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By Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, I thank the organisers of this colloquium for making this one of the topics to be discussed today. AdaezeAnah who has always insisted on having a public discourse on whether the extant provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2007 which regulate advertising or promotion in connection […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two businessmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with consignments of cocaine and heroin going to Hong Kong and France concealed in their bellies. While 38-year-old ThankGod Chimamkpa Emenike was arrested at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Friday 20th […]

Oyo State Government has filed an appeal challenging the court ruling that invalidated the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomosoland. It also filed an application for stay of execution pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal Defendants/Applicants against the judgment at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Judicial […]

By Kenneth Okonkwo Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited is a foreign trading company that heard that in Nigeria, you do not need to add any value to the country to get billions of dollars to yourself. You simply need to know the right people to meet and the right money to give them. The […]

TheNigeriaLawyer Editorial In recent times, the Nigerian judiciary has been in the eye of the storm of public criticism and depleting confidence from members of the society. A lot of persons from all walks of life have at different times contributed to discourse on the imperativeness of sweeping judicial reforms starting from the process recruitment […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is introducing new measures to tighten standards on colleges, responding to criticism that Canada’s education sector is bringing in so many foreign students that it’s boosting pressure on housing and the labor market. According to Bloomberg, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a framework on Friday that will push universities […]

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, emphasised the importance of maintaining professional integrity within the judiciary at all times during a dinner held at the banquet hall of the old government house in Abakaliki. The dinner was organised to honour members of the state judiciary, marking the commencement of their 2023–2024 legal year. Nwifuru urged members […]

OBSCURE LEGAL FACTS BY AROME ABU In Nigeria, no aircraft flying over Nigeria is permitted to drop any person, animal or thing while flying, unless in an emergency, in which case the persons, animals or thing shall be dropped with a parachute. See Regulation 32 of the Civil Aviation (Air Navigation) Regulation. Arome Abu is […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to use the mandates of INEC to pursue constitutional and legal reforms that would explicitly recognize Nigerians’ right to vote and to vote securely in free, fair and honest elections as a fundamental right.” SERAP […]

*Says He’s Manipulating the Truth Hadiza Bala Usman, special adviser to the president on policy coordination, says Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, has “recovered from his failed presidential bid and crawling back into public life”. Bala Usman said this in response to the allegations Amaechi made against her concerning her new book titled “Stepping […]

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has assured that there won’t be any interference in the forthcoming governorship elections scheduled to hold in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on November 11. Ribadu gave the assurance yesterday in Abuja during the meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). He said the […]

The Lagos State Government has reopened Alaba International Market and some markets in the Trade Fair Complex, all located in Ojo, Lagos, after days of closure for improper waste disposal and other environmental infractions. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said the markets were reopened after addressing most of the […]