The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has vowed to sue the Nigerian Federal Government for suspending Twitter indefinitely. Showing anger towards the federal government’s decision, SERAP pledged to sue the FG. In a tweet, it said: “BREAKING: We’re suing…
Six weeks ago, the first significant changes in years were made to the Canadian Divorce Act. The Divorce Act is federal legislation, and deals parenting, child and spousal support and of course, divorce. The Act does not deal with the…
In an earlier article, we introduced Canada’s first fully online dispute resolution Tribunal – British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT). This online forum has exclusive jurisdiction over a number of different types of civil claim, including strata title (condominium) disputes,…
I prepare this report approximately 3 months before the Commonwealth Law Conference in Nassau, Bahamas. The arrangements for the Conference have of course been greatly impacted by the uncertainties arising from the pandemic. Will delegates be able to travel and…
The Commonwealth Lawyer has been the CLA’s principal vehicle of information and knowledge dissemination for nearly five decades. Founded in 1984, it went out of publication for a brief period in the late 1980s and 1990s, but was revived –…
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Monday sworn-in Justice John Oyewole Adeyeye as the Acting Chief Judge of the state, called on the judiciary to prioritise matters of sexual crimes. Fayemi said the appeal became necessary following the increasing rate…
The Southern Senators Forum has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to be alive to his responsibility to protect lives and property in Nigeria in the wake of Ahmed Gulak’s murder, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress. On Monday, the…
The federal government says it wants the United Arab Emirates to stop discriminatory travel protocols against Nigeria. The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 explained that it had urged the UAE to remove the protocols against Nigerians. The PSC Chairman and…
President Muhammadu Buhari says those who want to destroy his government will receive the shock of their lives as his administration will do everything possible to ensure they fail. He spoke on Tuesday after meeting with the Chairman of the…
The 1st Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), John Aikpokpo-Martins, has said that governors have not fulfilled their agreement with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, (JUSUN) who are currently on strike. Aikpokpo-Martins, said that as things are now,…