PROFESSOR ESOIMEME MAKES THE LIST FOR 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL MEN LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE, RISK, COMPLIANCE (GRC) AND FINANCIAL CRIME PREVENTION IN NIGERIA
In a recent announcement by the GRC & FinCrime Prevention Awards & Summit, Professor Esoimeme has been recognised on the 2024 list of the Top 50 Men Leaders in Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Financial Crime Prevention. The recognition was officially unveiled in celebration of International Men's Day. The prestigious list honours 50 outstanding men who are driving excellence in the GRC and financial crime prevention sectors globally. According to the announcement, the featured leaders were selected for showcasing innov…
WHY MALARIA KEEPS COMING BACK: THREE STORIES OF TREATMENT FAILURE AND RECURRENCE IN THE NIGER DELTA | Dr Weriwoyingipre Silver Yeibake
Dr Weriwoyingipre Silver Yeibake Malaria is a disease that millions of Nigerians live with every year. In the Niger Delta region—where Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta states are located—the climate is perfect for mosquitoes. The rain falls heavily for months at a time, the creeks flood, and the vegetation is thick and green. All of these conditions create breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that carry malaria. For families in towns like Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Opobo, Brass, and Sagbama, malaria is not something that happens once and then disappea…
THE LAWYER’S CRIME DIARY: THE OFFENCE OF CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST.
This offence is committed where the accused is entrusted with property, or has any dominion over property, and dishonestly misappropriates or converts that property to his own use in violation of any direction of law prescribing how such property is to be discharged. See Section 311 of the Penal Code ; Adeyanju v FRN (2020) LPELR-50243(CA) ; Adeniji v FRN (2021) LPELR-52818(CA) ; and Bari v Kano State (2021) LPELR-56176(CA) . INGREDIENTS The following ingredients must be proved: That the accused was entrusted with property or had dom…
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON WOMEN AT OZORO FESTIVAL IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
A society reveals its true character in how it treats its women. Where women are chased, stripped, groped, violated, and publicly humiliated by mobs under the guise of celebration, what is on display is not culture. It is barbarity. It is a collapse of conscience. It is a stain on our shared humanity. The deeply disturbing reports emerging from a recent festival in Ozoro, Delta State, are not just troubling; they are horrifying. Women were allegedly accosted in broad daylight, forcefully stripped of their clothing, sexually assaulted, and su…
UKEJE v. UKEJE AND THE ANTECEDENT REALITIES OF THE GIRL CHILD ON INHERITANCE IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL ANALYSIS | LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI, ESQ.
LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI ESQ. For generations, many Nigerian communities—particularly among the Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria—have adhered to customary laws that systematically exclude female children from inheritance. Rooted in deep-seated patriarchal traditions, these rules dictated that only male children could succeed to the estate of a father who died without a will. Under this regime, a daughter was often treated as an outsider in her own father’s home, unable to inherit land or personal property simply because of her gender. A Landmark…
THE PILLAR OF JUSTICE: NAVIGATING JURISDICTIONAL COMPETENCE IN NIGERIA || DR (MRS) EKANEM-OUT O. OLOWONIYI | CLEMENTINA E. UKIRI, ESQ. | OKWUDISHI MARIAN EYEWUMI, ESQ. | C.K. ANYANWU (LLM) | NEWMAN ONWUEJE, ESQ.
DR (MRS) EKANEM-OTU, OLUWATOSIN OLOWONIYI In the architecture of Nigerian jurisprudence, jurisdiction is the bedrock upon which the entire edifice of justice is constructed. Often described as the "lifeblood" or "oxygen" of litigation, it is the fundamental power that allows a court to hear and decide a case. Without it, even the most brilliantly argued case or meticulously written judgment remains an exercise in futility. What is Jurisdiction? Jurisdiction is not a matter of judicial discretion or a gift that parties …
OVER 160 FEARED DEAD IN KWARA STATE: ONE OF NIGERIA'S DEADLIEST TERRORIST ATTACKS THIS YEAR.
More than 160 people have been killed in coordinated attacks on Woro and Nuku villages in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, marking one of Nigeria’s deadliest assaults this year. The death toll stood at 162 as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Mohammed Omar Bio, the lawmaker representing the area. He said the attacks were carried out on Tuesday by the Lakurawa, an armed group linked to the Islamic State, although no group has officially claimed responsibility. According to local sources, gunmen stormed the villages, rou…
THE PULPIT PANDEMIC: WHEN THE SHEPHERD BECOMES THE WOLF | Clementina E. Ukiri, Esq.
The year 2025 will be remembered in the annals of Nigerian Christendom not for a great revival, but for a great 'unveiling'. From the high-gloss cathedrals of Lagos to the prayer grounds of the hinterlands, a pandemic of a different kind has taken hold. It is not a virus of the body, but a rot of the soul; the systemic exposure of adulterous and predatory behaviour by those who claim to hold the keys to the Kingdom. For decades, a dangerous legalism has been used as a silencer. Pastors have wielded the scripture "Touch not my a…
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FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE NEW GUIDELINES ON WITHHOLDING TAX (PART 2) | Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi Esq.
1. Withholding Tax (WHT) is an advance payment of income tax: "WHT is a tax collection mechanism that serves as an advance payment of income tax." It is "not a separate form of tax but an advance payment of income tax." 2. The primary legislation is the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations 2024: "Nigeria’s Minister of Finance signed the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations 2024, otherwise known as the 'WHT Regulations 2024'..." The regulations "replaced all pr…
A FORMULA FOR AN ECONOMY (1): AS BAD AS A DEARTH OF IDEAS.
After the second world war, Germany was devastated. The economy collapsed under the weight of the bombshells. The national currency was not worth the value of its printing. There were no jobs for able-bodied (wo)men. The situation was a natural emergency. War-ravaged Germany rose to the occasion with economic philosophies that saw young men engaged in the morning to dig trenches while another set were engaged in the evening to fill up the gourge. Germany is the fifth biggest economy of the world while others are still living on their colonies.…
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: PETROL SCARCITY WILL LINGER UNTIL FULL DEREGULATION.
Unless the oil sector is fully deregulated, fuel scarcity will remain a norm in the country, the Federal Government hinted yesterday. Also, the government admitted that the soaring price of cooking gas was beyond its control. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva stated these just as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said Nigeria imports fuel “far more” than it needs. In the House of Representatives, Abuja where NLC President Ayuba Wabba spoke, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) put the total volume of Nigeria’s fuel import…
REVENUE ALLOCATION SHORTFALL: PAYMENT OF SALARIES UNCERTAIN IN MONTHS AHEAD - Governors.
Governors of the 36 states of the federation, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF yesterday painted a grim picture of the economy, with dwindling revenue allocation, saying payment of salaries would be difficult in the months ahead. The Forum raised the alarm in a presentation it made to the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating daily PMS consumption in the country. It, however, attributed the situation to the inability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited to make remittances accruable fr…
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS NIGERIA'S PARTICIPATION IN IMO ELECTION.
The Federal Government has suspended Nigeria’s participation in subsequent elections of the International Maritime Organization, IMO, pending when the country does the right things that will make her excel as a maritime nation. Speaking at a just-concluded maritime stakeholders meeting held in Lagos, Minister of State for Transportation, Ms. Gbemi Saraki, said that Nigeria must suspend every effort toward IMO elections until the issues confronting the industry are dealt with once and for all. Saraki also said that issues like maritime security…
MINISTRY TO SET UP OIL, GAS INVESTMENT CENTRE.
The Ministry of Petroleum Resources says it is setting up an Oil and Gas Investment centre which will act as a one-stop Oil and Gas Investment centre to spur Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs). It said the centre would be reciprocated along all the MDAs to create an enabling business environment for would-be investors to attract all the available FDIs into the sector. Mr. Kamoru Busari, Director overseeing the office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing Nigerian Oil an…
