In this guest essay, Gabriel Mohammed Shuwa examines the National Industrial Court's decision in Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association v. Police Service Commission & 5 Others, exploring its implications for legal representation within the Nigeria Police Force, professional regulation, and institutional governance in Nigeria.

Can a state governor control local governments and their funds? This edition of Casefiles examines the Supreme Court's landmark 2024 decision on local government autonomy, direct allocation of funds, and the constitutional limits of state control over Nigeria’s third tier of government.

Who owns Nigeria’s offshore oil wealth: the states along the coastline or the federation itself? This #Casefiles entry examines Attorney-General of the Federation v. Attorney-General of Abia State & 35 Ors. (2002), the landmark Supreme Court decision that reshaped derivation, resource control, and fiscal federalism in Nigeria.

What happens when a government ignores its own courts? This #Casefiles entry explores Military Governor of Lagos State v. Ojukwu (1986), the landmark Nigerian Supreme Court decision that affirmed that even the government, under military rule, remains bound by the rule of law.