Nigerian lawyers will take briefs in areas they know nothing about, collect their fees first, then go and learn the law afterwards. Sometimes they pull off miracles. Sometimes they destroy the client’s case. Foreign lawyers? They won’t touch a brief they’re not already competent

Pay attention to the Divine Ideas coming into your heart! Those soft and gentle nudges about people, plans, goals to pursue and steps to take: these are often God given ideas that comes to the mind and in these lie the opportunities that are backed by Heaven and aligns with

When you trust your research, your arguments comes naturally.

Young lawyers should refuse to vote anybody who wants to buy their votes under the guise of paying their practising fees and NWLR subscription. Enough of monetisation of NBA politics. How are we different from people who collect rice, groundnut oil and money from APC and PDP

As a practising Nigerian lawyer 1. After court sittings, neither join a client in his car or pick a client with your car. You might think the case is not serious for you to be attacked, whereas it is more serious to the parties involved. Safety first. 2. You have no business at

Lawyers in practice in Nigeria are really in for doing difficult jobs advising their clients based on judicial precedents.Judicial precedent means the process whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the facts are of sufficient similarity. The doctrine of judicial

Limitation laws don’t stop AMCON. The Court of Appeal has reaffirmed that actions for recovery of eligible bank debts by AMCON are not statute-barred. If your appeal hangs on limitation alone, it will likely crash. ARIORI v. AMCON (2026) LPELR-82911 (CA)

"Even though the court is enjoined to consider all defences available to an accused person, presenting two mutually exclusive defences in this case of murder, the Appellant has lost any defence possible and none can avail him". Per Abba Aji JSC

And I know the counsel holding brief.

I'll be 40 years old in few months. I have enjoyed some level of peace of mind over the years. I dont think I want to subject myself to the stress that comes with this ambition. I'll rather invest in young minds who are ready and willing to pursue it with all vigour.

I agree, even at the Apex court.

FRN v. Gidado & ors. SC 347/2025. Delivered 12/12/2025

The court's decision in this case is to the effect that; an alteration without express prescription in a legislation is inconsequential ... Especially where the altered provisions merely restated an existing position in the legislation.

S.233(1)of the 1999 Constitution, reads thusly- `` The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of any other court of law in Nigeria, to hear and determine appeals from the Court of Appeal." The wordings of the constitutions are clear, "determine Appeals".

Agreed! Specific provision in a legislation override general provision. However, where specific provisions are altered without express prescription in a statute, the general provision takes its place.

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Last RT. NWLR has pressured LP to up it’s twitter presence game. I loveeeeettt 😁

Hello Everyone! Today is my Birthday 🎁 To the Lord my God! The Giver of Life and the Source of all good things. I am grateful for life and preservation, for provision and for protection. For the joy of Family and Ministry, I remain eternally grateful!

Our Judges are wise enough to know what constitutes injustice or what is a mere “internal party affair”. Don’t conflate the issues! Let my Lords rule. “The Law is what the Courts say it is” - Thomas Holmes