Share this This is a true life story of how Femi (Pseudo), with the help of a Podus lawyer, escaped defamation and harassment from a loan app. Femi lived in Lagos, a bustling city in Nigeria. He was ambitious and...
SIX FACTS TO NOTE ABOUT FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL IN NIGERIA
The rise in petroleum prices has affected Nigerians disastrously, leading to a chain reaction. Higher transportation costs have led to increased food prices, which in turn raised the overall cost of goods and services...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Vs Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads: Intellectual Property Suit of the Year 2023?
Elon Musk accused Mark Zuckerberg of "misappropriating Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property on 5th July 2023, after the successful launch of Threads.
A DRIVE THROUGH NIGERIA’S DATA PROTECTION BILL 2023.
Data protection is essential as it cuts across individuals and businesses. As you subscribe to products and services, make payments online by punching in your card details, or partake in a market survey initiated by...
DEMOCRACY OR MILITARY TAKEOVER? CHOOSE YOUR CUP.
Is Nigeria standing on thin ice, on the verge of breaking her citizens into the regressive, cold hollows of a military regime?
NEW PRESIDENCY, NEW JUDICIAL DISPENSATION: SANDWICHING THE HOPE OF NIGERIANS.
With rapt attention, the winning faction's popular response to losers "go to court" has been obeyed by the displeased parties to know who was robbed and who aided the robbery of a supposed democratic nation's poll...
CITIZENS’ BRUTALITY AGAINST THE POLICE: TABLES TURN?
The usual narrative, as it relates to the Nigerian police and brutality, is that police officers harass, assault, exploit, extort and batter citizens, but the reverse happened in this case.
IS SPOUSAL RAPE A CRIME IN NIGERIA?
In Nigeria, the concept of spousal rape (marital rape) has been a subject of legal jurisprudence for a long time. Morally, most persons do not subscribe to spouses being subjected to sexual intercourse by the other...
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: UNDERSTANDING ELECTION PETITIONS IN NIGERIA
Written by Rita Odafe What is a Petition? Simply put, a petition is a formal written request to an authority or organised body (such as the police, an institution or the courts). A petition can also be a written request...
INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK AND ITS CLASSES
Oluwaseyi Arowosebe, LLM (Intellectual Property Law and Policy) Introduction: What is Trademark? A trademark may be described as a mark used to identify goods or services emanating from a particular vendor and...
COVID-19 PALLIATIVES THEFT: COURTS STRUCK-OUT CASES FOR LACK OF DUE DILIGENCE BY STATES, SAYS REPORT
Article by Moses Emorinken The prosecution of culprits involved in the theft of COVID-19 palliatives three years ago has suffered a major setback. Many of the cases have been struck out by the courts in different states...
FORMER NCDC WORKER FACES TRIAL FOR ABUSING COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS
Article by Amos Aluko A former Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) staff, Musa Balarabe, has been dragged before the Maitama High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for allegedly...