Embedding Legal Expertise in HR: A Workplace Imperative HR Today: Beyond Payroll and Perks HUMAN Resources departments have evolved far beyond scheduling leave and conducting interviews. Modern HR sits at the crossroads of people, finance, and the law. Employment decisions now carry significant legal implications, from wage compliance to termination processes. Without legal oversight, even […]
When Faith Meets the Law: Understanding Church Vows Spiritual Promises vs. Legal Obligations CHURCHGOERS often make bold promises during services—pledges to donate funds, sponsor projects, or build infrastructure. Such vows are spiritually binding, aimed at expressing devotion or gratitude. Yet, a pressing question lingers quietly in the minds of many: Can the law touch these […]
A Trend Misunderstood IN recent years, name change announcements have quietly risen in Nigerian newspapers, driven by marriage, religion, family disputes, and personal reinvention. But legal analysts warn that the public misunderstands what a name change actually accomplishes. While many citizens assume that publishing a new name equals a reset, investigations show a different reality: […]
The Appeal of Finality — And Its Hidden Cost STATUTORY marriage offers what customary unions sometimes struggle with: certainty, portability, and legal authority without family arbitration. Adults can marry without extended approvals. The certificate speaks for itself globally. But that finality has a cost: it is far easier to enter than exit. The Legal Cage: […]
A Regulatory Deadline Disguised as Routine ACROSS Nigeria’s small business ecosystem, one compliance requirement continues to ambush entrepreneurs long after registration: the filing of Annual Returns with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Many business owners treat it like paperwork for another day — until that day arrives and their business legitimacy is in question. CAC […]
A Record You Cannot Outrun IN Nigeria, the police statement is often the quiet killer of strong cases. Many suspects discover only later that the most consequential moment at the station was not the arrest, the questioning, or even detention—it was the signature. Once appended, that document becomes a speaking witness, carrying a version of […]
By DEBORAH OCHEJA The Constitutional Backing THE right to observe Nigerian court proceedings stems from the constitutional doctrine of open justice. Except where the law expressly restricts it, hearings are public events, accessible to citizens who wish to learn, monitor, or research judicial processes. This is the legal basis that allows journalists, law students, governance analysts, […]
When Equity Withdraws Its Hand ACROSS Nigeria’s courtrooms, one doctrine quietly ends more lawsuits than judges ever headline: Laches and acquiescence—a rule of equity that punishes conduct, not conviction. While statutes bar claims by fixed limitation periods, equity bars them by unreasonable delay that misleads the other party into believing the dispute is over. In […]
When the Court Walks Away, It’s Not Always Defeat Mootness vs. Merit: The Distinction Courts Assume You Know NIGERIA’S legal system suffers from a public-communication deficit: complex judicial doctrines are delivered in dense rulings but rarely translated for mass understanding. One of the most misreported is the doctrine of mootness—often summarised by judges as a […]
THE Supreme Court does not decide by headlines—but Nigeria’s digital public often interprets by them. The Rivers State emergency rule narrative is a case in point. The Court’s ruling in AG Adamawa & Others v. AG Federation did not give presidential emergency powers in Rivers a constitutional clean bill of health. Instead, it issued what […]