Case involving a Nigerian citizen, Mrs Magdaline A. Okafororji who was travelling to Switzerland through Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 23 June 2004 when she was intercepted by Dutch immigration and Border Police on the suspicion that her Nigerian international passport was forged consequent upon which she was forcibly deported to Nigeria. Our law office, Veritas Chambers (www.veritaschambers.com) , Lagos, on behalf of Ms Okafororji challenged her deportation on the groung that her Nigerian passport was not forged and she was denied a fair hearing. After some preliminary matters, the case was finally argued by our Nnabuike Edechime of counsel on 27 0ctober 2005 in the Hague, the Netherlands before the Complaints Committee for Police Services (Royal Military and Border Police/Armed Forces). Following an unfavourable decision by the Committee, we appealed to the Nationale Ombudsman of the Netherlands who found in our favour thus 'The complaint concerning the investigated actions of the Royal Military and Border Police is considered to be well founded because the principle of fair play was contravened'. (Read Full Decision)

As globalization and the wave of deregulation increasingly broaden the sphere of operations of companies, antitrust legislation has become very necessary in both developed and developing economies. 1 Antitrust laws are designed to encourage competition and ensure that restructured state monopolies do not transmute into private monopolies. Further thereto, the fact that antitrust or anti-competition… More

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Majority of Nigerians, like most people all over the world, encounters the legal system only when they are experiencing a serious problem. Perhaps a person or a loved one has been arrested. A person may be sued for money, such as when there are unpaid debts or a breach of contract. Maybe there is a divorce or a fight over child custody or paternity … More

In the wake of the brouhaha which surrounded the sale and eventual revocation of the port harcourt and kaduna oil refineries NNAMDI DIMGBA warns that in the absence of a competition law government's liberalisation, via privatisation …… More