape Sanitation Solutions have sued the company at the National Industrial Court, Lagos over alleged wrongful termination of appointments and refusal to pay their entitlement after a year in its employment. The foreign waste management firm is partnering Lagos State Government on waste management in the state. In the suit…

Most times, governments are in quandary about the desire to rid the society of different ills and at the same time preserve the rights of its citizens from being violated. The point at which to draw the lines, in most cases, always raises issues of law. Chief Robert Clarke (SAN) in this interview with Assistant…

The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) is scheduled to hold its 2018 International Conference and Gala/Award Nite on September 27 and 28, 2018 at Four Points by Sheraton, Oniru, Lagos. According to the Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Ayodele Akintunde (SAN), the Conference with the theme “Driving Business Rescue in…

In the Court of Appeal In the Jos Judicial Division Holden at Jos ON FRIDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 2018 Suit No: CA/J/264/2017 Before Their Lordships: ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA (JCA) ADAMU JAURO (JCA) UCHECHUKWU ONYEMENAM (JCA) BETWEEN ANDEE IHEME Appellant AND 1. CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF 2. NIGERIA ARMY COUNCIL 3. CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 4. ATTORNEY…

A Lagos Federal High Court, has granted an order freezing the accounts of a Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Ayeni Oluwafemi Oluwale and his company, Femglare International Limited over alleged US$158,000 alleged fraud.  This followed an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and argued by one of its counsel, Mr George Chia –Yakua…

The fate of the 2019 general election is hanging in the balance. Barely six months to the timetable set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the election, the enabling law, which is the Electoral Act, is not signed into law. Worse still, the lawmakers are on a long vacation that…

Discretion is a huge part of administrative law in most national systems across the world. The constitution and other legislation cannot possibly contemplate or provide a remedy for every single situation, so the government’s powers are delegated to agencies to administer laws in a more tailored fashion.

Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has lamented over the poor implementation of the Lagos State Special Persons Law (LSSPL) enacted for the benefit of People With Disabilities (PWDs).

The appellant and the 1st respondent contested for the National Assembly primary election conducted by the All Progressive Congress (APC) to select its candidate for the House of Representatives for the Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State in the general election slated for 14th February 2015.

Journalism, the Fourth Estate of the Realm and the society's watchdog, is a profession that has paid its dues in nation building and that continues to play the inevitable surveillance function so that the country for which generations of men and women have laboured to build would not go on its knees.

A new initiative to drive working partnership between legal professionals in the United Kingdom and Nigeria has been announced by the Prime Minister.In a statement by UK based organization, Hogan Lovells, signed by Ekene Nwaokobi....