MTN Nigeria Subsidiary YDFS Launches MoMo Agent Network

Following the successful award of a Super-Agent License, Y’ello Digital Financial Services, “YDFS,” a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria has opened its doors, announcing the launch of its super-agent network service named ‘MoMo Agent’ at an event in Abuja on August 29, 2019.

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International Adoptions: Legality of Adoption By Non - Nigerians in Nigeria | Elvira Salleras

Over the last few years, I have received several enquiries from non-Nigerians living abroad, wishing to be advised on the correctness of the statement published by the US embassy in Nigeria on its official website: “Individuals who are not Nigerian citizens are not legally allowed to adopt in Nigeria.  When a married couple is adopting, both must be Nigerian citizens.  Only U.S. citizens who also have Nigerian citizenship are allowed to adopt children in Nigeria.  Nigerian adoption laws are complex and vary from state to state.”

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Register For Dispute Resolution and Forensic Document Examination Training for Lawyers

For Lawyers advocacy means representing the interests of the client in the best manner possible, therefore an advocate must be equipped with a variety of skills. 

This training is designed to offer intensive legal advocacy and dispute resolution training to lawyers and equip participants with the necessary skills mandatory for every lawyer as they engage with the civil or criminal legal system vis-à-vis the innovation and competence required in today’s global business and legal world.

Please note the following details about the training –

TRAINING OVERVIEW

Theme:  “The Art of Legal Advocacy”

Modules:  

-          Litigation

-          Arbitration 

-          Mediation

-          Forensic Documents Examination

-          Legal Writing  

-          Law Firm Profitability

Date: 26^th and 27^th September, 2019

Time: 9am – 5pm daily

Duration of Class: 2hrs each

Venue: Neca House, Hakeem Balogun Street, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos 

Members of Faculty

·         Mr. OlabodeOlanipekun SAN, Partner, Wole Olanipekun  Co.,

·         Dr. AbiodunOsiyemi; President, Forensic Science Academy

·         Mr. FolaAlade ASCMA (UK); Principal Partner, Fotefa Partners 

·         Dr. Chinua Asuzu, Dean, The Write House; Senior Partner, Assizes Law Firm

·         Miss BusolaAjala , CEO, Strictly Law Business 

·        Mr. Tolu Aderemi LLM (Netherlands), Partner, Pearchstone  & Graeys       

 

Registration Details 


Fee per delegate     - N60,000    


Early Bird (Ends September, 5, 2019) - N40,000

REGISTER FOR THE EARLY BIRD HERE TO SAVE #20,000 NOW

We look forward to welcoming you as the session promises to be impactful and help put you well on the way to achieving your career goals.

For registration details, please call Lawlexis on +2348055424566; +2349095635314 or email lawlexisinternational@gmail.com or follow this link - https://paystack.com/pay/Lawlexis

#NBAAGC2019 #nbaconference #facingthefuture #NBA2019AGC #NBA2019AGC #nigerianlawyers #AOCLegal 

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Wages and Salaries In Nigeria: A Human Rights Issue? | Fifehan Ogunde

In April 2019, the Federal government signed into law the Miminum wage Repeal and Enactment Bill increasing the minimum wage across Nigeria from 18,000 Naira per month (US$50) to 30,000 Naira per month (US$83). Some have regarded this as good news for workers and labour unions in Nigeria are pushing earnestly for its implementation. 

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Register For Early Bird At The Career Training For Lawyers

This training is designed to offer intensive legal advocacy and dispute resolution training to lawyers and equip participants with the necessary skills required in today’s global business and legal world.

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IBA President to launch report on bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession, at NBA AGC

At the invitation of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Paul Usoro, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Horacio Bernardes Neto, President of the International Bar Association (IBA), will give an address at the opening ceremony of the 59th Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference(AGC) on Monday 26 August 2019.

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Sexual Harassment: The Role of The Law For The Vulnerable | Charles Ndubuisi Iroh

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NBA President's Welcome Statement To The 59th Annual General Conference Delegates

1.            It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 59th Annual General Conference (“AGC”) of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) holding from Friday, 23 August 2019 to Thursday, 29 August 2019. With the theme, “Facing the Future”, this year’s Conference literally has something for everyone, lawyers and non-lawyers alike. A key novelty is the several specialized Committee Sessions – the outcome of collaborative work in content development for the Conference by the three Sections of the NBA – SBL, SLP and SPIDEL – coordinated by the Technical Committee for Conference Planning (TCCP). This Conference was designed as a test-run of such collaboration, notably in content-development, and it has been a huge success as is showcased by the diversity of the session topics and the number of sessions – 41 in all, a record number. I invite you to visit the Conference website (www.nbaconference.com) for the complete array of bouquet on offer.

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#NBAAGC2019 Innovation: Special Arrangements for Senior Delegates.

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NBA PRESIDENT AND TCCP LEADERSHIP VISIT RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR FOR 2019 AGC.

As part of the build up towards hosting a successful Annual General Conference, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, SAN yesterday,  August 8,, 2019 led a top delegation of the NBA and TCCP members on a visitation to the Governor of Rivers State, Bar man par excellence, Nyesom Wike. The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, O.C.J Okocha, SAN and Mr. Frank Owhor, a former Attorney General of River State, were on ground to receive the NBA leadership.

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#NBAAGC2019 Session: The Crisis of Sexual and Gender based Violence in our Communities

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The Incursion of Multi- Disciplinary Firms – Any Regulation

Many lawyers are quite unhappy at the high rate of multi-disciplinary firms encroaching into the legal space to offer services that used to be the exclusive purview of lawyers. For instance, some banks have begun to offer business registration services to their clients and also help their customers draft wills. All these while lawyers are still battling with foreign trained lawyers & foreign based law firms who also seek to encroach the Nigerian space.

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Capacity Building in the Oil and Gas Industry – What are the essential drivers to take us there?

The Oil and Gas industry in Nigeria hit a big boom when Nigeria discovered oil. The history of oil exploration in Nigeria dates back to 1903 when Nigerian Bitumen Corporation conducted exploratory work in the country, at the onset of World War 1 the firm’s operation was stopped. 

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A New Era Of No Boundaries – The IP Age Of Ideas & Solutions.

The world is a global village thanks very much to the development and advancement of technology and tech colutions all over the world.

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Modern Trends In Evidence : Gathering And Presenting Evidence In The Digital Age.

There was a time in the Nigerian Legal system when the Evidence Act did not recognize the use of Electronic Evidence. At that time, parties who wanted to introduce electronic evidence were left at a statement.

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The future of the Legal Profession and the regulation of legal practice and practitioners

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Effective Implementation of the National Legal Aid Strategy (2017 -2022)

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Operations by Security Agents: Rules of Engagement v. Human Rights of Citizens

Crime and security has always been a major problem in several nations. Nigeria is not an exception to this.  The protection of a nation depends on the strength of its security agencies. In Nigeria, several steps have been taking to curb crime in the federal, state and local government level. Security agency is a governmental organization which conducts intelligence activities

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A Future Fit Legal & Regulatory Framework For Corporations In Nigeria

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Brexit and African Trade | An #NBAAGC2019 Session

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Artificial Intelligence in ADR: The changing face of dispute resolution

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Implementing SDG 5 (Gender Equality and Female Empowerment)

The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 for the year 2030 as its target date. The goals are expected to be achieved in a span of fifteen years.. The goals are broad and interdependent of each other, yet, they have different targets to achieve. These goals replaced the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). 

SDG 5 is on gender equality and female empowerment. Encouraging female empowerment and promoting gender equality is crucial to accelerating sustainable development. There need to be an end to all forms of discrimination against women and girls. Discrimination against women and girls can be seen in various settings of the country. For example, significant gaps between men and women in the labour market, discrimination in the political arena, lack of gender parity in education especially in the North, disproportionate burdens of domestic work.

The major reason for gender inequality stems from our cultural orientation that women/girls are the weaker sex. This is very prevalent in African countries especially Nigeria. Women are relegated to the role of house wives and is expected to settle for a career where “she would have sufficient time for the family” as opposed to actualizing her dreams. In most Nigerian homes, the female and male child are trained and brought up differently. The girl child is taught to serve and cater for the needs of her brother.

The manner in which SDG can be implemented is by ensuring that there is an end to all forms of discrimination against women, promoting economic empowerment and financing to the woman as opposed to the belief that the man is the breadwinner, ensuring participation and leadership in decision making, ensuring women’s autonomy over their health and body and so on.

The Nigerian government is to ensure that the sustainable development goal on gender equality and female empowerment is implemented by way of legislative intervention putting an end to all forms of discrimination and gender disparity. 

The questions that arises here is: What is the Nigerian government doing to ensure that SDG 5 is implemented? 

The various questions, issues and challenges of the implementation of SDG 5 and the way forward would be discussed at the Plenary Session of the NBA Annual General Conference scheduled to hold on;

Date: Wednesday, 28^th August 2019

Time:  11.00 – 12.30

Venue: Zinnia, Eko Hotel

Speakers:          

Moderator: Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Panelists:  Herbert Wigwe

                    Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi

                    Hilary Ogbonna

                      

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Rule Of Law Symposium #NBAAGC2019

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Law Firm Management: Financial Skills 101 #NBAAGC2019

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Social Media: Culture, Liability & Professional Ethics #NBAAGC2019

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Family law gives birth to several key issues like divorce, nullity, adoption, custody of children, cohabitation, spousal rights and so on. Family law in Nigeria is regulated by several laws which are the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970, now Cap. M7 LFN 2004 which regulates marriages, breakdown of marriages and the welfare of children, The Child Rights Act 2003 which has been adopted by several states and it covers matters related to adoption and welfare of children. 

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Political Interference In Economic Policies Is Troubling | Tolu Aderemi

Tolu Aderemi, Partner in a top commercial firm in Nigeria,  has described President Muhammadu Buhari's directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop foreign exchange to food importation, as troubling.

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People spending hours revising and probably praying not to fail. People trying to memorize statutes, cases, journal articles and other primary/secondary legal resources in order to get the best grades on an assessment. The question remains whether such a method is the most effective or relevant in determining a law student’s capabilities.

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Expanding your legal practice offshore: An #NBAAGC2019 Session

It is now common for lawyers to migrate from their jurisdiction of practice to an entirely different jurisdiction. Those jurisdictions could be USA, UK, Canada, Australia and so on. The legal system in these jurisdiction are slightly, if not totally different from that of Nigeria depending on the type of legal system being practiced whether common law or civil law system. Since Law is territorial, it is required that such foreign trained lawyer undergo examinations and trainings to be able to practice law in that jurisdiction.

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Preparing the next generation of lawyers: Contents, Training and Practice

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Register for the Career Training For Lawyers To Advance Your Legal Career

For Lawyers advocacy means representing the interests of the client in the best manner possible, therefore an advocate must be equipped with a variety of skills.

We humbly invite you to participate at our upcoming career training for lawyers scheduled to hold on the 26^th and 27^th of September, 2019.                 

We believe this would be an opportunity for you to advance your career and acquire the skills and tools required for law firm effectiveness and profitability.

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