New Female Village Chief Annuls 850 Child Marriages And Puts Girls Back In School

Most people have never heard of a hero quite like Theresa Kachindamoto. She was the youngest of 12 kids who were descendants of village chiefs who presided over Monkey Bay in Malawi, Africa. When she found out that it was her turn to serve as the new senior village chief, Kachindamoto had been working at…

November 29, 20190Comments

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Features

The Reckless Infidel (1)

By Mukhail Suleiman The moment I saw him, I knew he was one of them. Those intrusive characters who thought they loved you more than you. Those pests who go about buzzing around your ears with their boring message. I was in a bad mood; I was frustrated; I was broke; and very angry. Who…

November 29, 20190Comments

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News

ECOWAS Court judgement Criminalises Nigeria’s Hate Speech Bill

…. as Babangida, Tambuwal, Osoba decry moves to gag free speech It might be uhuru at last for proponents of free speech as plots to push the hate speech bill in the red chambers appears to be wobbling. Senate President Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan was today presented with a court judgement to safeguard the Senate from…

November 28, 20190Comments

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Features

Company wins African black soap trademark dispute against man seeking $1 million

By William Sassani As the judgment continues to reveberate, a Nigerian lawyer with the hash tag IP #TM #UFAIRCOMPETITION had a say on "Trademark and Unfair Competition: how brands can commercialize their IP?". U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter | OpenJurist.org PHILADELPHIA – Tropical Naturals won a copyright lawsuit over the use of a trademark…

November 28, 201910Comments

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Opinion

Legal War Against Pornography

By Nonso Anyasi A psychology war is currently brewing in Nigeria. This is the serious decade-old battle between serious literature and pornography. The contemporaneous Nigerian society has been so bastardized by the influx of Western culture that we seem to be losing our foothold on our sense of values. Many Nigerians have assimilated to a…

November 28, 20192Comments

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Law Report

Babcock: Is engaging in private sex capable of tarnishing the image of a University?

A student of Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, “Miss Y”, was found in a trending sex tape which surfaced on online on Wednesday, 21/11/2019. According to the University, the lady was a third-year student of the Accounting Department. Well, the University (a Christian co-educational Nigerian University owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in…

November 28, 20190Comments

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Features

Exclusive: Why, And How Appeal Court Judge, Nwosu-Iheme was Kidnapped; What Her Abductors Told Her

By Comfort Obi A group of women had come visiting. The women, most of them, Choristers came from the Cathedral Of The Transfiguration Of The Lord, (CATOL), Anglican Communion, Owerri. They came to rejoice with one of their own, Hon. Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, PhD, who had just come back from the Lion’s den. In her…

November 28, 20190Comments

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TIPS

Being Present During Torture Without Participating in it, is a Crime

Daily Law Tips (Tip 464) By Onyekachi Umah Torture is the intentional infliction of mental or physical pain/suffering on a person ignorer to obtain information/confession, or punish, intimidate and force him or a third party. Torture includes; beatings, food deprivation, rubbing of pepper/chemicals, assuming of stressful bodily positions, rape, exposure to cold/sunlight, use of drugs,…

November 28, 20190Comments

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Opinion

11 Year Old Maid Abused & Fed Cockroaches by Her Madam, but What Does the Law Say About Child Abuse

By Fredrick Nwanji I came across these sordid images of the 11 year old girl who was rescued by activist Gwamnishu Harrison in Awka Anambra state. While details are still coming in at the time of writing this article I thought it wise to educate Nigerians on this atrocious and illegal acts called child…

November 28, 20194Comments

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TIPS

Does State Security Service (SSS) Have Powers to Profile and Vet Nigerians?

Daily Law Tips (Tip 466) By Onyekachi Umah Security agencies are created by law and their powers are spelt out by law. No security agency is allowed to go outside its powers and rights. The State Security Services (SSS) also nicknamed Department of Security Service (DSS) was created by the National Security Agencies Act,…

November 28, 20190Comments

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