Olaniwun Ajayi LP

March 6, 2026

Case Alert: The Supreme Court Clarifies the Jurisdictional Boundary Between Employment Disputes and Defamation Claims.

On 20 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria coram Justice Kekere-Ekun (CJN), Justice Iyang Okoro, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, Justice Adamu Jauro, Justice Jummai Shankey, Justice Obande Ogbuinya and Justice...

February 19, 2026

Federal High Court Reaffirms The Unenforceability of Foreign Arbitral Awards Relating to Maritime Claims

The Federal High Court in PS Offshore Nigeria Ltd v. Miden Systems Nigeria Ltd & Anor. held that foreign arbitral awards arising from maritime contracts with a Nigerian connection are...

January 30, 2026

Disputes: 2025 Wrap-Up and 2026 Outlook

From constitutional limits on emergency powers and the boundaries of judicial review, to the narrowing of legitimate expectation, the judicial integration of consumer protection into constitutional accountability, and the redefinition...

December 19, 2025

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Emergency Powers in Rivers State Case – AG Adamawa State & Ors. v AG Federation & Anor.

Case Alert Supreme Court Strikes Out Multi-State Suit Challenging Rivers State Emergency Proclamation and Defines the Constitutional Parameters for Emergency Declarations and Temporary Suspension of Elected State Institutions under Nigerian...

November 20, 2025

Supreme Court Condemns Judicial Rascality in Defiance of Judicial Precedent- Owoniyi v. Aiyewumi [2025] 16 NWLR (Pt. 2011) 237

Introduction On 16.05.2025, the Supreme Court (SC) delivered its judgment in the appeal filed by Chief Solomon Owoniyi (the Appellant), arising from a chieftaincy dispute over the Obaro of Kabba...

November 17, 2025

Case Alert: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Has the Supreme Court Restored the Full Effect of Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act?

The Nigerian Supreme Court clarifies that where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter to the National Industrial Court...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

October 7, 2025

Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim

Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim...

September 26, 2025

Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Did the Supreme Court Render Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act Otiose?

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

Investment Arbitration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategic Implications of the 2025 ICSID Caseload for States, Investors and Practitioners

The recently released ICSID Caseload Statistics1 and the prevailing investment dispute climate highlight interesting developments concerning Nigeria and the entire Sub-Saharan region. First, within the period under review,2 the Sub-Saharan...

March 6, 2026

Case Alert: The Supreme Court Clarifies the Jurisdictional Boundary Between Employment Disputes and Defamation Claims.

On 20 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria coram Justice Kekere-Ekun (CJN), Justice Iyang Okoro, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, Justice Adamu Jauro, Justice Jummai Shankey, Justice Obande Ogbuinya and Justice...

February 19, 2026

Federal High Court Reaffirms The Unenforceability of Foreign Arbitral Awards Relating to Maritime Claims

The Federal High Court in PS Offshore Nigeria Ltd v. Miden Systems Nigeria Ltd & Anor. held that foreign arbitral awards arising from maritime contracts with a Nigerian connection are...

January 30, 2026

Disputes: 2025 Wrap-Up and 2026 Outlook

From constitutional limits on emergency powers and the boundaries of judicial review, to the narrowing of legitimate expectation, the judicial integration of consumer protection into constitutional accountability, and the redefinition...

December 19, 2025

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Emergency Powers in Rivers State Case – AG Adamawa State & Ors. v AG Federation & Anor.

Case Alert Supreme Court Strikes Out Multi-State Suit Challenging Rivers State Emergency Proclamation and Defines the Constitutional Parameters for Emergency Declarations and Temporary Suspension of Elected State Institutions under Nigerian...

November 20, 2025

Supreme Court Condemns Judicial Rascality in Defiance of Judicial Precedent- Owoniyi v. Aiyewumi [2025] 16 NWLR (Pt. 2011) 237

Introduction On 16.05.2025, the Supreme Court (SC) delivered its judgment in the appeal filed by Chief Solomon Owoniyi (the Appellant), arising from a chieftaincy dispute over the Obaro of Kabba...

November 17, 2025

Case Alert: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Has the Supreme Court Restored the Full Effect of Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act?

The Nigerian Supreme Court clarifies that where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter to the National Industrial Court...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

October 7, 2025

Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim

Sanctity Over Subterfuge: Supreme Court Affirms Arbitral Awards Against Illegality Claim...

September 26, 2025

Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Did the Supreme Court Render Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act Otiose?

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

Investment Arbitration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategic Implications of the 2025 ICSID Caseload for States, Investors and Practitioners

The recently released ICSID Caseload Statistics1 and the prevailing investment dispute climate highlight interesting developments concerning Nigeria and the entire Sub-Saharan region. First, within the period under review,2 the Sub-Saharan...