The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (“FSARS” or “SARS”) is a unit of the Nigeria Police Force under the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). The SARS was officially formed years ago to address the issue of rapid rise in the level of armed robbery, kidnapping

On 4th October 2020, Nigeria’s multi-talented artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (Wizkid), took a swipe at President Buhari in reaction to the President’s get-well-soon message to President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, who recently tested positive to Covid-19 and are currently undergoing treatment. President Buhari had expressed his good wishes via his official Twitter handle

In recent times, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has been lamenting against the filing of frivolous appeals especially by counsel whose skins are craving the feel of the highly coveted silky gowns. In demonstrating its displeasure, we have seen the apex Court awarding high costs against offending counsel. Frivolous appeals are mostly appeals touching on

In the recent case of CBN v. Rahamaniyya G. R. Ltd. [2020] 8 NWLR (Pt. 1726) 314 at 341-342, Okoro JSC remarked: I have noticed that appeals on issue of jurisdiction of the Federal High Court under Section 251(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) constitute a substantial fraction

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) is a competition-based Nigerian reality television show in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize worth millions of Naira. The Show is currently in its 5th season titled Lockdown House (a name obviously coined from the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown). Perhaps the

When a court (trial court or lower Court) concludes the trial of a case and delivers its judgment, the party aggrieved with the judgment usually reserves the right to appeal to a higher court (appellate court) for review. The appeal procedure begins with the filing of a Notice of Appeal (or in appropriate cases, an

If you are persuaded about the prices of petrol, rice, etc, and exchange rate under President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 compared to what is obtainable under President Muhamadu Buhari in 2020, then you fail to realise that if the former was still in power today, the situation may not be significantly different.  The difference would

The Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (“CAMA 2020”) which came into force on 7 August 2020 has been described as long over due, given the many good amendments, the updates and innovations it introduced since it was earlier passed thirty years ago. The bulky piece of legislation contain certain provisions whose core objectives and