Can Police Release Recovered Property to its Owner even where it’s an Exhibit to be used in Court?

Can Police Release Recovered Property to its Owner even where it’s an Exhibit to be used in Court? Daily Law Tips (Tip 250) By Onyekachi Umah,Esq. Often times, Police officers refuse to release stolen but recovered property to their owners under the excuse that such are “exhibits” to be used in court against arrested suspects.…

July 13, 20220Comments

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The Law and You

A Female too, Can be Guilty of Rape in Nigeria

A Female too, Can be Guilty of Rape in Nigeria. Daily Law Tips (Tip 248) By Onyekachi Umah,Esq. Before now, rape was considered in Nigeria as penetration of vagina with penis without consent, thereby making it an offence for Males only. That has changed. Now, RAPE is where there is an intentional but unauthorised penetration…

July 13, 20220Comments

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Opinion

The Root Causes And Consequences Of Farmers-Herders Crisis And Its Implication On Women And Girls In North Central Nigeria

By Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nkanga INTRODUCTION The driving force of the clashes is the competition for available resources, especially grazing land. It seems that the government has abandoned the grazing reserve system created by the Northern region government in 1965. Then, the government created over 417 grazing reserves in the north. Under the grazing reserve system, government provided…

July 13, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Week 27 of July 4, 2022 – July 10, a week like no other

By Henry Ewunonu Beginning innocuously, the week began like others, surreal, but a certain atmosphere of uncertainty hung around. People were apprehensive but unsure of what will go wrong. Tuesday evening punctured the inflated hot balloon of disaster and shame, bursting to discharge its contents of the untold epiphany of woes that were to characterise…

July 10, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Aloysius Katsina-Alu: A Chief Justice and his Toxic Legacy

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Aloysius Iyorgher Katsina-Alu didn’t set out to be a lawyer or a judge. His first love was soldiering. From April to October, 1962, he was enrolled at the Nigerian Military Training School (NMTC). The month after graduating from the NMTC, in November 1962, he left for the officer training programme at…

July 10, 20220Comments

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Book review

Book Review: Construction Law in Nigeria, by Mrs. Ewuwuni Onnoghen-Theophilus

Reviewed by Prof. Andrew I. Chukwuemerie, SAN, FCIArb (UK), FICIArb This book, Construction Law in Nigeria is, to the best of my knowledge, obviously the first book on construction law in the country; an area not yet dwelt on any other author in the country. It is an 11 chapter book. By way of introduction,…

July 10, 20220Comments

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Opinion

The burden of insensitive, tepid and selfishly partisan legislature

By Henry Ewunonu Today, the leader of the Tory Party and Prime Minister of Britain Mr. Boris Johnson finally resigned as the Leader of the party and consequently, as the Head of Government over sundry accusations some of which include flagrant violation of the lockdown measures he prescribed for the whole country, mishandling of criminal…

July 7, 20220Comments

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Opinion

The coming anarchy

By Dr. Sam Amadi It happened in Owerri. Armed terrorists stormed a prison facility and released criminals. Today, Imo is under the terror of unknown Gunmen. Last night, it happened in Abuja. Terrorists stormed Kuje prison, housing captured terrorists and other high-profile criminals. About 600 prisoners are reportedly unaccounted. Yesterday, terrorists attacked President Buhari’s advance…

July 7, 20220Comments

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Lifestyle

Linda Rose Bala, a woman of passion, resilience and more

It was Dwight Eisenhower who said: “The qualities of a great man are ‘vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.’ As Linda Rose Bala seeks the position of 1st Vice President in the forthcoming national elections of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), electing her into that office will further raise…

July 7, 20220Comments

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Opinion

It is a Crime to Fail in Child Immunization

It is a Crime to Fail in Child Immunization. Daily Law Tips (Tip 243) By Onyekachi Umah,Esq. Every parent/guardian with custody of a child in Nigeria, irrespective of tribe, religion and wealth must provide full immunisation for such child under the age of 2 years. Failure to do so, is an offence punishable with a…

July 6, 20220Comments

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