Steps for registering a Church in Nigeria Although a church is not a commercial entity, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) views it as an entity which needs to be registered nonetheless. There is therefore a laid down process for how to register a church in...
So you want to be a lawyer? Well…strap on your seatbelts, as you are in for a long ride! The Nigerian Legal system runs a common law system, centred on the old English common Law. Our legal system is similar to those of other Commonwealth countries like...
If your application for a visa to the United Kingdom is denied, the simple fact is that you do not have a right of appeal. Right of Appeal for UK Visa Right of appeal only exists in one of the below situations: A decision to refuse a human rights claim for entry...
If there’s one thing a Nigerian lawyer loves to do, it’s to show off! They show off in many ways, but by far the favourite way they do this is by interspersing their conversations with latin terms (and also using big grammar like ‘interspersing’). Latin terms are a...
First things first, in Nigeria there are no juries in Nigerian courts. Nigeria uses a bench trial system instead, and this is where one person (or in the case of an appeal court, more than one person) sits to hear a case and listens to arguments from both sides and...
The Rights of people living with Disabilities in Nigeria A person living with a disability can be defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment, which has substantial and long-term effect on their abilities to carry out day-to-day activities. In Nigeria,...
