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A Legal Analysis of Nigeria Electoral Reform Amendment Bill 2026

By: CHINAGOROM KINGSLEY ANYANWU  &  IFEANYICHUKWU OGBODO ABSTRACT The integrity of the Nigerian electoral process has historically been undermined by…

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Torture Under the Nigerian Anti-Torture Act 2017: A Comparative Analysis with International Jurisprudence

 By: C.K. ANYANWU ESQ (LL.B, B.L, LL.M, PhD IN VIEW)* & DR. (MRS) EKANEM-OTU O. OLOWONIYI INTRODUCTION In the International…

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Duty of an Appellate Court when Hearing Appeals from the Area/Customary Court

CASE TITLE: DOMINIC V. NAHANI (2026) LPELR-83001(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: OLABODE ABIMBOLA…

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Whether Identification Parade is Necessary Where an Accused Person has Confessed to the Commission of the Offence with which He is Charged

CASE TITLE: OSHO v. STATE OF EKITI (2026) LPELR-83054(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD…

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Principles Governing Exercise of the Duty of Law Enforcement Agencies in Detecting and Investigating Crime

CASE TITLE: HAMZA & ANOR V. NDLEA & ANOR (2026) LPELR-82989(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW…

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Can a Company like Human Claim Emotional Suffering?

CASE TITLE: FCMB V. ABDUL GAFARU & CO. LTD & ORS LPELR-82795(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2025JUSTICES: JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C.HELEN…

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Harmonising Seeming Inconsistencies: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap. L11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and the Legal Practitioners Amendment Decree No. 21 Of 1994

By: Kola’ Awodein S.A.N , FCTI , FICIArb. , and Ikenna Okoli S.A.N , FCIArb. Abstract This article critically examines…

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Whether a Deed of Gift is Rendered Invalid Merely Because it was Prepared in the Name of a Law Firm Rather then by a Named Legal Practitioner

CASE TITLE: BAKO v. RABIU & ORS (2026) LPELR-82880(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CONVEYANCING LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Position of Law on Identity of Land in Dispute Vis-a-Vis What Parties Call It

CASE TITLE: OLORUNNIMBE & ANOR V. OLOBEKE (2026) LPELR-82912(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: FADAWU…

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Whether the Right of an Accused to an Interpreter can be Invoked on Appeal by an Appellant who had been Represented by Counsel at the Trial as a Ground for Setting Aside a Conviction

CASE TITLE: DANJUMA v. STATE (2026) LPELR-82944(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU…

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