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Lawyers, Don’t Let the RPC Hold You Back — We Can Advertise Your Practice For You!
Lawyers, Don’t Let the RPC Hold You Back — We Can Advertise Your Practice For You! The Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) may restrict direct advertising by Nigerian lawyers, but that doesn’t mean your practice should remain invisible. Legal directories like...
Dr. Tolu Aderemi Launches Free ADR And Emotional Intelligence Session For Lawyers
Dr. Tolu Aderemi, Partner at the Firm Perchstone & Graeys and Chairman of the NBA Lagos 2025 Law Conference, has launched an Alternative Dispute Resolution and Emotional Intelligence training session for young lawyers. At a press briefing on 22nd September, 2025,...
HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO A HIRE PURCHASE AGREMENT? KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. The commercial life of...
GUNS AND LICENSES: NIGERIAN FIREARMS ACT
The Nigerian Fire Arms Act (1990) provides that no person shall have in his possession or under...
ADVANCE FEE FRAUD
The Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act of 2006 is “An Act to Prohibit and...
MAKING CONTRACTS
A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more people to perform or to refrain from...
MEDIATION; A form of ADR
What is Mediation? Mediation is a voluntary process in which two or more parties involved in a...
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
Each time i attend family court, i am always saddened by the growing rate of divorce in Nigeria,...
PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRY MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
Marriages in all religions and faiths is a sacred institution, a union of two who unite to...
CITIZENSHIP UNDER NIGERIAN LAW
A Citizen as defined by the Oxford Dictionary is a person who has full rights in a country....
SEARCH WARRANTS: Rights of Police Officers
How a Search warrant works. What do you do when a policeman walks up to you and...
BAIL; FREE OR NOT
Many Nigerians do not understand the concept of bail, there have been questions about whether bail...
TAX OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
TAX OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS by SANMI ABIODUN Obligations in...
NIGERIA TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT 2011
Introduction – Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 Terrorism has continued to threaten global peace...
RIGHTS & DUTIES OF TENANTS IN LAGOS STATE
In Lagos State, the law that applies to tenancy matters is the Tenancy Law of Lagos State 2011...
BASICS TO FORMING A COMPANY
Due to the lack of jobs in the Nigerian labour market, enterprenuership seems to be the solution...
INCESSANT LEAKS: MEDIA FREEDOM AND NIGERIA’S ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Listen to the leaked conversation on this Link ;...
HOW TO PURCHASE LAND
A friend once came to me with the problem of having been swindled by dubious land sellers and he...
WILLS, TESTATORS AND PROBATE COURT
Many Nigerians have a misconceived impression about making Wills. When asked if he/she has a will,...
NSCDC: DUTIES OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was first introduced in May 1967 during the Nigerian...
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF FAIR HEARING
It is common for people to judge without knowing the particlular facts of a matter. If a public...
DO NOT ENTER: TRESPASS TO LAND
Trespass to land is a tort that is committed when an individual or the object of an individual...
WHEN YOU NEED A LAWYER
Life has shown us in different times that more than we need anyone, we need a doctor. Medical or...
CONSUMER PROTECTION: AGENCY FUNCTIONS
The Consumer Protection Council Act is provided for under Chapter C25, Laws of the Federation of...
JURISPUDENCE: LAW IS PUNISHMENT
There are possibly more than a thousand reasons why we hold a second thought and give way for due...
OUR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
What are Fundamental Human Rights? Fundamental human rights are rights which by their very nature...
How to succeed in an action for false imprisonment
False Imprisonment is the illegal confinement of one individual against his or her will by another...
TWIN SISTERS: NEGLIGENCE AND DAMAGES
Negligence is the breach of a legal duty to take care which results in damage to another, in other...
3RD PARTIES & FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
The blacks’ law dictionary defines human rights as the freedoms, immunities, and benefits, that...
ENTREPRENUERSHIP: SETTING UP A COMPANY
My colleagues and I always get numerous questions from friends and family who want to set up their...
ADOPTION LAW IN LAGOS STATE
In as much as the Nigerian society has always frowned on the concept of adoption due to our...
ALWAYS WRITE YOUR CONTRACTS
A contract in legal parlance is an agreement between two or more parties creating obligations that...
ASSAULT AND BATTERY: A MISDEMEANOR
Battery is the intentional and direct application of force to another person. Assault on the other...
ADR: ARBITRATION
Arbitration is a procedure for the settlement of disputes, under which the parties agree to be...
POWER OF ATTORNEY
What is a Power of Attorney? It is an instrument or document which authorizes a person to act for...
GARNISHEE PROCEEDINGS
A garnishee proceeding is a judicial process whereby a judgment creditor who is armed with the...
REFORMING THE NIGERIAN BAR by CHIDI ANSLM ODINKALU
The mechanisms for electing the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) are out-dated,...
LAGOS STATE TRAFFIC LAW 2012
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, Governor of Lagos State on 2nd August, 2012, signed into law...
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS
Part 1, of The fifth schedule in the Nigerian Constitution provides for the code of conduct of...
PUPILLAGE (PART 3)
Success Without Pupillage And Failure In Spite Of It 27. Young lawyers who succeed without...
PUPILLAGE: (PART 2)
What is Pupillage? 15. I use the term ‘pupillage’ rather loosely to refer to the period of a...
PUPILLAGE (PART 1)
Paper delivered on Tuesday 24th July, 2012 at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch...
NIGERIAN TAX LAWS
Taxation of persons and businesses is a means through which government raises revenue to finance...
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