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NIGERIAN LAWYER SUES ALUKO & OYEBODE FOR ALLEGEDLY INTERCEPTING HIS CHATS IN HIS NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL CLASS OF 2010/2011 WHATSAPP GROUP

A Nigerian lawyer, Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye Esq. (“Mr. Nwoye”) has filed an action at the High Court of Lagos State, Lagos Judicial Division, against his former employers, the law firm of Aluko & Oyebode, one of Nigeria’s top tier Law Firms – Suit No: LD/12066MFHR/2021 – Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye v. Messrs Aluko & Oyebode. Other […]

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October 14, 2021
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SCOURGING AT MADRASA: FOR THE LOVE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND NOT REALLY OF MANKIND

In a viral video clip, some students of a Madrasa (Madrasas are Islamic colleges), in Kwara State (Musbaudeen Islamic School, Ilorin, Kwara State), were seen being scourged like thieves by their instructors on the instruction of the School authority. The students were no thieves. Their alleged ‘crime’ was that they attended a birthday party and […]

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October 11, 2021
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DID CHIWETALU AGU DENY BIAFRA IN THE FACE OF THE RISING SUN?

On 7 October 2021, Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, was at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State. He was not on a movie set. According to him, he was on a charity mission, sharing bread to the hungry. He was accosted by Nigerian soldiers. But they were not interested in the bread. The soldiers were interested in […]

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October 8, 2021
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SEX TAPE BLACKMAIL: TIWA SAVAGE AND HER DEFENCE OF HER “NATURAL ACT”

Popular Nigerian artiste, Tiwa Savage, recently revealed that she is being blackmailed over a sex tape involving her and her current partner. The blackmailer is demanding money. Tiwa stated that the sex tape has been made available to her and she confirms the authenticity of it. According to her, the first thing she did was […]

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October 8, 2021
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Opinions

COURT STOPS A LAWYER FROM USING A COLOURFUL FACE-MASK

On 7 October 2021, a Counsel appeared before the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Division. He was neatly dressed and fully robed – with a black/dark suit, white shirt, wig, gown and white bib. Owing to Covid-19 and the regulation mandating the use of face-mask, Counsel also put on a face-mask – a beautiful […]

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October 7, 2021
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Crime Report

LAWYER DEALT A “BLOW IN MOTION” WHILE MOVING A MOTION: SHOULD NBA TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY?

A lawyer, John Yuwa Esq, has addressed a petition to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) against another lawyer named M. K. Gurumyen Esq. According to the petition published by BarristerNG, Mr. Yuwa alleged that on 23 September 2021, he appeared before the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State, for a […]

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September 25, 2021
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Case Law

FURTHER PERSPECTIVES ON RECEIVERSHIP: I.T.B. PLC V. OKOYE IN FOCUS

Introduction Receivership remains one of the ways a secured creditor may recover debts owed to it by a company. By this, a creditor reserves the right to appoint (by deed) a receiver for the purpose of realising the assets (sell some of the assets or the company itself) of the debtor company towards the satisfaction […]

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September 24, 2021
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CHILD MOLESTERS ARE BARBARIC ANIMALS OF DANGEROUS SPECIES – SUPREME COURT

Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL CONFIRMS THE SENTENCING OF A WOMAN WHO ENSLAVENED HER YOUNG NIECES: LESSONS

The story* Two young ladies, Chinaza and Favour, are nieces of a woman named Gift Nonye Ukatu. Their parents gave them to her to be placed in school and looked after. The girls were about 12 years old when they were brought to the woman. She placed them in school but after some time, she […]

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September 23, 2021
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Case Law

ATM DISPENSE ERROR: WHAT THE COURT OF APPEAL DECIDED AND WHY ALL BANKS SHOULD CARE

In the case of Mr. Moses G. Jwan v. Ecobank Nigeria Plc & UBA Plc [2021] 10 NWLR (Pt. 1785) 449, Jwan was a customer of Ecobank. He used the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card issued to him by Ecobank on the ATM belonging to UBA where he tried to withdraw the sum of N10,000. […]

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September 23, 2021
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Case Law

CBN AND GARNISHEE OF ACCOUNTS OF BANKS: COURT OF APPEAL IN FRESH CONFUSION – WAY FORWARD

On 17 September 2018, in the case of CBN v. Umar [2019] 10 NWLR (Pt. 1679) 75, the Court of Appeal cleared the coast when it held that accounts of banks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can be garnisheed without prior consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation. Williams-Dawodu, JCA stated, after a […]

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September 22, 2021
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