Between business registration and trademark: Law and misconception, by Miriam Seember Atser
it is wiser to register a name as a trademark first before proceeding to register with CAC as a legal…
Commentary
Rotimi Sankore, 6 June 1968 – 12 April 2024, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Rotimi Sankore, who has died at 55 of complications from cancer, was the clear intellectual and strategic leader of the…
Examining the law on currency handling in Nigeria, by Olukayode Ajulo, SAN
Respecting and handling Naira currency in accordance with the CBN Act and extant laws is not only a legal obligation…
Are dollar payments in Nigeria illegal, asks Abubakar D. Sani
I humbly submit that to suggest (as the EFCC Chair has clearly done) that it is illegal to make payments…
Peculiarities of customary marriages in Nigeria, by Dave Ajetomobi
There is no limit to the number of wives a man can marry under customary law which is not the…
Philip Shaibu: Time to scrap deputy governor’s office or…, by Reuben Abati
Philip Shaibu, the Edo state politician who was Deputy Governor in that state until yesterday afternoon, would seem to have…
Step by step procedure to lawfully impeach govs, deputies in Nigeria, by Douglas Ogbankwa
In a Monarchy, the King is the Law, in a democracy, the Law is the King—Thomas Paine, American Nationalist The…
The rise and fall of Philip Shaibu, by Bola Bolawole
Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has kicked the canvass; he was impeached by the Edo State House of…
When public agencies go rogue, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo…
The illegality of the use of exparte order to remand in Nigeria, by Douglas Ogbankwa
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, brought about innovations in the criminal justice system in Nigeria. The domestication of…