THE VOICE

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SURVEILLANCE ON APPOINTMENT OF AN ARBITRATOR IN NIGERIA (ECOBANK NIG. PLC. v ADMIRAL ENVIRONMENTAL CARE LTD.)

Introduction Section 7 of the Nigeria’s Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“the Act”)[1] recognizes the powers of parties to an arbitration agreement to specify the procedure to be followed in appointing an arbitrator.[2] Where the arbitration agreement does not specify procedures for appointment of arbitrator(s), in a case of an arbitration with three arbitrators, it is the law that each party…

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PLEADING STANDARDS IN NIGERIA; A NIMBLE DISCOURSE

PLEADING STANDARDS IN NIGERIA; A NIMBLE DISCOURSE

Introduction Topics of this nature should concern a passionate litigator; not because of the eventual submissions of this author, but due to the likelihood this quick read might be a step in the right direction, a well-conceived two-cents, or just another misjudged polemic. Indeed, pleading standards go to the threshold a complaint must meet up to before a court of law can determine the…

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OFF THE CUFF PERSPECTIVES ON GAMING TAXES; WHEN THE FEDS ARE WATCHING

A peek into the facts April 2019, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (the “Service” or “FIRS”), in conjunction with the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (the “NLRC”), unveiled an automation collection process that would be used to charge Value Added Tax (“VAT”) on lottery and gaming activities; it was a stakeholders’ meeting which held in Lagos and as expected, the development was one…

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RETHINKING TRIAL DE NOVO IN NIGERIA: LAW REFORMS

1. INTRODUCTION

In reintroducing the concept, “trial de novo”, this author is reminded of the fact that distinguished magnates in the legal profession have forerun his quest by carrying on their backs the wailings of a vast majority of persons over the issue of trial de novo and its impact on affected litigants and mere observers. To put in proper perspective, trial de novomeans “from the new”;…

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STRIKING DOWN UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF LAWS; IN WHOM RESIDES THE POWER? —Patrick Omodia Esq BACKGROUND The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal holden at Abuja in PETITION NO: EPT/BY/GOV/03/2020 delivered its judgment nullifying the Governorship election for non-compliance with the provisions of…

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THE NIGERIA-CHINA COMMERCIAL LOAN AGREEMENT — LOOKING BEYOND THE CLAUSES IN ARTICLE 8 (1)

INTRODUCTION

On July 28, 2020, there was cause to reflect on the Beijing money once again. The headlines from the papers further troubled the troubled minds of Nigerians battling with societal ills and the pandemic. Headlines like “GALAXY BACKBONE: REPS UNCOVER CLAUSES CONCEDING NIGERIA’S SOVEREIGNTY TO CHINA”left hands of puzzled Nigerians resting on chins; also seen were intelligent remarks…

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REFLECTIONS ON ORDER 6 RULE 4 OF THE COURT OF APPEAL RULES, 2016; MAKING A CASE FOR AN AFFIDAVIT OF NOTIFICATION

1. INTRODUCTION

This paper takes an all-round look at the implication of interpreting Order 6 Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2016 (hereafter The Rules) in literal terms. It might interest us to know that if we take a closer look at its construct, there is a strong possibility we conclude that it births an absurdity. In our short time here, we shall think on the cure to its absurdity as…

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BILE COMMENTARIES

Crying inside because the rapists should not find my hideout

Defiled and murdered but eye witnesses scared of the men in uniform

Twelve years and defiled by eleven perverts! They spit at the mess. They curse with their mouth

To fight with placards and I am another corpse… the silence of leaders, the norm.

Injustice, insecurity and inhumanity! The burden of things we are into, things we shoulder…

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MARITAL RAPE IN NIGERIA — A RIGHT WITHOUT A REMEDY

THE INCIDENCE

There is a story. A narrative we may already be familiar with. It is a sad tale involving a married teenager, Salma Hassan “17”. You see, Salma Hassan confessed to killing her beloved husband in their home, Bauchi State. The dagger she used on his chest was recovered by the police. Why did she do such evil? That is not up for riddles, really. Her husband needed to consummate their…

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A PERSON IN LAW – A PAPER EARMARKED FOR DELIMITING JURISPRUDES’ THEORIES OF LEGAL PERSONALITY

INTRODUCTION

From the onset, it is almost a consolation that papers of this nature must succumb to the overriding enigma that this discourse champions. There is the concern that the above topic attracts phrases with unending legal philosophies which must be addressed first hand before dabbling into possibilities of unravelling “the person in law”and drawing needful demarcations from the entries…

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COVID-19; THE GAMMON OR THE TRUE GUEST? TICKING THE HOSTS

INTRODUCTION The author agrees that the above rubric suggests another venture into what the world already knows. The plague? Maybe too rough. The gammon? Sounds nearly impossible to maintain it is a hoax. The true guest? Maybe we can use some euphemisms. The hosts? This paper is very much interested in ticking boxes; say an inquiry into the inert roles of some affected countries and why we must…

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THE CASE OF THE PROMISCUOUS HALVES

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERO, 2020 The Defendant, having been indicted for the offence of rape were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life with caning by the General Sexual Affairs Court of Ekito, Nigero. Aggrieved, the defendants filed a petition claiming robust errors of law, at the Supreme Court of Nigero. The records of proceedings having been entered with the grounds and issues…

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THE DEATH PENALTY; REJECTING THE ABOLITIONISTS' APPEAL

THE DEATH PENALTY; REJECTING THE ABOLITIONISTS’ APPEAL

1. INTRODUCTION

This paper reflects on the school of thought that death penalty should be abolished in all nation states. As such, this paper will reproduce summarised ratiocinations of well celebrated human right activists who double as abolitionists. It should be known that this paper will, from the kick-off, portray the writer as a retentionist of the abolitionists’ appeal. In fact, the writer…

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A LITTLE LOST

Got the worst luck with success, she is a lazy goddess never coming to me because I have not worked hard enough. Okay.

It is that time again when the convulsions are high in religious institutions. Where passions are high as the preacher fluctuates the energy of his congregation with perfected oration – evoking the desired sobriety and falling back to influencing another major cataclysm when…

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HEY BLACKFACE, If I lose my discretion, I may just write you a sonnet. A perfect narration of all the feels I stomach; I am not surviving this one (picks ink).

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MY DEMONS

In my head, I am such a pretty picture. I keep no mirrors in my bedroom, destroyed all my side mirrors and take no single photograph of me. My breasts are full in my head, but my eyes see tiny dots surrounded by minute flesh. I am skinny and ugly but my name is beautiful, I am Diana.  My family is small. We are the small circle of two dead parents, one imbecile as an older brother, Festus, and a…

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I AM SORRY, SWEET DREAMS

I should have called a thousand times… I should have stepped up as your son. A black friday it is and I am shopping all my guilt and time will never heal me.

Nights like this are new to me. I am scribbling this forcing a tear back and I cannot say if I can hold it till the end. The news hit me in the wee hours of the morning and there was the sudden stench around me; I smelt awful and it took me…

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