A global audio streaming and media services provider, Spotify has opposed the Opstify Trademark application at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) filed by Opstify Corporation. The Pennsylvania-based, Opstify filed an application to register […]
The CLA has been saddened to learn of the death of our respected life president Soli Sorabjee, a great jurist and upholder of the rule of law and a much revered former attorney general of India. He was generous in sharing his wisdom and experience amongst the family of Commonwealth Lawyers and will be sadly…
As knowledge sharing transcends borders, we highlight three resources for their great strides in putting institutions at the centre of the movement to democratise access to information through providing online resources. For more information on legal resources available online during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, see: Access to legal information during the Coronavirus pandemic. Resources available…
The Editor of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Africa Hub newsletter invites submission of articles. The articles must be on recent legal issues and events in African Commonwealth countries. • All submissions should indicate the Author’s name, designation and organisation/law firm, email address and country in the body of the article and not just in the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, said it had detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. The variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory,…
A federal high court in Abuja has granted bail to Adedibu Ojerinde, former registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the sum of N200 million. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigned Ojerinde on Tuesday in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021, on an 18-count charge bordering on misappropriation of…
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month prison sentence, capping a stunning downfall for a once-lauded freedom fighter who battled the apartheid regime alongside Nelson Mandela. The Jacob Zuma foundation on Wednesday said the 79-year-old was “on his way to hand himself into a Correctional…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase; and members of the chamber, on Wednesday, faulted a bill seeking to make lawyers under the umbrella of the Nigerian Bar Association approve the appointment of judges. The criticism forced the sponsor, Anthony Afe, to withdraw the Constitution amendment bill…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has defended the arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, saying there was no illegality in the manner of arrest of the IPOB leader. He has also described the views of the Solicitor General…
It was a sweet victory for former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday, as Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court declared that she did not need the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) discharge certificate to take up a ministerial appointment in the country. Delivering judgment in a suit…