Legislature’s Power to Make Laws: Upholding the Pillars of Governance
Introduction The legislative body plays a crucial role in the maintenance of democracy worldwide, the legislature has the power to create, amend, and repeal laws…
Category: Civil Law
The concept of 25 percent in winning elections: The legal position
Introduction The 2023 presidential election is gone but the aftermath still remains and in no distant time the court will be filled with election matters.…
ELECTION PETITION PROCEDURE IN NIGERIA
An Election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of an election. Election petitions are instituted to challenge the validity of an election or for disputing…
Contempt proceeding in Nigeria: The case of AGF and CBN
Introduction Following the Disobedience of the court order by the Federal government, the three state governors instituted a contempt proceeding against the Attorney General of…
BUSINESS FACILITATION ACT: NIGERIA’S SUPPORT FOR MSMES/START-UPS GROWTH
Introduction President Muhammadu Buhari as part of efforts to promote ease of doing business in Nigeria has assented to the Business Facilitation ( Miscellaneous Provision…
The Trend of Labour Outsourcing in Nigeria. What is the Position of the Law?
Introduction Nigeria’s Labour Law has different dimensions and labor outsourcing is the new one. Labor outsourcing is a new labor relationship in Nigeria. It means outsourcing…
DEADLINE ON USAGE OF OLD NAIRA NOTES: EXAMINING THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT
Introduction On the 8th of February 2023, the Supreme Court restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria from putting a deadline on the collection of old…
Machina v. Lawan: Understanding the legal reason behind the judgment
Introduction On May 28, 2022, the All-Progressive Congress conducted a primary election to nominate a senatorial candidate. Bashir Machina was declared the winner unopposed in…
Federal Inland Revenue Service Non-Interest Finance (Taxation) Regulations 2022: The Impact on Islamic Banking in Nigeria Part 1
Introduction The Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) is clothed with power to make subsidiary legislation that will give full effect to the provisions of…
NIGERIAN 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: THE LEGAL ANGLE
The Electoral Act 2022 introduced some novel changes that promise to make coming elections transparent and less problematic. First, Section 9 of the Electoral Act…