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LAMATA: Stealing from Citizens

By Bayo Akinlade The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is the Lagos State Government agency created to coordinate transport planning, policies, and public transport infrastructure implementation in the Lagos Metropolitan Area, Nigeria. The organisation oversees wide range of transport planning and implementation of transport strategies and plans in Lagos, as well as the Lagos…

April 29, 20220Comments

Who is sexualizing our children?

By Sonnie Ekwowusi The sex scandal involving a 10-year old girl and a boy, both students of Chrisland Schools, Victoria Garden, Lekki, Lagos during the recently-concluded World School Games in Dubai, has once again brought to the fore the vexed issue of sexualization of Nigerian pre-teens, teens, teenagers and young school pupils especially pupils in…

Law Report

Extradition by Hon. Justice Usman Bukar Bwala

Extradition is as old as criminal law since criminals run away from the place or country where a crime is committed to a different place or country seeking safety from prosecution. Avoiding prosecution has always been central to criminals. How to get the fugitive after he has run away to a foreign country to face…

Law Report

Taxation – Payment of Tax by Law Firms

- Whether law firms are taxable persons and bound to remit Value Added Tax to the Federal Inland Revenue Service on the fees they charge their clients The thrust of the appellant's case in the lower Court is whether as a law firm which provides services to members of the public for profit she is…

What history says about how Buhari’s successor will emerge

By Azu Ishiekwene I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their interest as of today, a few still in the closet, and more coming out, the field has never looked more crowded. And last week, the decision by former President Goodluck Jonathan to…

Pitfalls of Section 850 of CAMA Law

By Jesuloluwa Section 850 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, empowers the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to withdraw, cancel or revoke the certificate of an association at will. When this is done, it provides grounds for the subsequent dissolution of such association by an order of the court. The case of Salomon…

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Is the Supreme Court on a flip flop with respect to the legal status of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act?

By Emmanuel Abasiubong Bassey and Ifeoluwa Oyemade 1. Introduction There are two laws that regulate the enforcement of foreign judgments in Nigeria. The first is the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act², (“the Ordinance”), which was enacted to facilitate the reciprocal enforcement of judgments obtained in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom and other parts of…

April 28, 20221Comment

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Vaginal Discharge Colours

By Dr. Njideka Kalu Vaginal Discharge Colours || Normal Vs Abnormal Discharge || Prevention & Treatment

April 27, 20220Comments

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May Day Celebration: Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh hosts community in Abuja

A former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly and 2019 All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Enugu North Senatorial District, Rt. (Hon.) Barr Eugene Odoh, will in the month of May host his Ukehe community’s Town Hall meeting in Abuja. Rt. (Hon) Odoh who was Speaker of the Enugu State House of…

April 27, 20220Comments