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Shamima Begum has lost her case in the Supreme Court. This means that she will not be able to return to the UK to argue her main case about whether she should or should not be deprived of her British citizenship. But her main case remains outstanding — and may remain outstanding for a very long …
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process & Industrial Developments Ltd [2020] EWHC 2379 (Comm) (04 September 2020) — Read on http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi
THE annulment of last month’s presidential election in Kenya by its Supreme Court has set a new standard for the judiciary in Africa. In a continent where such decisions are more likely to be influenced by political expediency than legal sagacity, the annulment is a breath of fresh air, and a paradigm shift that encapsulates …
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Editorial After the Nigerian civil war official records showed not a single solider died as all salaries were signed for. Now no government high office holder has been jailed for corruption as there is no probable and proven evidence of corruption. Yet governments funds are gone and project unaccounted for. Nigeria is a land of …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 