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It is not uncommon to see animals in the company of humans as the relationship between man and animals has been in existence since time immemorial. Animals can be used as security...

There is a common misconception that security in a country is limited to the protection of land, air, sea and the borders of a country.

Where the state decides to prosecute every offence as alleged, the courts will be greatly overburdened.

From the Spanish Flu of 1918 to the HIV/AIDS saga and down to the Ebola virus, infectious diseases have constantly changed the modus operandi in all aspects of human living.

Data privacy protection issues, bodily injury torts/security concerns, the tort of trespass to property amongst many other controversies have trailed in the wake of the launch of Pokémon Go...

The essence of an action in trespass is a direct interference with another person's land or goods or person. It developed from the need to protect individual interest in persons...

The adoption of social media and digital communication has transformed how individuals communicate, exchange information, and voice their opinions.

More than 400,000 people die globally from murder or culpable homicide each year. In Nigeria, murder, culpable homicide and attempt to murder are becoming alarmingly prevalent, ...

The main function of bail is to ensure the presence of the accused at the trial. This criterion is regarded as not only the omnibus one but also the most important of all criteria for granting bail at the trial court.

A contract has been defined as a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce.1 A breach of contract is said to occur where a party to the contract refuses...

Cyberstalking involves the use of technology (most often, the Internet!) to make someone else afraid or concerned about their safety.

The Lagos State Judiciary on April 14, 2025, launched a new practice direction on non-custodial sentencing to take effect from June 1, 2025.

There is a presumption in Nigerian law that every person charged with a criminal offence is innocent until he is proved guilty. Therefore, a person charged with a crime is assumed to be innocent until the court decides otherwise.

The Supreme Court's decision in Maryam Sanda v C.O.P has sparked renewed debate over a critical constitutional question: can the executive exercise its prerogative of mercy while a convict's appeal remains pending before the courts? This ancient power, preserved in Nigeria's Constitution as a humane corrective to the criminal justice system, now stands at the intersection of executive authority and judicial process. The case raises fundamental questions about the separation of powers and the proper timing o

Owing to recent jurisprudence, debate has arisen amongst jurists and legal scholars on the necessity of calling third-party evidence to prove a cause of action in civil libel (i.e. written defamatory statement).

The "dark web" is a hidden internet world where good and evil coexist. On the bright side, the dark web enables anonymous, highly secure communication routes to protect reform agents...

In her book titled "The Purity Myth: How America's obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women", Jessica Valenti engages the trivialization of rape in society and how, typically, the victim tends...