11 Rights Every Nigerian Should Know About Every Nigerian has rights, duties, liabilities and privileges, which are provided for in the hundreds of laws that exist in Nigeria. However, there are certain rights that basically trump all other ones. They are rights that...
For a bit of fun, we at LawPàdí decided to dig into the Nigerian Law statute books and our case law to find some weird and strange laws that we believe are still applicable in modern day Nigeria. Under Nigerian Law, a wife of a Christian marriage is not...
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...
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,...
