By Okoro Cyriacus, Esq. , BSc, MSc, PGDE (Social Sciences), LLB, Legal Practitioner, Researcher and Writer Land in the Nigerian legal system is both a physical fact and a bundle of legal rights. Physically, it is the soil, the airspace above, and everything permanently attached to it. Legally, it is a species of property that carries with it rights of occupation, use, alienation, and exclusion. The maxim is old and remains true: cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos —he who owns the soil owns up to the heavens and down t…
Newly sworn-in Executive Officers of NBA Oleh Branch taking the oath of office. From the left: Benjamin Orieghe (Publicity Secretary), Jude Itedjere (Secretary), Timothy Agbaragu (Chairman), Mrs Okemena Okole (Vice Chairman), and Daniel Onianwa (Treasurer). The newly sworn-in Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Oleh Branch, Timothy Agbaragu, has pledged to foster synergy with the Judiciary to ensure the swift dispensation of justice within the jurisdiction. Agbaragu made this commitment today in Oleh, the headquarters of the Iso…