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November 20, 2025
Introduction On 16.05.2025, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in an appeal by Chief Solomon Owoniyi. The dispute concerned the Obaro of Kabba stool. The High Court of Kogi State had...
November 17, 2025
The Supreme Court has clarified the rules on jurisdiction and transfer. Where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter...
October 10, 2025
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. has delivered judgment in a challenge to the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Background The Plaintiffs...
October 7, 2025
Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim...
September 26, 2025
The Nigerian Supreme Court holds that the Federal High Court lacks the powers to order the transfer of cases to the State High Court where it lacks the jurisdiction to...
September 19, 2025
The recently released ICSID Caseload Statistics and the prevailing investment dispute climate highlight important investment arbitration developments for Nigeria and the wider Sub-Saharan region. First, within the period under review,...
August 29, 2025
The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...
July 11, 2025
The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...
June 24, 2025
Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants). The appeal arose from...
June 23, 2025
In this edition of our Judgment Spotlight newsletter, we report on the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Okoronkwo v. INEC (2025) 8 NWLR (Pt. 1991) 131,...
November 20, 2025
Introduction On 16.05.2025, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in an appeal by Chief Solomon Owoniyi. The dispute concerned the Obaro of Kabba stool. The High Court of Kogi State had...
November 17, 2025
The Supreme Court has clarified the rules on jurisdiction and transfer. Where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter...
October 10, 2025
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. has delivered judgment in a challenge to the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Background The Plaintiffs...
October 7, 2025
Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim...
September 26, 2025
The Nigerian Supreme Court holds that the Federal High Court lacks the powers to order the transfer of cases to the State High Court where it lacks the jurisdiction to...
September 19, 2025
The recently released ICSID Caseload Statistics and the prevailing investment dispute climate highlight important investment arbitration developments for Nigeria and the wider Sub-Saharan region. First, within the period under review,...
August 29, 2025
The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...
July 11, 2025
The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...
June 24, 2025
Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants). The appeal arose from...
June 23, 2025
In this edition of our Judgment Spotlight newsletter, we report on the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Okoronkwo v. INEC (2025) 8 NWLR (Pt. 1991) 131,...