We are All Igbo

BY Olumide Akpata On Saturday 18 March 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the gubernatorial and State Assembly elections to mark the second and concluding round of the 2023 elections. On that day, INEC, the law enforcement agencies and the Nigerian populace were presented with a golden opportunity to demonstrate to the rest…

March 31, 20230Comments

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Book review

A New Book on the Business of Making Money in Legal Practice: Law Practice As A Business

By Stephen Azubuike Background In the early years when I joined the legal profession, I was privileged to listen to conversations around the idea of seeing Law Practice not only as a profession but as a business as well. As years roll by, the conversation has become one of the most interesting issues within the…

March 30, 20230Comments

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Living

TALES MY PATIENTS TOLD ME: Roll at the STOP Sign, start of the woes!

Charlie was leisurely cruising in his neighborhood when he came across a STOP sign. He slowed the car down a little bit, then rolled across the line without coming to a full stop. Flashing lights and blaring siren from an unmarked car parked fifty feet behind him showed that his indiscretion was going to cost…

March 30, 20230Comments

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spotlight

Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN is the new Vice Chairman Body of Benchers

Contrary to reports that an ex-First Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mrs Funke Adekoya, SAN is set to be elected as the new Vice Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Asiwaju Adegboyega Solomon Awomolo, SAN on Thursday 30th March emerged as the chosen one. Awomolo in his acceptance remarks wherein he…

March 30, 20230Comments

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For locking up personal assistant in dog cage, FIDA Nigeria secures N30 million damages against Ahmadu Ali’s wife

Orders Mrs. Ali to tender an apology in a national newspaper By Lillian Okenwa For locking up her personal assistant, Ms. Deborah Longs Nanpon in a dog cage for three days, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has awarded the sum of N30 million naira as damages against Dr. Mrs. Marianne Ahmadu…

March 29, 20230Comments

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Opinion

Were the elections free and fair? Somber Tuesday series by Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome

"It’s now up to the courts to decide whether INEC announced winners are the ultimate winners." #SomberTuesday! The second set of the 2023 elections (to choose the governors and members of the State Assemblies) took place on Saturday, the 18th of March. Kudos once again to the Nigerians who went out to vote, despite the…

March 28, 20230Comments

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Delete offensive tweet, recant libelous statement, or meet me in court – Sam Amadi to Fani-Kayode

Dr. Sam Amadi onetime Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has told the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode to apologise for falsely representing him on Twitter or face legal action. Dr. Amadi also warned that he would “activate all known legal process (s)” should…

March 28, 20230Comments

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Opinion

The Faux Apologia of Seun Osewa

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On or around 20 March 2023, two days after the ballot into the offices of state governors and state legislators which took place on 18 March, one Seun Osewa issued what he ostentatiously titled “An Apology to the Igbo People of Nigeria.” A 40-year-old graduate of one of Nigeria’s best universities,…

March 26, 20230Comments

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Opinion

Right of Reply: Re – As Nigeria’s judges get set to begin voting

From Nkereuwem Akpan It’s with humility that I find myself unable to find any meaningful points of divergence from the views expressed by Anslem Odinkalu PhD. on all or any of the views expressed in the bulletin under review. Dr. Anslem Odinkalu, far and above any lawyer, living or dead, I respect you, Sir. I…

March 25, 20230Comments

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The Law and You

Anomalous outcomes applying the felony murder rule

By Emmanuel O. Fashakin MD Esq. LaKeith Smith was just 15 when he and his friends burglarized several homes in Millbrook, Alabama. During the crimes, police responded and fatally shot Smith’s friend, 16-year-old A’Donte Washington, who was participating in the burglaries. He was shot in the back and back of his neck as he was…

March 24, 20230Comments

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