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The former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, while addressing the Ghanaian Parliament during a courtesy visit to Ghana in 2009, remarked as follows:

Nigeria's Federation Account, the constitutional repository for all federal revenues, is hemorrhaging up to ₦20 trillion annually through systemic leakages and unauthorized deductions. With nearly 40% of gross revenues consumed before distribution to government tiers, the country faces a paradox of substantial revenue generation alongside crushing debt, raising urgent questions about constitutional compliance, institutional accountability, and the structural reforms needed to restore fiscal integrity.

Nigerians are becoming well-known for their involvement in dating or romance scams. Scammers prey on those looking for love connections...

Football is built on the principle of finality. Once the referee blows the whistle, the result is meant to be settled. The AFCON 2025 final, however, defied that certainty.

The recent leak of explicit tapes involving Baltasar Engonga, the former Head of the Equatoguinean National Agency for Financial Investigation, has globally sparked intense debates on the intersection of privacy rights and lawful bases for data processing.

Nigeria, often referred to as the "Giant of Africa" boasts vast resources, a large and increasingly growing population, and a dynamic economy.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria situated on the west coast of Africa, is commonly referred to as the ‘Giant of Africa'.

Nigeria faces a mounting crisis as digital asset fraud schemes have defrauded citizens of nearly ₦911 billion between 2000 and 2023, with recent collapses like CBEX affecting hundreds of thousands of victims. As cryptocurrency transactions shift from formal banking channels to peer-to-peer networks, Nigerian regulators struggle to balance innovation with investor protection in an increasingly complex digital financial landscape.

There are several government agencies regulating various sectors of the Nigerian economy. Most of these regulatory agencies are creation of statutes which usually specify their functions, powers and general mode of operations.

Any crime or illegal activity committed in the use of computers and network is referred to as a cybercrime. The Cybercrimes (Prohibition and Prevention, etc.) Act 2015 ("Cybercrimes Act")...

An aggrieved party or candidate in an election can challenge the validity of the election. The Electoral Act 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and...

Before we dive into our discourse, it is essential to establish a thorough comprehension of the concept of "whistleblowing".

For quite a long time, the law had seemed settled that a dispute arising out of an agreement tainted with fraud was not capable of being resolved by arbitration, because it is contrary to public policy.

There is some uncertainty as to whether legal practitioners in Nigeria are under a duty to investigate and confirm the source of funds with which their clients transact business requiring the services of the legal practitioner and from which the legal practitioner's fees are paid.

Erroneous electronic fund transfer has become an increasingly common problem in Nigeria's digital banking space. Such transfers often leave victims scrambling to recover their money...

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.

Elections in Nigeria are mostly faced with a series of election petitions, which question the validity of results declared by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).