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Nigeria's oil-producing communities face decades of environmental pollution from oil spills, gas flaring, and contaminated waterways. As these environmental harms increasingly affect health, livelihoods, and living conditions, Nigerian courts are grappling with a fundamental question: can severe environmental degradation constitute a violation of constitutional human rights, and how should the law balance environmental protection with enforceable fundamental rights?

Recent weeks have seen a steady stream of data releases from international institutions confirming the reality that we feel on the ground – ‘commodity markets sneeze and (about half of) the region catches a cold'.

On 18 June 2026, the Federal Government recently issued the General Guidelines for the implementation of the 2025 Tax Acts, providing a transitional framework for the application of the new tax legislation and expressly precluding the retroactive application of the Acts. The Guidelines are intended to provide the much-needed clarity on compliance obligations as the new tax regime takes effect.

Nigeria is in an extremely fragile state. Available indices show characteristics of a failing state. There are conflicts and agitations everywhere, feelings of marginalization and exclusion...

Section 33 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution provides that persons living in Nigeria, shall have a right to life and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life unless in execution of the sentence of a court of a criminal office ...

This issue is important because the National Assembly always seems to usurp the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to regulate election details...

Fundamental rights are rights that are protected by the constitution from violation. While human rights are inherent to all people regardless of their personal, social or religious conditions...

The Court of Appeal delivered Judgment on the appeal on 12th May 2022.

Can oil pollution violate fundamental rights under Nigeria's Constitution? This article examines the complex intersection of environmental law and constitutional protections, exploring how Nigerian courts have grappled with whether severe environmental degradation from oil spills can constitute violations of the rights to life and dignity guaranteed in Chapter IV of the Constitution.

Does the adoption of Sharia law in twelve northern Nigerian states signal a transformation into an Islamic state, or does Nigeria's Constitution provide sufficient safeguards to maintain its secular, multi-religious foundation? This analysis examines the legal framework governing Sharia's application, exploring the constitutional boundaries that restrict its scope to Muslim citizens in personal and civil matters while preserving religious freedom for all Nigerians.

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling in favor of five prominent Guinea-Bissau political figures who challenged their arbitrary detention by state authorities. The regional court found Guinea-Bissau liable for grave human rights violations and ordered compensation of thirty million CFA Francs, marking a decisive affirmation of liberty, human dignity, and judicial protection across West Africa.

In many romantic relationships, incidents of violence regrettably occur, and women are, more often than not, the primary victims.

Finally, Nigeria’s presidential election is over! Free, fair and peaceful were some of the words the global community used to describe the elections which made history when the incumbent administration conceded defeat.

There have been varying judicial pronouncements as to who is entitled to collect consumption tax and which takes priority where the same is imposed by both the state and the federal government.

The Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2019 ("the new CAMA") recently signed into law by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Presidential and National Assembly Elections and has declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu the President-Elect.

The Federal High Court of Nigeria has, in a landmark judgment delivered on 7 November 2025 in Messilia Motors Limited v. Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1044/2025) resolved a long-standing constitutional conflict between the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Act and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).