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On the 5th of March 2021, the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Lagos Division, delivered a landmark judgment in the case of MT Sam Purpose & Anor v Amarjeet Singh Bains & 6 Ors.

Federalism in simple terms is the division of law-making powers and functions between two levels of government, so that general and regional governments are each within a sphere co-ordinate and independent.

The law-making process in Nigeria is a complex, multi-stage constitutional mechanism designed to ensure that legislation is subjected to rigorous deliberation, democratic scrutiny, and executive oversight before it acquires the force of law.

It is no news that Nigeria practices a three-tiered federal system of government: power is shared amongst the Federal, State and Local Governments. Nigeria's grundnorm...

The power of executive clemency, particularly the presidential pardon, is among the most profound and controversial powers in a constitutional democracy.

Man has always been an inquisitive being. Human beings are always in the race to discover, explore and dominate territories unknown. It is an innate attribute in every human being.

Following the enactment of CAMA, some commentators recently raised the question, whether CAMA's limited partnership provisions establishing LP as a nationally available business vehicle, are constitutional.

On 26th September, 2024, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory delivered judgment in the case of Emmanuel Chidera Onuegbu v. Moniepoint Microfinance Bank Limited, and resolved that the Fundamental Human Rights of the Applicant ...