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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad will on December 14, 2020, administer the oath on the 72 lawyers recently elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The spokesman of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the event will hold at the main courtroom as part of events to formally flag off the court’s 2020/2021 legal year. He said: “It will be recalled that 2019/2020 legal year officially ended on Friday 11th September 2020. “Even though normal court sittings started almost immediately after the…

Case No: A1/2019/3127 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM VERONIQUE BUEHRLEN QC (SITTING AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT) TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT HT-2019-000060 Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 26/11/2020 Before: LORD JUSTICE FLAUX LORD JUSTICE COULSON and LADY JUSTICE CARR – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Between: AIC LIMITED Appellant – and – THE FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA Respondent Paul Key QC (instructed by Mc Dermott Will & Emery UK LLP) for the…

Professional bodies have kicked against plans by the Federal Government to take over unclaimed dividends of public listed companies. They said the move would impact negatively on the capital market as it would discourage investment. President and Chairman of Council, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Bode Ayeku, urged the government to respect the rights of shareholders as enshrined in the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) 2018. The Organised Private Sector (OPS) under the aegis of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has also cautioned against the move, saying that it would further strangulate businesses. Expressing concerns…

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded N1 million damages against Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. Justice Ibidun Harrison described as “unlawful” EKEDC’s refusal to connect the customer to electricity for unpaid bill consumed by a former occupant of the building. The plaintiff/claimant, Mr Sunday Babalola, had through an originating summons, sued EKEDC for the refusal to connect his building to electricity for an outstanding bill owed EKEDC by a former occupant of the building. While delivering the judgment, Justice Harrison said: “The court finds…

1.0.      Introduction The sources of the Nigerian Immigration Law are divided into primary and secondary sources. The primary sources mainly consist of the Immigration Act, 2015, Immigration Regulations, 2017 and the Nigerian Visa Policy, 2020, while the secondary sources are the 1999 Constitution as altered and Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010. Embedded under these laws are visas and permits that must be obtained by foreigner desirous of entering into the country for one reason or the other. The Nigerian Immigration Service is the body statutorily mandated and empowered to issue or grant such visas and permit. …

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND ISSUES FOR RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGES AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS PRESENTATION BY MRS ‘FUNKE ADEKOYA SAN – CLASS OF ’74* TO THE CLASS OF ’91 AT ITS 25TH YEAR REUNION HOLDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE ON 7TH OCTOBER 2016 1.0 Protocols 1.1 ‘Restructuring Nigeria’ seems to be the latest ‘hot topic’ in  Nigerian discourse. With Nigeria celebrating yet another independence anniversary, the topic has again regained its position on the front burner. Everyone speaks about it, although it is not clear whether all contributors to the debate mean the same thing…

Address by Hon. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip PhD, FNIALS, FCArb President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria, at the Special Court Sitting to Mark the 2020/2021 Legal Year 5 October 2020 1. Protocols. 2. I welcome you all to the very first legal year celebration of the Court since its establishment under the Trade Disputes Decree No. 7 of 1976, although it became functional only in 1978. In its 42 years of existence, the Court has had 4 Presidents of the Court as Heads, my humble self inclusive. It is one year now since I took over the stewardship of heading the…

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has delivered a landmark judgement that Nigerians who live in a residential estate cannot be compelled to be a member of the Community Development Association (CDA) popularly known as residents’ association of estate.This decision of the Court has put an end to any future arbitrariness of resident associations in Nigeria. By this decision, payment of dues is now voluntary and forcing residents to be members has now been declared unconstitutional. Residents in Lagos State will no longer be subjected and compelled to pay outrageous membership dues and other levies. The judgement was delivered…

The circular was issued for the information and guidance of the general public, taxpayers and tax practitioners in line with the provisions of the Value Added Tax Act. This instant circular amends, updates or replaces contents of any circular, notice or other publication previously issued by the FIRS that is inconsistent with its contents to the extent of such inconsistency. See and download Circular below: [pdf-embedder url=”https://lawbreed.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2019-FA-Information-Circular-VAT.pdf” title=”2019 FA Information Circular-VAT”] [mks_button size=”medium” title=”Download Circular Here” style=”squared” url=”https://lawbreed.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2019-FA-Information-Circular-VAT.pdf” target=”_blank” bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#FFFFFF” icon=”” icon_type=”” nofollow=”0″]

The Executive Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have filed an action against President Buhari before the Supreme Court of Nigeria over the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 which grants financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in the 36 states of the federation. The suit signed by Aikhunegbe A. Malik, SAN; and filed on behalf of the 36 states via Originating Summons on 17th September, 2020 by their lawyers: Augustine O. Alegeh, SAN FCIArb [UK]; Babajide Koku, SAN; Solomon Umoh, SAN; Garba Tetengi, SAN; Tawo Eja Tawo SAN; Olaseni Adio SAN; Ekeme Ohvwovoriole, SAN;…