Category: Legal Parlance
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Screening of Offender and Arrest In Lieu: A Conflict Between Prohibition and Legal Protection Introduction Law enforcement agencies, particularly police, has a duty to ensure peace and order and obedience to the rule of law . These duties include power to arrest an offender and ensure jutice delivery on the suspect. However, this article argues…
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Gender and Crime: Analyzing Female Perpetrators in India Abstract— In India, female criminality has historically received less attention, with most studies concentrating on male offenders or female victims. Examining crime typologies, socioeconomic and cultural factors, and the effectiveness of legal and rehabilitative measures, explores the growing problem of women as offenders in India. psycho-social correlates of female…
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Guinea-Bissau Coup: Nigerian Law Firm Drags Guinea Bissau Regime to ECOWAS Court over Detention of Domingos Simões Pereira & Four Others LAGOS, NIGERIA – The law firm of Adeola Oyinlade & Co has officially filed an application before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja (Suit No: EWC/CCJ/APP/05/26), seeking the enforcement of the fundamental rights…
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Taxing For Equity: Can Nigeria’s 2025 Personal Income Tax Reforms Bridge The Inequality Gap? ABSTRACT Poverty and income inequality are prominent sustainable development goals (SDGs) that have gained global attention in the last 10 years. In Africa, approximately 460 million people live in poverty as of 2022, with a poverty rate of 43.1%, surpassing the…
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Force, Fault, And Self-defense: Rethinking Proportionality In Nigerian Criminal Jurisprudence ABSTRACT Self-defense, an inherent and constitutionally guaranteed right in Nigeria, serves as a legal safeguard, allowing individuals to protect their lives, dignity and property from immediate or threatened harm. However, this right is not without limitations, as it is subject to the principles of proportionality,…
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Law School Scholarships 2026 Learning at the Nigerian Law School (NLS) is a compulsory vocational training for all law students in Nigeria who intend to be called to the Nigerian Bar. Admission to the Nigerian Law School also comes with the requirement to pay tuition fee and other costs. With a Law School Scholarship, an…
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A critical appraisal of the Nigeria criminal code punishment for rape and kidnapping Introduction Rape and kidnapping are among the most heinous crime under the Nigerian law. This article appraise the punishment stipulated in the Nigeria criminal code for Rape and Kidnapping calling for a review and amendments to be done regarding the penalty to…
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Emmanson V Ibom Air: Whose Rights Prevail? On the 10th day of August 2025, a horrible and disheartening incident occurred where a lady, by the name Comfort Emmanson, was alleged to have assaulted a crew member of IBOM AIR. The action, which IBOM officials tagged “unruly” and contrary to Nigerian Civil Aviation regulations, led to…
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The Use Of Technology and Artificial Intelligence as a Transitionary and Innovative Measure To Revitalize the Legal Profession and its Probable Effects ABSTRACTGenerative AI and technology are increasingly shaping the world. With their impact on human activities and resources being profound, technology has made, and continues to make, a significant mark on various sectors globally.…
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AI, Deepfakes and AR: Emerging Legal Areas in Media and Telecommunications We used to say “seeing is believing.“ But in 2025, you believe everything you see at your own risk. Why? We live in a world where Gen AI can make convincing videos of an event that never happened, your face and voice can be replicated as a deepfake with scary precision, and the line between the physical and virtual worlds is gradually blurring. If the future had three faces in media and telecom, they would be: the brain (AI),…