IS COVID-19 A MAGIC WAND EXCULPATING PERSONS FROM CONTRACTUAL LIABILITIES?
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (“Covid-19”) pandemic, nations of the world have adopted various measures to curtail the spread of the virus. It is against this backdrop that President Muhammadu...
View ArticleCOVID-19: ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, PRESIDENT BUHARI’S LOCKDOWN DIRECTIVE IS...
On Sunday 29th March 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari in a broadcast, addressed Nigerians, articulating concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic. The President directed the lockdown and restriction of...
View ArticleCOVID-19: CBN’S TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CHEQUE CLEARANCE IN THE CLEARING SYSTEM
In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the governments all over the world and their institutions have taken drastic measures to stem the spread of coronavirus (the virus). The Federal Government of Nigeria...
View ArticleCOVID-19: NBA LAGOS SHOWS LOVE TO MEMBERS, CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT, AS OLU...
As the world battle with the Covid-19 pandemic, health workers and other authorised agencies of governments are on the field; the rest of the population are required to support the war from the comfort...
View ArticleCOVID-19: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CBN N50 BILLION TARGETED...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”), in its Press Release of March 16, 2020 (“Press Release”), introduced six (6) policy measures in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. One of them was the creation of a...
View Article[REJOINDER] – WHY THE CONVICTION OF FUNKE AKINDELE CANNOT STAND IN LAW
Introduction Mrs Funke Akindele Bello and her husband, JJC Skillz were on 6th day of April, 2020 charged and convicted for violating the social distancing directives of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr...
View ArticleCOVID 19: URGENT NEED TO DECONGEST THE PRISONS AND AVERT IMMINENT CATASTROPHE
Introduction Coronavirus (Covid-19) is holding the world hostage. It is disheartening the world is experiencing such a pandemic in a time like this. One peculiar feature of Covid-19 is that it does not...
View ArticleCOVID-19: PROPOSED FREE ELECTRICITY – WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD AVOID...
Introduction The news that the electricity Distribution Companies (Discos), Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (“NERC” or “The Commission”), the House of Representatives and the Federal...
View ArticleCOVID-19: SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING THE CBN’S N50 BILLION...
A. Introduction On March 23, 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria (“The CBN”) in an effort to mitigate the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 on households, micro, small and medium scale...
View ArticleLAGOS COVID 19 PRACTICE DIRECTION – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Poised with the need to ensure continued access to justice while minimizing the risk of transmission of the coronavirus disease (“COVID 19”), the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Kazeem Alogba...
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