Did you know that limitation law does not count during the pendency of a suit ??? By Carrington Omokaro, Esq

Where an aggrieved person commences an action within the period prescribed by the statute and such action is subsequently struck out for one reason or the other without being heard on the merit or subjected to an outright dismissal, such action is still open to be recommenced at the instance of the Claimant and the…

July 12, 20230Comments

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There can be fair hearing without oral hearing

By Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK) At several times, both judicial and non-judicial bodies/committees are set up to investigate and determine the rights and obligations of persons. It may be by employers, schools, professional bodies, religious groups, unions, associations or government. The members of such administrative bodies or committees may not be educated or lawyers…

July 8, 20230Comments

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Nigeria: A New Dawn For Nigeria’s Power Sector: Highlights Of The Electricity Act, 2023

By Ibukun Konu , Osefan Anegbe and Nweze Hallel-Tobiel Introduction The repeal and re-enactment of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 (the ESPRA) as the Electricity Act 2023 (the Act) is a major game changer in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). On Thursday 8th June 2023, His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu GCFR, assented…

June 30, 20230Comments

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Logic and Legal Argument

By Chinua Asuzu As an advocate, you need to master legal argument: how to make it, analyze it, and assess it. To analyze and assess legal arguments, you must learn to detect fallacious arguments. You need not memorize the names of all the fallacies; it suffices if you can tell that something is wrong with…

June 12, 20230Comments

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Comparisons of the old Copyright Act, Cap C28, and the newly signed Copyright Act, 2022

By Nneamaka Onyema Copyright is a kind of intellectual property that protects creative works of invention as soon as the inventor fixes the work in a perceptible form of expression. It is a legal term labelling ownership of control of the rights to the use and distribution of certain works of creative expression, including books,…

Margins of freedom in Nigeria

By Okungbowa Adesina San & Co. In Nigeria, the Constitution comprises the base of the entirety of societal superstructure, every single individual, every office, every business, and every law derives its legitimacy from the Constitution but the Constitution is not an infallible constant of the universe rather it is a created document. The question…

Looting in the name of life pension for Governors: Delta State as a case study

By Kunle Edun The provisions of Sections 3(2), 6(1), Table “C” of Schedule 1 of the Delta State Governor and Deputy Governor Pension Rights and Other Benefits (Amendment Law) 2019, is a gross abuse of power of both the Legislature and the Executive (who worked in cahoot with each other) to pass the law. Most…

April 17, 20230Comments

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Electoral Justice in Kenya and Nigeria, By Femi Falana

Although this article was first published in 2017, its content is still very relevant today. Introduction: Both Nigeria and Kenya have been battling with electoral malpractice and political violence for over a decade. The 2007 general election in Nigeria was truly a “do or die” affair as declared by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Hundreds of people…

April 13, 20230Comments

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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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Election Petition: Ten rules for filing

By Amauche Onyedum, Esq In honour of Hon. Justice Ayobode Olujimi Lokulo-Sodipe of the Court of Appeal Akure Division. I only met My Lord, Hon. Justice Ayobode Olujimi Lokulo-Sodipe, JCA and for the first and last time, on the zebra-crossing prints of the numerous law reports in Nigeria, while I was en route to knowledge.…

February 28, 20230Comments

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