Only a short while a ago, a business disagreement between two well established car retailers reverberated in the well of the apex court and sent shock waves through the echelons of the judiciary and the entire legal profession.

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By  Chianugo Offor The right of access to court is a fundamental right the sterling status of which is accorded constitutional recognition under the provisions of section 36 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, thus establishing the right of citizens to access the courts of our land as the fulcrum, the hallmark
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Anambra State has once again taken the front burner of political developments in the country. With its governorship election slated early next year, the tension in the state is therefore understandable.

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Recently,  the law firm of Bamidele Aturu and co. presented its  annual Law and Social Development Lecture series with the theme: “Corruption and the Law: A case of unequal justice”, presented by Dr Sam  Amadi.  Mr Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika examined the paper as presented below By Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika Dr Sam Amadi has made a very good
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By  Jefferson Uwoghiren In few days, it will be a year, since the Comrade Governor assumed the reigns of leadership as the Executive Governor of Edo State . It is an apt time to assess the impacts of his policies, deconstruct them and distinguish the fads from the fallacious. A government is generally judged by
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By Ise-Oluwa Ige The legal battle for the control of Uyo constituency seat at the lower chambers of the National Assembly has raged for almost three years now with no solution in sight. The issue in dispute in the case touches on who is the real candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for
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By Bolaji Owasanoye A number of factors were identified as stifling investments, economic growth and robust business practices in Nigeria. These factors hinder local and foreign investment in core areas such as infrastructure provision, agriculture, real estate to mention a few. One notable feature is the inadequacies or absence of modern laws in virtually all
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A company secretary is a much more important person nowadays than he was in 1887 … He is an officer of the company with extensive duties and responsibilities …

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Our country is being wantonly pillaged to a state of nothingness by those who manipulated themselves to political and other offices that confer on them the undeserved privilege of controlling the national till.

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By Awa Kalu The Agbakoba case, supra, found its way to the Supreme Court [See Director, SSS v. Agbakoba (1999) 3 NWLR (Pt. 595) 314]. At the Supreme Court, Onu JSC, in a concurring opinion stated as follows: “In the United Kingdom, for instance, the Court of Appeal observed that ‘the grant or refusal of
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By Bolaji Owasanoye A number of factors were identified as stifling investments, economic growth and robust business practices in Nigeria. These factors hinder local and foreign investment in core areas such as infrastructure provision, agriculture, real estate to mention a few. One notable feature is the inadequacies or absence of modern laws in virtually all
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….. Olisa Agbakoba v. The Director, State Security Services & Anor., revisited By Awa Kalu Very recently, acres of newsprint have been dominated by controversy arising from a memo allegedly despatched to some of our missions abroad directing Embassy and Consular Staff to deny consular services to some of our citizens particularly Mallam El Rufai,
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The Forum of Federations, will next week Monday, hold a one day Training session on Fiscal Federalism. The training project seeks to enhance the understanding of fiscal federalism issues, challenges and opportunities in Nigeria among a cross section of key stakeholders. The outreach (training) program is designed to explores the issues of Federalism from a
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By Innocent Anaba The leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), before the annual conference of the association, which took place in Lagos,  in August this year, was involved in the face-off over the Lagos State Local Council Development Areas (LCDA). While the President of the NBA, Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), cautioned the Federal Government
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By Robert Omote It is no cheering news that Nigerian Prisons and Police cells are daily becoming congested with the influx of accused persons or suspects awaiting trials or those whose matters-are still being investigated by men of the Nigeria Police in the face of criminal justice that is obtained in our courts which has
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