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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...