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Oct 31, 2018
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Vs. Chartered Institute Of Arbitration (Nigeria) LTD/GTE
Oct 26, 2018
Legally Engaged Mentorship Programme
The mentors are drawn from Nigerian and international law firms, companies and agencies and are highly regarded as experts in their various fields.
Some of the benefits of the Programme are –
✔ Direct access to a successful legal practitioner for one-on-one mentoring.
✔ Exclusive webinars and chat sessions with legal luminaries – home and abroad.
✔ Chance to win tickets for trainings and other events.
✔ Access to a wide network of fellow mentees
Best part? It's all free! Apply now at www.legallyengaged.com.ng/mentorship as spaces are filling up fast!
Oct 21, 2018
Young Lawyers Must Seize Their Destiny And Create It
As the legal profession welcomes an influx of new starry-eyed wigs estimated at about 4,000 every year, their chances of securing juicy opportunities in existing law firms are few and far between. The labour shortfall in addition to the worrisome number of disillusionment among young lawyers is a burden that GreySage Consulting, a Lagos-based legal seeks to bear.
With hands on approach, GreySage Consulting has teamed up with experienced and dynamic attorney, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa, for exclusive an session with young lawyers. The session is scheduled for December 7 at a special location in Lagos.
Willing participants will leverage an opportunity to learn to create career enhancing tips. With keen understanding of the dynamics of the terrain as a professional who has continued to make a huge impact, Akinyemi will beam his lazer on four important topics areas:
1. How to build a Community that supports your law practice;
2. What you must do before starting a practice in Nigeria;
3. How to cultivate a Personal Brand that supports your career and;
4. How Nigerian lawyers can leverage content in a digital world.
Akinyemi revealed, "Having studied industry trends and the effects of globalization, we want to equip young lawyers with affordable vital information and resources that can acquaint them with entrepreneurial skill set, a Do-It-Yourself approach to career development, and creating a prosperous and fulfilling work life."
"Among some of the issues young Nigerian lawyers grapple with are such issues as low Remuneration, unbearable work environments, unemployment, lack of Opportunities for growth and promotion, as well as lack of healthy Work/Life balance. We assure that we will help move your career and practice forward, and you will have fun doing it," he added.
To book a spot, click on the link below, or send an email to greysagelaw@gmail.com or call +2349098028375
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About GreySage Consulting
GreySage Consulting Ltd. is a new consulting company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm is dedicated to empowering practitioners in the Creative and Legal industry, via trainings, seminars, advisory services, industry-specific events, mentorship, and Network events.
Oct 20, 2018
IP ABC—Does a registered trademark automatically die upon non-use for a long period? | Infusion Lawyers
Oct 17, 2018
Nigerian Senate Takes Action On Illicit and Excessive Bank Charges
The Senate also called on commercial banks operating in the country to configure their machines to dispense up to N40,000 per withdrawal pending the outcome of the investigation by the Senate committees tasked with investigating the excessive and illicit bank charges.
Speaking on the Motion, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki said: "This is a motion that affects the lives of every Nigerian — irrespective of what part of the country you come from or whatever political affiliation you might have. This is why we are here: to always defend and protect the interests of the Nigerian people."
The Senate President stated that the Senate must work to ensure that the Senate's resolutions on the excessive bank charges goes beyond the debate stage, so that whatever action the Upper Legislative Chamber takes, would come into effect.
"This Senate has done this many times before; when there was a hike in the mobile telecommunication data charges, we intervened and put an end to that. When there were discrepancies and increases in electricity prices, we also took action. We have done this on a number of similar cases. Therefore, on this, I want us to take effective resolutions," Saraki said.
Other Senators who contributed to the debate, called on banks to review their charges.
"The common man is also a victim," said Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, "Banks declare profits and you wonder where these profits are coming from — it's from the sweat of the common man. Let us come up with a law that puts banks on their toes."
"It won't be out of place to institute a committee that will call on the CBN to tell us what these charges are about. The Senate by fiat should abolish charges if they can't be verified," said Senator Bala Ibn Na'Allah.
"The Senate must take a serious stand on this issue. Nigerians are really suffering. The banking system is not encouraging. I had an issue, took it to the bank and was refunded but how many Nigerians can do this? The issue needs to be addressed," stated Senator Kabiru Gaya.
"For me, this is a major step that we are taking. This is because I introduced the first ATM machine that came into Nigeria over 25-years ago," the Senate President, Dr. Saraki told his colleagues, "Now, after 25-years, we should have grown out of these excessive charges and moved on. So, I believe that this something that we must address to create an environment that protects all Nigerians, because these kind of charges in this economy affects everyone."
The Senate further directed its Committees on Banking, Insurance & other Financial Institutions and Finance to conduct an investigation into the propriety of ATM card maintenance charges in comparison with international best practices and report back to the Senate.
The Senate also directed the aforementioned committees to invited the Governor of the CBN to appear before it to explain why the official charges as approved by the CBN are skewed in favour of the banking institutions as against the ordinary customers of the banks.
Finally, the Senate called on the Consumer Protection Council to look into the various complaints of excess and unnecessary charges by Nigerian Banks.
Oct 16, 2018
Bill Tracker: National Student Financial Aid Scheme Bill
Upon assuming office, the Buhari-led administration pulled funding for many government scholarships and bursaries leaving many students distraught and unable to complete their studies. In 2017, the President of The Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on the sidelines of the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, met with Nigerian students in Russia to hear first-hand the plight of those whose scholarship funding had dried up. Most of them felt abandoned by Nigerian authorities and had become stranded; barely able to make ends meet.
Speaking with them, Dr Saraki noted that the feeling of abandonment must be quickly dissipated by working urgently to alleviate the difficulties faced by these students. According to him "we must look for ways to reestablish the pipelines and remove the bottlenecks, so that our students who went abroad with the promise and assurance of scholarship funding, will get their stipends as at when due" .
Back here in Nigeria, parents and guardians find that they cannot rely on government awarding scholarships or bursaries to students of public tertiary institutions as a means of supporting the education of their wards. It has become critical to come up with solutions to the problems of financial aid being faced by Nigerian students both locally and internationally.
It was in response to this that Senator Isah Misau (Bauchi Central) sponsored the Student Financial Aid Scheme Bill. The Bill seeks to provide for the granting of loans to eligible students at higher institutions and repeal the provisions of the Nigerian Education Bank Act 2004.
The Student Financial Aid Scheme Bill went for the first reading in the National Assembly on the 20th of October, 2015 and second reading on the 15th of November, 2017. Lending support to the bill, Senator Sam Egwu (Ebonyi South) recalled that he benefited from scholarship in the old Anambra state and that the scheme would help indigent students studying in higher institutions.
The function of the bill shall be to:
- Raise funds in accordance to section 13 (1) of the bill.
- Recover loans
- Maintain and analyze a database and undertake research for the better utilization of financial resources
The power of the scheme includes the power to:
- Promote and control staff as may appear to the scheme necessary and expedient
The Student Financial Aid Scheme Bill shall maintain a fund which will consist of:
- Money appropriated by the National Assembly
The Bill as of now has been referred to the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.
Duty Of Police Is Not To Recover Debts
"The statutory duties of the police under the Police Act is to maintain peace, law and order in the society. Debt collection or loan recovery is not within the purview of the statutory duties and powers of the police".
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Happy World Food Day
As we all celebrate World Food Day, lets remember to be a blessing to others.
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Oct 15, 2018
Constitutional Requirements For Aspiring To The Office Of The Nigerian President
Oct 14, 2018
Legality Of Buhari's Travel Ban On Nigerian Citizens
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
IP ABC—Use of a popular Ankara pattern in a design. Are we liable for copyright infringement? | Infusion Lawyers
Two months ago, I was contracted by Segun Saka, a staunch supporter of a governorship aspirant in the state to design and make materials for the purpose of boosting the aspirant’s electoral campaign. According to Mr Saka, this design would be a customized Ankara with blue, green, and yellow colour themes, having the portrait of the aspirant in black and white, with a stripe around the circle bearing the party motto above the portrait and the candidate’s name below it. This design is a popular concept used in Nigerian political, religious, and traditional events.My company made over 100,000 yards of the textile to the specification and delight of our client. As campaigns intensified with each passing day, we printed more textiles for our clients.
Oct 10, 2018
Opinon: Osun Saga: Bathing with Blood is Constitutional and Lawful | Richarmond O. Natha-Alade
Oct 9, 2018
Dropping Legal Gems | Legalnaija
The Importance Of A written Letter Of Guarantee | Adedunmade Onibokun
Oct 8, 2018
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Monday Motivation
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Oct 2, 2018
NBA Nominates Gender Expert To EU-Nigeria-UNODC-CTED Partnership Project III
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Oct 1, 2018
Politics Must Not Debase The Rule Of Law | Paul Usoro SAN
What has consistently been lacking in our country is, perhaps, the ability to coalesce these abundant resources and talent which, it must be emphasized, can be found in all the nooks and crannies of this great country, into a unified and productive whole that could and would easily turn Nigeria into the figurative Eldorado and, in the process, turn our diversity into strength and our abounding population into a productive work force. These are reflections that must today occupy the minds of our leaders, of all strata, as we mark 58 years of Nigeria's independence and declaration as a sovereign nation. This is also particularly apposite as we enter another season of National Elections, the precursor of which has been the recently conducted Osun State Governorship Election. With that in mind, our leaders need to consciously resolve, on this Independence Anniversary day of our nation, to make a difference in the lives of our people. Governments at all levels must renew their pledges to work for the betterment of the lives of our people thereby recording tangible dividends of independence for the Nigerian people.
In that respect, the NBA applauds the initiative and maturity of the Nigerian Labour Congress ("NLC") in calling off its indefinite labour strike on the eve of our Independence Anniversary. Their maturity in calling off the strike should not be misunderstood as a lack of merit in labour's demand for an increased minimum wage, from the stagnant N18,000.00 (Eighteen Thousand Naira only) that takes no account of inflationary and living condition trends. It is our hope and expectation that the Government negotiators will continue apace with the labour negotiations, notwithstanding the fact that the strike has been called off and, in the process, achieve a resolution that the parties could live with. In making this call, we must remember that the independence of Nigeria was attained through the efforts of our rainbow coalition of nationalists some of whom were labour leaders. Indeed, when we refer to "the labours of our heroes past" we must be understood to refer to the labours of all "our heroes past", made up of all hues and colours of nationalists and activists, including but not limited to labour leaders, jurists, captains of industries and of course, our political leaders.
Those labours of our heroes past, we must continue to insist, must not be in vain. That reminder is particularly relevant as we launch into the 2019 political season. Our leaders need to be reminded that politics and the quest for offices must not divide our people; politics must not lead to violence and the deaths of our people; politics should and must unify us; politics must yield for our people not only the dividends of Independence but also the dividends of democracy. Politics must lead to abundant employment for our teeming youths; politics must give us clean, affordable, uninterrupted energy/electricity which would activate and unlock economic productivity and prosperity for our people. Politics must provide us with quality education, potable water, security of lives and property, affordable and quality health care and quality living standards.
Finally, politics must not be allowed to debase our temple of justice and the rule of law in our country. Our judiciary and the rule of law must remain sacrosanct. The converse of the rule of law, we must always remember, is anarchy and we do not want to descend into that abyss. We must not, in the name of politics and for political reasons pollute our fountain of justice. The judiciary is one institution that has constantly kept our country united through its pronouncements; the decisions of our courts more often than not ward off ethnic strives, political unrests, chaos, bedlam and riots – the fingerlings of anarchy. We remain eternally grateful to Their Lordships for their services to our Fatherland and pray for continuous Divine wisdom and guidance for them as we journey into another year of national elections. We admonish the political class and indeed, the people of Nigeria, to continue to have faith in our judicial system even as we, the workers and ministers in Nigeria's temple of justice, must, by our conducts, words and deeds imbue in our people that faith and confidence in our justice sector. It is not sufficient for us to call on the political class not to pollute our judiciary with their politics, partisanship, rivalries and enmities; it is seemly as well that we, as workers and ministers in Nigeria's temple of justice – ranging from Their Lordships to lawyers and other stakeholders in the justice sector – constantly remind ourselves of the need to uphold the core values and sanctity of our noble profession in and through our words, deeds, actions and conducts, at all times.
The Nigerian Bar Association commends these thoughts to all Nigerians and hopes that these would and should serve as constant reminders for us on our journey to greatness, on our journey to a strong, united and prosperous Nigeria where the rule of law shall continue to prosper, abound and prevail.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Long live the Nigerian Bar Association.
Paul Usoro, SAN, FCIArb President Nigerian Bar Association
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- IP ABC—Does a registered trademark automatically d...
- Nigerian Senate Takes Action On Illicit and Excess...
- Bill Tracker: National Student Financial Aid Schem...
- Duty Of Police Is Not To Recover Debts
- Happy World Food Day
- Constitutional Requirements For Aspiring To The Of...
- Legality Of Buhari's Travel Ban On Nigerian Citizens
- We Must Consider The Importance Of Legislative Bil...
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