The Law And Practice Of Adoption In Nigeria
By E.N.U. UZODIKE

An adoption order extinguishes, whether customary or otherwise, all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parents or any other person in respect of the juvenile. These now become vested in the adoptive parents who then stand in the position of legal parents to the juvenile.   More

Defective Notice Of Appeal Cannot Be Cured By An Amendment

Apart from the proliferation of the issues by counsel for the appellants, it is necessary to also note that there are no facts on record to ground the appellant's issues 3.07 and 3.08 supra and there is no application by the appellants before this Court to challenge the record of appeal.   More

Antagonists Of The Coroners' Law Are Rabble Rousers—Ogala

Barrister Babatunde Ogala is not anywhere near being described as a new comer in the legal profession. Having had about 26 distinguished years in the bar, he was elected as a honourable member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Ikeja State Constituency.   More

FCMB Battles U.S. Businessman Over N1.2bn Fraud

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has approached a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos over an alleged fraud of N1.2billion allegedly perpetrated by it a Lagos based American businessman, Edward Samuel Wetherbee.   More

NDLEA And The Double Jeopardy Principle
By AWA U. KALU

It is therefore submitted that a person who has been tried abroad with the offence of importing drug contrary to foreign law would not be expose to double jeopardy if upon his return he is then charged with unlawfully exporting those drugs from this country.   More

Responsibilities Of An Attorney-General
By G.C.M ONYUIKE (SAN)

The case of the former President of the United States, Mr. Richard Nixon and the American Bar Association comes readily to mind. Although the situation is not identical the principle is the same.   More

Court Orders CBN To Pay N34.6m Judgement Debt
Stories by ALEX ONI

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Insurance Commission (NIC), to pay a judgement debt of N34,650,000 from money belonging to BAICO Insurance Plc with the two supervisory bodies.   More

Businessman Docked Over N6.4m Dud Cheque

Lagos based businessman, Allan Abokhai ((57), has appeared before an Igbosere Chief Magistrate Court on a two court charge of stealing N6,479,500 and issuing a dud cheque in that amount.   More