FUTURE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON AFRICAN NATIONS

INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into the worst recession since World War II.[1] African nations – even with their low contraction and mortality rate – are suffering the most severe economic impact;[2] this is partly because Africa, prior to the pandemic grappled with baseline vulnerabilities such as corruption and poverty the implication […]

LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CHINA REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

INTRODUCTION Nations around the world are still battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, and although there seems to be no present end in sight, efforts being put in are bound to produce results and lead to the eradication of the ravaging virus. Once the spread of the virus is curtailed and nations are able to not […]

The Role of Law and Policies in Cushioning the Negative Economic Effect of Global Emergencies

*Winning Entry (3rd Place) for the 2020 Legal Pages Essay Competition for Law Undergraduates, sponsored by Primus Grace LP. Introduction The world is interconnected in ways we cannot imagine. In December 2019, the world witnessed the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In less than seven months, it has become a global pandemic infecting over […]

THE ROLE OF LAWS AND POLICIES IN CUSHIONING THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF GLOBAL EMERGENCIES

*Winning Entry (2nd Place) for the 2020 Legal Pages Essay Competition for Law Undergraduates, sponsored by Primus Grace LP. 1. INTRODUCTION History has proven time and again that it is pivotal to always prepare for what is to come. Countries around the globe are currently at war with the novel coronavirus disease christened COVID-19. The […]

COVID–19: NEED FOR JUDICIAL RE-THINK

Crisis have a way of bringing to light what has been hiding beneath the surface. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the worst global crisis in a century, has exposed the pre-existing fragilities in Nigeria and laid bare the age-long failure and inability to read the room. The ravages of the pandemic have been all-encompassing, with its […]

COVID-19: VIRTUAL AGM AND THE NEED FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Introduction The Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of public companies is statutorily compulsory and commercially important. It is the forum created by law for shareholders, directors, and other stakeholders in public companies to make decisions, share information and ideas to advance the compan. Traditionally, AGMs have been held in physical locations. However, the Coronavirus Pandemic (“Covid-19”) […]

LAWYER OF WEEK – FOLAKE TAFITA Ph.D

Mothers give us deep insight into the concept of sacrifice. Quite astoundingly, Health Workers do almost as much. The current pandemic has seen medical practitioners stretch to their fullest capacities and at Legal Pages, we very much appreciate the work they do. With this in mind, we featured a health practitioner turned Medical Law Advocate […]

LEGAL IMPLICATION OF COVID-19 ON STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

The outbreak of the Coronavirus, its effects and the need to practice social distancing in order to curb the virus are no longer new concepts. The economic and social effects the virus has caused globally is disheartening. According to a news article on Punchng.com, published on 24th March, 2020, The Chief Justice of Nigeria and […]

THE FUNKE AKINDELE SAGA VIS-A-VIS EMERGENCY LAWS by Adedeji Obadofin

Perhaps, the Corona Virus disease which is currently ravaging several health sectors of the entire universe is now visible to the blind and audible to the deaf. The deadly Virus which was discovered last year in Wuhan, China has wrecked so much havoc across the globe such that people now live in fear even as […]