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Decriminalisation of Euthanasia/Physician Assisted Suicide in Some European Countries: Its Position in Nigeria.

Introdution Nigeria, like any other countries, views suicide and/or aiding suicide as a criminal offence; and neither euthanasia nor physician assisted suicide is a justifiable homicide regardless of all the arguments for or against the practice overtime. Yet, it remains broadly an uncompromised concept. Having said this, this writer is of the view that adopting same here in Nigeria would rather be tantamount to building castle in the air. And, therefore, I would have said otherwise if perhaps euthanasian or physician assisted suicide is holistically matter of law and non repugnant to religions, cultures and moral objections altogether. How do I mean? In Afrel, an afrelist believes that killing oneself is _taboo_ and in many African societies, the corpse of anyone who committed suicide is not buried within the inhabited part of the community but in some evil forest. In Islam, *Qur’an 4:29* Allah says, _“...do not kill yourself as God has been to you very merciful.”_ In Christianity,
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"LAWSAN AWARDS 2020 NOMINATIONS"

Hello Sir/Ma'am With kind and humility, support me on this award contest by correctly filling this nomination form with my information below.👇🏼 Click on this link for the form https://cutt.ly/mostpromisinglawsaniteoftheyear After while you fill the name as * Muhammad Musa * The name of school as * Bayero university kano * Level * 200 * Reasons for nomination should be copied from here and paste in the blank. The reasons are: 6. Description/Reason/Profile:* * a. * Muhammad Musa is among the Best Students in his class, maintaining an outstanding 4 point+ CGPA * b. * Mr. Muhammad possesses great leadership skills and has attended all conventions and conferences organised by LAWSAN and related student bodies nationwide from his Level 100 till date. * c. * Muhammad has served severally, as a member of local organising committees in conferences organised by the LAWSAN and other related student bodies. * d. * Muhammad has contributed immensely to the development o
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COVID-19 Globe Update

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1246330211047628800?s=09
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THE FAR-FLUNG COVID 19 COULD IT SERVE AS A JUSTIFIABLE CONDITION TO SET PRISONERS FREE?

All countries under this sun set have been taken a reasonable measurement to attack the pandemic disease, if Nigeria's government duly taking a precarious mode to alleviate the virus, in order to safe the freest lives and hopeless lives who are in prisons (prisoners) they should find ways to behooves the prisoners because the virus is easiest to contract like the spread of airborne that everybody is perceived its breeze. On this broad of spectrum thinking, I thought our government should look straightforward to other countries on how they are being managed their prisoners in this dying period and consider the rate that the disease is taking to strike. Without wasting more ado on this, let us look upon the beautiful and brilliant decision upheld,#perjusticeNaomiLong said: "Has there been any solution to this virus as inmates are concerned? If not at all but Iran whose have temporarily freed 54,000 prisoners to combat the spread of this disease.The early release of prisoners
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COVID-19 AND THE LAW

RESTRICTION ORDERS ON PERSONAL LIBERTY BECAUSE OF COVID-19 IS JUSTIFIED BY DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY There have been arguments on the media following the question raised as to the legality of the Government restriction orders, sequel to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) without an official declaration of state of emergency as provided for by the 1999 Constitution. Agreeably, Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution provides for the legal regime of state of emergency. Therefore, upon declaration of same, restrictions on the citizens personal liberty or freedom at any point is justified . Also, Section 45 provides for a derogatory circumstances under which fundamental rights can be curtailed. Be that as it may, I am of the strong view that notwithstanding a formal declaration of state of emergency by the President as required by section 305(3) or State Governors as in subsection (4) thereof, the fundamental freedom of the citizens can still be lawfully curtailed in view of the Doctrine o
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The Supreme Court Was Right On Bayelsa Judgment

    Just yesterday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria upturned the victory of the Governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, on the ground that that Deputy Governor-elect presented  fake certificates to contest the election. This Judgment of the Supreme Court has generated a maniacal frenzy in the polity, with avalanche of mixed comments flowing from the media. Some sections of the media saw the judgment as a travesty of justice while some saw it as substantial justice flavoured with sound reasoning and jurisprudence. It is on this pedestal that I would be appraising the positions of the law to examine the correctness of such judgment on the face of substantial jurisprudence.     It is trite law and knowledge that the Electoral Act is the principal law that guides and regulates the conducts of elections in Nigeria. Close to it is the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that establishes the arms of the government and confers their respective powers on them. However for this p
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DISTINCTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ILLEGAL CONTRACT AND VOID CONTRACT

    The issue that will be discussed in this article would be basically on: whether their is distinction between a contract being void and Illegal. The philosophy that transpired to this question aroused as a matter of making a clarity to the perplex position of the current principle  Illegal And Void Contracts . The term 'CONTRACT' needs to be examined if at all issues raised are to be answered. Contract means an agreement between private parties creating mutual obligations enforceable by law. According to Tobi J.C.A., in the case of Orient Bank (Nig).plc V Bilante int'l ltd (1997)8 NWLR (pt.515) 37 at 76. defined contract to be an agreement between two or more parties which creates reciprocal legal obligations to do or not to do particular things.      The basic elements required of agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are: I. Mutual Assent II. Expressed By A Valid Offer III. Expressed By A Valid Acceptance IV. Adequate Consideration V. Capacity
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"CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE"

     How elusive  and baffling it would be to believe an adult,of probably sixty years of age sleeping with a five years old girl.It is not an assertion, paedophilia is rampant that it needs not to be on the headline as it is perceive to be a daily occurrence,how detrimental!One will find it more disturbing,more difficult ,irritating to understand  what  kind of sexual pleasure  or passion one finds in a child.Their shadow evokes fear,their presence is terror, pedophiles are daylight devils, perverted men are committing heinous sex crimes in the country.One can even assert that the devil is not as devilish as these blackguards,they are the most dirtiest on earth.Some cases are so atrocious to the extent of ineffableness.       Nevertheless,children are being sexually abused at home, sometimes even by their own parents, especially the girl child, sometimes at school by their so called teachers and guardians or on the streets,the cancer has made its way into our community.Child sexual
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"CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE"

     How elusive  and baffling it would be to believe an adult,of probably sixty years of age sleeping with a five years old girl.It is not an assertion, paedophilia is rampant that it needs not to be on the headline as it is perceive to be a daily occurrence,how detrimental!One will find it more disturbing,more difficult ,irritating to understand  what  kind of sexual pleasure  or passion one finds in a child.Their shadow evokes fear,their presence is terror, pedophiles are daylight devils, perverted men are committing heinous sex crimes in the country.One can even assert that the devil is not as devilish as these blackguards,they are the most dirtiest on earth.Some cases are so atrocious to the extent of ineffableness.       Nevertheless,children are being sexually abused at home, sometimes even by their own parents, especially the girl child, sometimes at school by their so called teachers and guardians or on the streets,the cancer has made its way into our community.Child sexual
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LEGAL TIDBIT

* LEGAL TIDBIT * _Welcome to the Quintessential Liberty Chambers' Legal Tidbit from the Faculty of Law University of Ilorin_ In this version of Legal Tidbit we'll be looking in to Procedural Law and the topic of the Tidbit is; *Suing an Unknown Defendant under the Nigerian Procedural Law* By _Akanni Kamaldeen ✍_ *INTRODUCTION*       Parties to a suit are one of the preliminary factors that must be considered before commencing a proceeding. They must be legal persons either (a  natural or Juristic person). In law, there must be different parties to a suit (Plaintiff or Defendant). But the question one should ask is what happens where a person has a claim against a party he/she could not identify? As such, the crux of this tidbit bothers on a consideration of suing an unknown person in Nigerian courts. *THE JURISPRUDENCE*        Sometimes, in real life situations, it may happen that a claimant is unable to discover the identity of the person(s) who is
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"FALLACY OF NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA"

What's the fallacy of NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA?        *NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA' ?* This question is laced with recondity but I'll attempt to answer it with simplicity but absolute firmness coupled with comprehension. Sirs, this question cannot be merely answered without referencing its origin. Aristotle postulated 13 kinds of FALLACIES under logic which at all material times a lawyer should/ought/must be familiar with. However, I'll merely take just two with which non causa  pro causa  is the first and 'many questions'. For clarity : 1. Non causa  pro causa  and, 2. Many Questions NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA This fallacy posits that or a situation whereby one assigns to a cause that which is patently not the cause. I crave your indulgence to give an illustrative exposition/example thereon. Mr. A was charged with the offence of murder that he killed Mr. B, Mr. B briefed Mr.C (a lawyer) to defend him. After the close of the evidence of the prosecution, Mr.C rose up
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NO MORE CHANCE!

                    No more chance!          The erudite judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Zamfara Governorship legal battle was a landmark one as it had successfully added a new scope to the Nigeria's electoral jurisprudence. The matter was a finer jurisprudential offshoot of the facts in issue in the celebrated case of Rotime Amaechi v. INEC & ors where the actual winner of the PDP primaries in Rivers - Rotimi Amaechi - was unlawfully removed and another candidate -Celestine Omehia - was presented to INEC as the Party's gubernatorial flag bearer. Amaechi stormed all the available courts to him until when he had a soft landing in the Supreme Court where his stolen mandate - at primaries though - was retrieved but on a larger pedestal. Yes! Celestine Omehia had contested on a stolen mandate and he won; however the almighty Supreme Court showed him the exit way when the victory was retrieved and given to the rightful would-be owner -Amaechi - if he had conteste
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