By Sufuyan Ojeifo The decision by the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, to approach the Federal High Court over the possibility of suspending the prosecution of African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the 2027 presidential election is one that deserves careful consideration—and, indeed, applause. At...
Publisher: O. M. Atoyebi, SAN FCIArb.(U.K) August 4, 2026 Accidental Slips, Amendment of Judgments, Appellate Review, Clerical Errors, Correction of Judgments, Finality of Litigation, Inherent Jurisdiction, Slip Rule Contributor: Favour Somto Nwachukwu Introduction The finality of judicial decisions is a fundamental principle in the administration of justice.[1] Once a court of competent jurisdiction has delivered...
BY CHUKWUEMEKA KENE OKEKE After several days at the NBA Annual General Conference, I can confidently confirm that these lawyers actually exist. And perhaps that is the funniest part of the NBA AGC: by the end of the conference, most of us have become at least two or three of these lawyers. So tell me,...
By Raphael Christopher NIGERIA MUST REFORM CHILD JUSTICE — NOT SIMPLY EXPAND DETENTION A NATIONAL CHILD JUSTICE EMERGENCY The revelation that approximately 26,000 Nigerian children enter custodial and remand facilities every year, that about 74% remain in pre-trial detention, and that 68% have no lawyer from their first contact with the justice system, should trouble...
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Patrick O. Okigbo III By placing Chima Ubani’s name on a hospital, Alex Otti has offered Nigeria a different measure of a life worth honouring. Governor Alex Otti has named an 80-bed hospital after Chima Ubani. The news will struggle to survive the week’s noise. A hospital has been built. A...
NBA ELECTIONS: BEYOND CONGRATULATIONS – THE TIME FOR GENUINE ELECTORAL REFORMS AND WEEDING OUT CABALS IS NOW Clement Ugo Chukwuemeka The 2026 Nigerian Bar Association presidential election has come and gone. Winners have emerged and have been duly declared by the allegedly independent Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA). I extend my warm...
‘Nonso Azih is a Lagos-based maritime and commercial litigation lawyer. He is the Principal Counsel of AZIH & AZIH Legal Practitioners, and an Executive Committee Member of Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA). In this article, he dissects the ‘Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Act as a new paradigm for a robust port economy President...
By Kachi E. Agwu Recent public discussion surrounding the decision against Chief J-K Gadzama, SAN, by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has understandably generated strong reactions. For the general public, the language of a disciplinary sanction against a Senior Advocate can create an immediate impression of serious wrongdoing. But there is a much longer...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Of the many vocations known to humanity, few are as rooted in macho masculinity as the military and the law. In tales of both war and law, the advances recorded by women over the past century have been nothing short of remarkable. In 1970, Pakistan’s ruler was a four-star army general...
In this satirical commentary, Yomi Obafemi, a Legal Practitioner, interrogates the N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) “Fee for Transmission of Record” set out in the recently released SUPREME COURT (MANDATORY UPLOAD OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF PROCESSES, RECORD OF APPEAL, AND OTHER MATTERS) PRACTICE DIRECTIONS, 2026 LADY JUSTICE Lady Justice! Why is your veil down?Have you...