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2 Mar 2021, 11:41 am
279 Nigerian schoolgirls were freed after a mass abduction by unidentified assailants from their boarding school in Zamfara state last week, reports the BBC. [read post]
21 Feb 2021, 4:32 am
” Nigeria All Africa reports an opinion piece from Kadaria Ahmed, A message to Nigerian Media, on press freedom and reporting. [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 2:54 am
Yet, contrary to claims from civil society (see foremost the German “Initiative Lieferkettengesetz”) the government no longer plans to sanction infringements by tortious liability towards victims. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 8:17 am
In the very recent case of Sarki v Sarki & Ors,[1] the Nigerian Court of Appeal considered the issue of what court had territorial jurisdiction in a matter of succession and administration of estate of a deceased person’s property under Nigerian conflict of laws dealing with inter-state matters. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 6:00 am
Royal Dutch Petroleum, a group of Nigerian nationals living in the United States brought suit "alleging that the corporation [defendant] aided and abetted the Nigerian Government in committing violations of the law of nations in Nigeria. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 5:04 am
According to the government, 4900 people bit on this idiocy and “voted” by text. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 10:14 am
Susan Hennessey, senior fellow in Governance Studies and Lawfare executive editor, will moderate a panel discussion with Daniel Epps, law professor at Washington University in St. [read post]
5 Jan 2021, 12:05 pm
Nigerian human rights group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) called for Sowore’s release on Friday and threatened to sue the government. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 2:19 pm
Bannister covered Ireland’s agreement to return $6.5 million of looted funds to the Nigerian government. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 2:19 pm
Bannister covered Ireland’s agreement to return $6.5 million of looted funds to the Nigerian government. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 9:28 pm
Nigerian legal practitioners have had to provide legal advice and represent clients before trial and appellate courts as well as arbitral tribunals on disputes involving private international law questions within the context of Nigerian law. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 6:21 pm
These uncertainties are drawbacks on whatever reforms the Nigerian government might have been carrying out in the area of trade and investment. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 12:50 am
The Lagos State Government in September distanced itself from the earlier announced 5% levy on audio and visual content. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 3:46 am
Supplementing (a narrow) statutory regime by allowing a judgment creditor to resort to the common law action makes sense: it recognises that the necessary reciprocity which underpins the statutory regime is absent in the majority of circumstances while, at the same time, preserving the judgment creditor’s ability to obtain the debt which the judgment debtor is said to owe, at least in circumstances where Nigerian legal policy (as set out in the rules which govern the common… [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 7:00 am
Is there a way to overcome the Nigerian visa ban and receive a CR-1 visa? [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 9:25 pm
NGPIL aims to “(1) to improve the law in Nigeria in matters relating to private international law (“PIL”) (2) to persuade the Nigerian government to accede to the Hague Conventions on PIL (3) to liaise with other experts, groups, and research centres on PIL on a global level (4) to nurture, guide and develop the legal mechanism and framework for PIL in Nigeria (5) to be the collective voice of PIL experts for the Nigerian government, the… [read post]
12 Dec 2020, 4:59 am
The Nigerian government has made attempts to prosecute the group, primarily its low-level members. [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 1:35 pm
A little more than a week ago, Boko Haram slaughtered 70 Nigerian farmers for allegedly reporting members of the militant group to local authorities. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 12:30 pm
” Boko Haram claimed responsibility yesterday for a recent massacre in which 76 Nigerian farmworkers were killed. [read post]
27 Nov 2020, 9:00 am
The proposal is to work in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association and academics at the Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies, drawing together academics and practitioners alike, and extending invitations to the Nigerian government and other relevant organisations. [read post]
