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Following the outcry on incessant killings in Nigeria, recently, members of the House of Representative during its plenary made a resolution to invite the President of Nigeria to address it on the present insecurity in Nigeria ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new 0.2% import levy on eligible imports from African Union (AU) Member States.

Border security and international trade are two sides of a coin that constantly present significant concern – due to the inherent risk and benefit traditionally associated with both endeavours.

On 28 September, Nigeria's House of Representatives resolved to suspend MP Abdulmumini Jibrin for 180 days and indefinitely blacklist him from future leadership positions.

On 31 May 2022, the President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip, passed the NICN Practice Direction 2022 (Practice Direction).

On 11th November 2020, the Federal Executive Council ("FEC" or "the Council") approved the ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area...

The court cited a decision of the Court of Appeal in Bamak Pharmacy Ltd & Ors. v. Abuja Municipal Area Council (2010) LPELR 3850 CA.

More than two decades after the Federal High Court's landmark ruling, the Gbemre v Shell case continues to define environmental rights litigation in Nigeria. This analysis examines how the Iwherekan gas flaring dispute established judicial precedents for linking environmental protection to fundamental human rights, and explores whether future Supreme Court clarification will strengthen or restrict these constitutional protections for oil-producing communities.

The Executive Order issued by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 13th February 2026 must be examined within the constitutional framework governing petroleum resources and public revenue.

We review some of these reports here.

By virtue of this judgment, the Federal Government is expected to increase its revenue share from the sale of crude oil at any point that the price of crude goes above $20 per barrel.

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria into law. The Budget, which was signed on Monday, 27 May 2019,

On May 21, 2025, a significant legislative proposal titled "A Bill for an Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Women, Particularly in Relation to Surrogacy and for Related Matters" scaled first reading on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Our African expert looks at the priorities for the newly-elected Nigerian government after their historic win.

In recent years, Nigeria's economic outlook has been shaken by a number of events most particularly, the fall in crude oil prices which led the country to fall into recession in the second quarter of 2016.

The law firm of Adeola Oyinlade & Co has officially filed an application before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja...

The signing into law of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (the "CAMA 2020") has been lauded as a remarkable feat, a game changer in the corporate regulatory framework, and described as Nigeria's most revolutionary piece of business legislation in decades.

We have followed with interest the ongoing impasse between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).