The illegal influx of guns in Nigeria is quite alarming and needs urgent regulation. Statistically, at the National Consultation on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) in Abuja, organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM), it was revealed that Nigeria hosts 350 million or 70 per cent of the 500 million illegal arms in West Africa.
Author: Olanrewaju Olamide
Olamide is an avid reader who believes that no knowledge is wasted. If he is not surfing the internet, he would be doing something else to get more information, whatever that is.
How to Read Effectively as a Law Student
A majority of law students love reading and can do so for stretches of time. However, it’s not reading that’s the issue, it’s what you read.
How to Easily Memorise Law Cases and Sections
When I was in my teenage years, I thought I had a passion for arguing. I loved the nature of arguments and Read More…
IRAC: How to Answer Law Problem Questions
You just got ushered into the examination hall and you take your seat. It’s time for another paper, and you’re hoping that you remember all that you read moments before the exams. After all Read More…
How to Effectively Answer Law Essay Questions
I remember my first semester 100 level exams. I was just fresh from secondary school/JAMBITE, but I thought law exams were the same with secondary school exams. Read More…
6 Great Legal Marketing Lessons For Your Law Firm
Do you know the difference between a successful attorney and the one who is struggling for triumph? It’s not necessarily their positive track record, extensive experience, or knowledge of the law. Most often, it’s the ability of the attorney to utlise legal marketing to inform potential clients of his/her services. Read More…
Primary Sources of Nigerian Law: Everything you need to Know
To the average Nigerian on the street, the Constitution is the law. Whatsoever is in the Constitution is the law of the land that everybody must obey. If you are just starting out as a law student, your opinion would most likely be more informed than the ordinary man on the streets. You might think that the law is just statutes enacted by the legislature.
Both positions are correct but Read More…
The Doctrine of Equitable Estoppel in the Law of Contract
A very important question is whether a person who has already made a promise to reduce the amount of reward he receives can go back on such promise. The area that deals specifically with this scenario is equitable estoppel. In order to fully understand equitable estoppel, it would be best to trace its evolution over the years. Read More…
What are the Sources of Nigerian Land Law?
You don’t need a degree in economics to appreciate the importance of land to the survival of a people. Land is one of the essential factors of production and is the direct source for wealth creation.
In the precolonial times, most areas of Nigeria were agrarian communities. This meant that land was the essential means for the people to survive.
The native laws of the different peoples that inhabited Nigeria regulated Nigerian land law in this period. In most parts of the North, Islamic Law regulated land law. In the South, ethnic customary law took prevalence.
All this changed with the advent of colonialism. In contemporary Nigeria, the Land Tenure system is a jumbled mix of the English Common Law, statutes and customary law. Read More…
How has Equity Contributed to the Common Law Legal System?
For literature students, the Shakespearean classic – The Merchant of Venice, would ring a bell. This story shows the absurdity that is inherent in strict adherence to the law. Without equity tempering the provisions of the law in order to create justice, the law would end up being a tool of injustice.
Those who have not read the story might be a little bit lost here. As the story goes, Bassanio asked his friend – Antonio, to give him some money in order to marry the woman he loves. Antonio didn’t have the money and he decides to borrow from a moneylender – Shylock. Read More…