I attended a professional event
about three weeks ago and during lunch we were all encouraged to network and
get to know one another, most people in the room were lawyers anyway and we were
all able to get along fine. Until I ran into a politician who is a PDP card
carrying member, not that I belong to any political party neither do I favour
one over the other even though we were having lunch in an APC governed State
because I believe all Nigerian political parties lack ideology and their
members are just in whichever party that best serves their private gains at the
moment, a look at how quick they cross from one platform to the other is proof
of same.
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Sep 25, 2014
Enforcing an arbitration award in the UAE By James Foster
By Legalnaija 3:44 PM
Different regimes apply in the UAE for enforcing international awards and local awards (ie awards made within the UAE).
International arbitration awards
The UAE is a party to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the Convention). Arbitration awards made in the UAE can be enforced overseas in the many other countries which have signed up to the Convention and also, importantly, awards made in other Convention countries can be enforced in the UAE.
Sep 24, 2014
PROFILE:- YEMI CANDIDE JOHNSON SAN
By Legalnaija 8:21 AM
Yemi Candide-Johnson is the senior partner at Strachan Partners. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in July 1984 and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in September 2003. He received his LLM degree from the University of London in 1984 and between 1984 and 1990 was counsel in the leading chambers of Jon B MajiyagbeSAN, in Kano, Nigeria. He moved to Lagos in 1990 to establish the Lagos practice of that firm and in 1994 led the founding of Strachan Partners.
Sep 23, 2014
TWO YEAR JAIL TERM FOR WITCHES & WIZARDS
If you have lived in Nigeria for
a while then you must know how religious Nigerians can be, a visit to a church
or mosque will prove same and before the introduction of Christianity and
Islam, indigenous Nigerians also had their gods which they worshipped. One more
thing about Nigerians is that the relics of the ideas behind our superstitions
still live among us. Don’t be surprised if a misfortune befalls a Nigerian you
know and such person begins to skabbash pray against evil spirits whom
he believes may be after him, the news have in the past been filled with
stories of people who attacked their relations and claim such relation was the
witch or wizard behind their misfortune.
Anyway, Nigerians have been like this for a long time and even the law
recognizes that some people use charms and juju, that’s why the Criminal Code
provides for offences in relation to witchcraft and juju.
Section 210 of the Criminal Code, Cap C38 of the Laws of the federal
Republic of Nigeria provides that;
Sep 19, 2014
MOB JUSTICE IS A CRIME
By Legalnaija 6:07 AM
Adedunmade Onibokun, Mob justice, Nigeria, Right to dignity of human person, Right to Fair hearing, Right to Life
It was
a sunny Saturday afternoon, I was about 8 and mum was making lunch in the
kitchen while I watched T.V, the house was filled with aunts and uncles who had
come to visit and dad was playing host. Suddenly we heard the shouts from a
large crowd on the street and instinctively we all rushed out to find out what
was going on. Initially, it was hard to figure out what was happening in the
midst of all the people and their different excited voices until we were able
to see ahead to where the crowd had gathered around a middle aged man who was
stark naked, bleeding from different parts of his body and was seriously pleading
for his life, his face covered in tears/blood/sand/.
Sep 18, 2014
RIGHT TO THE DIGNITY OF OUR HUMAN PERSON
By Legalnaija 7:38 AM
1999 Constitution, Aluu4, fundamental human right, inhuman or degrading treatment, Nigeria, Right to dignity of human person, Section 34
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It is quite sickening when I watch
videos, see pictures or read stories of people who are victimized for one
reason or the other by members of the public on the pretext that such people
have been accused of committing crimes.
It is more troubling when such acts are carried out without referring
the accused to a court of justice or at least to the police because most times,
the allegations are usually false. A case
in point is the Aluu4 tragedy where four students were falsely accused of being
thieves by a debtor who was trying to avoid paying his debt and the community
gathered a mob who beat, set ablaze and killed the four promising youths in
cold blood or the woman accused of stealing in a popular Lagos market and was
stripped naked, beating, sexually assaulted and paraded by the hoodlums in the market.
It’s funny how most Nigerians look away or join the fun rather than fight to
protect the rights of the Nigerian being breached and probably save them from
the violent implications of mob justice.
Sep 17, 2014
ROLE OF EFCC IN ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR
By Legalnaija 8:53 AM
Scenario One
Chief Jagunlabi is the former Executive
– Governor of a South – Eastern State in the country, not only is he unpopular
for his lack of achievements during his 2 term period of 8 years but he has
also acquired a financial fortune of $1 Billion dollars at the expense of the
pensioners in his state and civil servants whose salaries had miraculously found
its way into his bank account in Switzerland. Now that Chief is no longer a sitting
Governor, the EFCC have taken him to court for prosecution and he is facing if
found guilty, 7 years in Prison.
Sep 15, 2014
PROFILE: CHIEF MOBOLAJI OLUKAYODE AYORINDE SAN
By Legalnaija 7:52 AM
CHIEF MOBOLAJI OLUKAYODE AYORINDE
(SAN) was born into the Ayorinde family of Ajimajasan
Compound, Agbokojo Ibadan. His father was the Honourable Justice Timothy
Adebayo Ayorinde, Former Chief Judge of Oyo State and Former Chancellor Diocese
Ibadan, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, while his mother is Chief Mrs
Christiana Adetokunbo Ayorinde.
Sep 13, 2014
BYE BYE TO MOTOR PARK TOUTS
By Legalnaija 2:07 AM
The only way you wouldn’t know who a tout is if you probably live, work, school and don’t get past your small neighbourhood in Maitama, Asokoro or Banana Island. If on the other hand you have been to places like Ketu, Oshodi, Mushin, Lagos Island or any of the bus garages anywhere in the country, then you will definitely know who a tout is. A Tout is one of those hoodlums fine gentlemen who you find causing yawa trouble at that junction not too far from your home.
Sep 10, 2014
GUEST BLOGGER: #30PERCENT OR NOTHING by Arikor Collins
None other, perhaps, in my humble opinion, than any other event in the
existence of twitter, Nigerian social-networking stratosphere has been
shaken to its foundations by a trending topic on twitter, than the
recently trended #30PercentOrNothing. In keeping with the needs of most
Nigerians-youths, especially-all manners of saviours and messiahs have
appeared at one point or the other. Most times, a repetition, other
times, unprecedented.
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 8, 2014
REFUSING TO CONSUMMATE; GROUND FOR DIVORCE
Toyosi and Kingsley have been married for a year and 6 months but Toyosi is very unhappy because since they got married, they have not had sex consummated the marriage. Toyosi after requesting time and time again for intercourse with Kingsley is now frustrated and it makes matters worse that Kingsley refused to give any explaination for his refusal. Toyosi has now been told that she can apply to court for the marriage to be dissolved on the grounds of Kingsley’s wilful refusal to consummate the marriage. Do you think it’s possible? Let’s find out.
Sep 5, 2014
THE LAW ON ASSAULTING WOMEN
By Legalnaija 6:01 AM
Assault, Cap 30 LFN, Criminal Code Act, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, Rape
It’s been a long week for John, finally it’s TGIF and he can’t
wait to get out of his work routine and meet up with Bisi, a very beautiful girl
he just met at the mall the previous week, they had exchanged text messages and
phone calls for the past week and it just seemed like an eternity before their
date at 5pm. John was turned up and
excited at the thought of dining with Bisi and he hoped to invite her to his
apartment later on in the night.
Sep 4, 2014
Sep 3, 2014
OPINION: WHY ARE WE SO POOR ! By Sogo Akinola
By Legalnaija 8:19 AM
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There can be no argument
about the topic which implies that the Nigerian economy is not working for majority
of Nigerians. The economy is not working for the poor, students, and people
residing in the rural communities, the physically challenged, the elderly and worse for the unemployed, In Nigeria, there is the issue of youth and
employment. 70 per cent of the 80 million youths in Nigeria are either
unemployed or underemployed, by the statistics given by the Central Bank of
Nigeria. Although the recent World Bank report that Nigeria’s poverty level has
dropped by 2.1 per cent but this doesn’t change the fact that most Nigerians
are poor.Little wonder we pray for peace and security without any answers, in a
nation in which there are one hundred million people living in poverty? It is
highly unlikely.It is impossible for Nigeria to enjoy
sustainable peace or law and order until we address the unbalanced economic
growth that creates billionaires in few and poverty and unemployment in
hundreds of millions.
Sep 2, 2014
WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY/SELL PIRATED CDS & ARTIST WORKS
The Copyright Act was promulgated in 1988 as the Copyright Decree (No.
47) of that year. It repealed the Copyright Decree (No 61) of 1970. With the
revision of all existing federal legislation, the Decree was re-designated the
Copyright Act and contained in Cap. 68, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
1990. The Act was amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Decree (No. 98) of 1992
and further amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Decree (No. 42) of 1999. It
became part of the codification of Nigerian Law done in 2004 and is presently
referenced as Cap 28 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
How will you feel if you were Tuface Idibia, driving through
the Lagos traffic on a lovely and bright Saturday afternoon and to your sudden
dismay, you see this thief audio cd vendor hawking pirated copies of
your sweat and blood CDs to willing buyers in traffic, won’t that make
you want to break someone’s head and beat the shit out of him call the
attention of the police to such a vendor. Grooming a talent takes years of training
and commitment to an artist’s passions, dreams and aspirations, it’s a great
loss to have all that work going down the drain while some stupid children
pirates make illegal copies of your work and make undeserved profits from your
work, it’s a crime that’s killing our talent industry and must really be stopped.
Sep 1, 2014
Dear Nigerian Army, Where Is My Friend, Captain Aliyu Musa? by Tope Atiba
‘I’m surviving, hope you are fine too? Am in Adamawa now, close to Gwoza, my regards to all’- (Excerpts of an SMS exchanged on Friday 22nd August, 2014 between my friend and I, few hours before his disappearance or ……. death)
Exactly one week ago, during a counter-insurgency operation carried out by the Nigerian Army against the dreaded Boko Haram Sect somewhere between Mubi and Gwoza in Adamawa and Borno States respectively, Captain Musa Aliyu was allegedly shot alongside two other officers of the Nigerian army whose lifeless bodies have since been recovered. Aliyu’s body has however not been found.