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Nigerian voters have a constitutional right to join in election petitions

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic...

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Are your semantics on steroids?

By Chinua Asuzu Many users of the language indulge in what I call steroidal semantics: the hypercorrection of idioms, phrases, and forms long blessed by...

Are you sure you know what acronyms are? Really?

By Chinua Asuzu Not every abbreviation is an acronym. Loosely, any shortened form of a word, phrase, or term is an abbreviation. But lawyers, linguists,...

Stop saying “case laws”

Don’t Be a Chatbot Lawyer By Chinua Asuzu It’s “caselaw,” or “case law”, not “case laws,” no matter how many cases you’re discussing. “Caselaw” is a mass...

Let’s call exhibits and witnesses by name

By Chinua Asuzu Let’s assign substantive descriptions to exhibits, grounds, issues, and witnesses. Add substantive descriptions to procedural labels. Don’t merely refer to Exhibit XYZ, Ground...

Brief-Writing: What’s your theme?

By Chinua Asuzu Recall Donoghue v Stevenson AC 562 (HL). Ms Donoghue went to a café with her friend. The friend bought her some ginger...

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Fundamental rights jurisprudence (2): Melrose v EFCC— landmark judicial endorsement

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The first part of this article, which was published in March 2025, traced the foundation of human rights enforcement, in making...

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