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The Nigerian Society of International Law (NSIL) and other imminent legal practitioners are canvassing stronger positioning for Nigeria within the comity of nations, stressing that the country needs more international lawyers.

The Coworking Conference is a global event that happens in major cities all over the world from London, Dublin and New York to Cape Town, Penang and Melbourne. And for the first time, it is here in Lagos! Global Coworking leading platforms, including DeskMag, Coworking Africa, Coworking Insights and Coworker, are collaborating with Venia Business […]

Share Erudite international scholar, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode, speaks to DARE ADEKANMBI on the second anniversary of current National Assembly, the power rotation clamour, constitution amendment, among other matters.   The National Assembly literally rolled out the drums in celebration of its second anniversary and the leadership of the institution did score themselves high, particularly with passage of the Petroleum In...

•Faults claim of agitator’s arrest with Beninoise passport By Gboyega Akinsanmi and Segun James Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday disclosed that contrary to the impression that the South-west governors were silent on the arrest and detention of the Yoruba Nation’s activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) by the authorities of the Republic of Benin, ‘people’ were working silently on the travails of the self-determination agitator. Also, ...

Share ERUDITE scholar and professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode (SAN), has warned the Northern political establishment against opposing the clamour for power shift to the Southern part of the country in 2023.  Oyebode, who called for caution on the side of those he called “Northern cowboys,” said resisting the power rotation demand as voiced by the 17 Southern governors could mean the end of Nigeria.  He said President Muhammadu Buhari, who claimed to be for none ...

All is set for the 2021 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch law week which will be hold in grand style, from the 23rd to 29th of July, 2021 at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Themed: ‘Disruption, Innovation and the Bar’, the event will feature prominent personalities in the legal space and other sectors of the economy, who will be speaking on various topics. This will set the tone for the Conference, as a faculty of distinguished Speakers will give overviews of how tech...

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, and Bukola Saraki, former senate president, are some of the speakers expected at an...

Awka – The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Aliyu Wabba has berated the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for their decision, giving a nod to the deregulation of the petrol price. The deregulation, which the governors okayed at a meeting mid-May, will see pump price of fuel sky-rocket from the current N163 to 380 and N408 per litre. Wabba, who was speaking at the 21st National Delegates Conference, NDC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities held at the new ASUU-...

Foremost Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law, Prof. Akin Oyebode has said that massive investment in the education sector can quell terrorism in Nigeria. Oyebode stated this on Friday while delivering a lecture at the 21st National delegates conference of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at

Foremost Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law, Prof. Akin Oyebode has said that massive investment in the education sector can quell terrorism