Onimisi Stephen Obajaja’s Education, Focus and Fidelity Onimisi S. Obajaja holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Benin and a Post Graduate Degree of the University of Lagos. He is a Legal Practitioner and Notary Public in Lagos, Nigeria, where he is a Partner at the Lagos Law firm of Fountain Court...
By Chinedu Agu The recent decision of the Imo State Judicial Service Commission [JSC] to narrow the list of candidates for the office of the substantive Chief Judge of Imo State to only Hon. Justice C.A. Ononeze-Madu and Hon. Justice E.O. Agada raises more questions than answers. Initially, in its communication to the Nigerian Bar...
THE RETURN OF GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IS GAINING NEW RELEVANCE IN NIGERIA By Sylvester Udemezue (1) BACKGROUND For many years, conversations about governance in Nigeria often revolved around the Federal Government and the States, while the Local Government system, the tier of government closest to the people, appeared increasingly weakened, marginalized and...
BY NGOZI PRINCE IGBO The debate surrounding the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Uniform Bye-Law, particularly on eligibility to vote and be voted for, has continued to generate intense conversations within the legal profession. At the heart of this controversy lies the decision of the NBA Election Appeal Committee (North) on virtual meeting attendance and the...
ELECTORAL ACT 2026: Nigeria’s Revised Electoral Law Expands Spending Limits, Campaign Finance By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen As the 2027 election gradually comes closer in Nigeria, the National Assembly has taken a bold step by making a substantial revision of the Electoral Act (2026). The revision is, among other things, aimed at regulating Nigeria’s campaign finance framework....
The First Major Casualty of Section 83 of the Electoral Act 2026 May Have Emerged The recent decision of the Federal High Court in Fubara Dagogo v. All Progressives Congress (APC) & 3 Ors., Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/591/2026 delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, represents a significant development in Nigeria’s pre-election jurisprudence. In that case, the court...
A Poem by Chinedu Agu On the twenty-third of September,In the year two thousand and twenty-five,My phone rang like a funeral bell,Yet the caller said,“Please come alive.” They said the State had written my nameInside a petition dressed in blame,Mis-information Commissioner Declan Emelumba had lifted his pen,And suddenly, my keyboard became a den. Cyber bullying,...
BY MONDAY UBANI The First Major Casualty of Section 83 of the Electoral Act 2026 May Have Emerged The recent decision of the Federal High Court in Fubara Dagogo v. All Progressives Congress (APC) & 3 Ors., Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/591/2026 delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, represents a significant development in Nigeria’s pre-election jurisprudence. In that...
The use of plea bargain agreements by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is drawing renewed scrutiny, with court records highlighting disparities in how the mechanism is applied to high-profile suspects and low-level offenders. A review of proceedings from the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, the Federal High Courts in Lagos and Abuja, and...
BVAS AND THE EXCLUSIVITY OF DIGITAL ACCREDITATION UNDER THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2026 BY HON. JUSTICE [PROFESSOR] ALABA OMOLAYE-AJILEYE (RTD) Digital accreditation refers to the electronic verification of a voter’s identity and eligibility before being allowed to vote. Under the Electoral Act, 2026, accreditation is unambiguously required to be digitally conducted through the Bimodal Voter Accreditation...