CommentaryFeatured My perspective on death penalty, by Afe Babalola BarandbenchApril 17, 2024April 17, 20240 Indeed, the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Kalu v. State (1998) 13 NWLR Pt 583 531 upheld the legality of… Read More
CommentaryCrime Ex-Kano Gov Ganduje stole so much, faces multiple charges—Magaji BarandbenchApril 17, 2024April 17, 20240 Ahead of his arraignment before a Kano high court on Wednesday, April 17 over corruption charges, the Kano State Anti-Corruption… Read More
Commentary Applicable principles on nationality of a child born mid-air, by Miriam Seember Atser BarandbenchApril 15, 2024April 15, 20240 Vanguard reported in June of 2023 that a pregnant woman flying on a KLM flight of a Boeing 777 bound… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Between business registration and trademark: Law and misconception, by Miriam Seember Atser BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 it is wiser to register a name as a trademark first before proceeding to register with CAC as a legal… Read More
Commentary Rotimi Sankore, 6 June 1968 – 12 April 2024, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 Rotimi Sankore, who has died at 55 of complications from cancer, was the clear intellectual and strategic leader of the… Read More
Commentary Examining the law on currency handling in Nigeria, by Olukayode Ajulo, SAN BarandbenchApril 13, 2024April 13, 20240 Respecting and handling Naira currency in accordance with the CBN Act and extant laws is not only a legal obligation… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Are dollar payments in Nigeria illegal, asks Abubakar D. Sani BarandbenchApril 13, 2024April 13, 20240 I humbly submit that to suggest (as the EFCC Chair has clearly done) that it is illegal to make payments… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Peculiarities of customary marriages in Nigeria, by Dave Ajetomobi BarandbenchApril 11, 2024April 11, 20240 There is no limit to the number of wives a man can marry under customary law which is not the… Read More
Commentary Philip Shaibu: Time to scrap deputy governor’s office or…, by Reuben Abati BarandbenchApril 11, 2024April 11, 20240 Philip Shaibu, the Edo state politician who was Deputy Governor in that state until yesterday afternoon, would seem to have… Read More
Commentary Step by step procedure to lawfully impeach govs, deputies in Nigeria, by Douglas Ogbankwa BarandbenchApril 10, 2024April 10, 20240 In a Monarchy, the King is the Law, in a democracy, the Law is the King—Thomas Paine, American Nationalist The… Read More