Recognition and Enforcement of International Commercial Arbitration Awards in Nigeria – Abiola Orekoya

The Legal Regimes for the Recognition and Enforcement of International Commercial Arbitration Awards in Nigeria: The Unresolved Question of whether the Provisions of Rules of Court can Override the Provisions of a Statute and International Convention Abstract The question of whether the provisions of rules of court in Nigeria can trump the provision of a […]
Average Settlement Value for Racial Discrimination Lawsuit – Matthew J.P. Coffman

This article is specific to the United States of America. Discrimination in the workplace happens far too often. Discrimination at work can be based on a number of different characteristics such as gender, age, sexual orientation, or race. A 2019 Glassdoor survey found that 42% of all employees surveyed had experienced or witnessed racial discrimination […]
Impact of the Global Energy Transition on the Nigerian Economy – Ogooluwa Osilesi

Impact of the Global Energy Transition on the Nigerian Economy Change is said to be the one thing that remains constant. The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus of Ephesus, said – “the only constant in life is change.” It’s inevitable. The world keeps evolving and science and technology are considered to be the major facilitators of evolution […]
Indian Law and the Islamic Customary Practice of Women Wearing Hijab – Rakshit Sharma

The Indian Law and the Islamic Customary Practice of Women Wearing Hijab What is a Hijab? A hijab1 is a head covering scarf that some Muslim women wear in public. For many such women, the hijab signifies both modesty2 and privacy. In some cases, the hijab is worn by a woman when she’s with men who aren’t in […]
Impact of IP Law in the Economic Development of Nigeria – Ogooluwa Osilesi

The Impact of Intellectual Property Law in the Economic Development of Nigeria 1.0 Introduction In both public and private universities in Nigeria and in the various Faculties and Colleges of Law of these universities intellectual property law is usually a course resident in the Business or Commercial law departments of these Faculties and Colleges and […]
Land in Nigeria: Registration, Agreement, C of O, Documents (+Lawyer)

Land Matters in Nigeria How to register your land, make land agreement, make land papers, or get Certificate of Occupancy (C of O)? Hang on! Do you know it’s not only when someone acquire a land or landed property forcefully that he can lose it to the government or other people? Yes! Your property can […]
Hire Purchase: Rights and Obligations of Owner and Hirer (NG) – Fortune Dikio

Hire Purchase Hire purchase is one of the many types of consumers credit transaction recognized in Nigeria Law. A Hire purchase agreement is an agreement by an owner of goods (i.e. the creditor) to hire the goods out to a hirer and to give the hirer an option to purchase the goods, conditional on his […]
Agency: Duties and Rights of Agent and Principal (NG) – Fortune Dikio

Agency Relationship Sometimes an entity instructs another to conduct its business transactions. This is common and is known as an ‘Agency Relationship‘. Agency is a business relationship where a principal gives legal authority to an agent to act on the Principal’s behalf when dealing with a third party. The Black’s Law Dictionary, defines an agency […]
An Introduction to Copyright Protection in Nigeria – Inioluwa Olaposi

Copyright in Nigeria In the world of Intellectual Properties, copyrights are at the forefront of popular cognition, laying in rank with other widely known IPs like trademarks, patent, and trade secrets. In simple parlance, an Intellectual Property (shortly called IP) is an intangible property; creation of the mind. Intellectual Property rights are therefore legal provisions […]
Fintech and Data Privacy Invasion: Legal Implications – Tariere Itoko

Fintech and Data Privacy Invasion: Legal Implications (– Sokoloan as a Case Study) The borrower is servant to the lender Abstract Today, a lot of people tend to borrow money to make ends meet and for unexpected expenses and this is most times as a result of non-payment of salaries, unemployment, high living standards, etc. […]