Online Procedure (Step By Step) For Letters Of Administration In Lagos State

By Bennybonny Eucharia It is always a difficult and disappointing moment for beneficiaries and dependents of the deceased when they are asked to get Letters of Administration before they can claim the monies or assets the deceased left behind in the bank or with the Pension Fund Administrators. Some may even want to sell off…

July 10, 2020150Comments

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Uzodinma vs. Ihedioha: Supreme Court's findings that changed the tempo of the game

Imo State of Nigeria and the whole country was thrown into shock when the news broke out that on 14 January 2020, the Supreme Court sacked Mr Emeka Ihedioha as the Governor of the State. Mr Ihedioha became the first Governor among the set of Governors elected in 2019 to be removed from office through…

January 25, 20200Comments

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Court of Appeal upholds N898 Million damages awarded against NAFDAC for misuse of power

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) established by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Act, Cap N.1 LFN 2004. is a Federal Government agency established to regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals.…

January 12, 20200Comments

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How a seven-month-old Supreme Court ruling revived a nine-year-old case against GSK

In December 2017, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe of Philadelphia seemingly drove a stake through the heart of litigation by two employee healthcare funds suing GlaxoSmithKline over its marketing of the diabetes drug Avandia. The plans, which sued back in 2010, alleged that GSK had falsely touted Avandia as a boon to the cardiovascular health of diabetes…

January 1, 20200Comments

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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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Sacking your lawyer: Costly mistake you should never make

Nature of lawyer-client relationship Lawyer-client relationship is a relationship that has at least three natures. Firstly, the relationship is contractual in that it is a product of contract whereby a client seeks the services of a lawyer in exchange for payment of professional fees. Thus, the contractual relationship is governed by established principles of Contract…

November 28, 20190Comments

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Dealing with Electric Energy Theft in Nigeria: Need for an Investment-Protection-Oriented Approach

By Obinna Nwadialo Introduction The electricity industry in Nigeria since the privatization era has become awash with many promising opportunities. The industry which was broken into three layers of Generation, Transmission and Distribution with private firms/individuals holding the majority shares in the Generation and Distribution layers of the industry while the government, understandably, maintains its…

October 3, 20190Comments

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Disobeying Court Order can NEVER be in public interest: How the AGF misapplied the legal principle in Dokubo v. FRN

According to the Punch, during the ongoing ministerial screening exercise of the newly appointed Ministers by President Buhari at the floor of the Senate, the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), was asked why he decides to disobey court orders by refusing to see to the release of persons who have…

July 28, 20191Comment

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