Practice & Commentary
Drafting Exit Rights Under Nigerian Law That Survive NIPC, SEC, and FIRS Scrutiny
Your Incineration Clause Just Failed: Drafting Exit Rights Under Nigerian Law That Survive NIPC, SEC, and FIRS Scrutiny The carefully crafted exit clause in your shareholders’ agreement may already be unenforceable. Nigeria’s regulatory triple lock, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), routinely […]
Conflicting Supreme Court Judgments in Nigeria: Anatomy of a Judicial Crisis
Conflicting Supreme Court Judgments in Nigeria: Anatomy of a Judicial Crisis Abstract The Supreme Court of Nigeria stands as the apex judicial body, constitutionally empowered as the final court of appeal whose decisions are binding on all authorities and persons throughout the federation. Yet in recent years, a troubling phenomenon has emerged with increasing frequency: […]
Admissibility of Unregistered Land Instruments in Nigeria: 2018-2025 Rulings
THE ‘SELF-CONTRADICTING’ LAND LAW RULINGS (2018, 2020, 2025): A JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE ADMISSIBILITY OF UNREGISTERED REGISTRABLE LAND INSTRUMENTS IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT For several years, the Nigerian legal landscape was marked by profound uncertainty over a seemingly straightforward question of evidence: is an unregistered registrable land instrument admissible in court? The confusion stemmed from two […]
DECONSTRUCTING THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA’S CONTRADICTORY RULING IN FRN V. NNAMDI KANU (2023)
THE LEGAL CORPSE THAT REFUSED TO DIE: DECONSTRUCTING THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA’S CONTRADICTORY RULING IN FRN V. NNAMDI KANU (2023) ABSTRACT The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a judgment on 15 December 2023 in the case of Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu, which has since generated intense jurisprudential controversy. The apex court acknowledged […]
Beyond the Robe: The Hidden Psychology of Judicial Decisions
Beyond the Robe: The Hidden Psychology of Judicial Decisions I. Introduction: Of Hopes Betrayed and Judgments Shadowed On March 8, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Emeka Ihedioha the winner of the Imo State governorship election in Nigeria. He was sworn in, took office, and set to work. Seven months later, on January 14, […]