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FG’s new policy will break oil and gas monopoly

News & Publications Prof Fidelis Oditah QC, SAN has stated that the recent Federal Government’s policy clarification on ports industry aims at eliminating monopoly has been described as an initiative that will engender competition in the system, in order to create thousands of jobs for economic growth and development. Prof Oditah expressed these views in […]

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Law Weekly: Prof. Oditah Reacts To The Acquittal & Discharge Of The Senate President

News & Publications Law Weekly: Prof. Oditah Reacts To The Acquittal & Discharge Of The Senate President https://youtu.be/ar7G6B289bILaw Weekly: Prof. Oditah Reacts To The Acquittal & Discharge Of The Senate President. Law Weekly is a programme on Channels television that takes an in-depth look at judicial activities across Nigeria.

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Dr Udofia analyses a Receiver/Manager’s discretion to disregard company contracts

Thisday Lawyer has featured Dr Kubi Udofia\’s discussion of a receiver/manager’s discretion to disregard company contracts against the background of the Intercontinental Lagos Hotel (now rebranded Lagos Continental Hotel) case. The renaming of the 358-room five-star hotel followed the termination of a six-year Hotel Management Agreement (“HMA”) between the hotel owners, Milan Industries Ltd (Milan)

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Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base inaugurates Three-man Advisory Board

Nigeria\’s first 100% indigenous deep offshore oil and gas logistics firm, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), has inaugurated a three-man advisory board, comprising Fidelis Oditah QC, SAN; former Chief Economic Adviser to former President Umaru Yar’adua, Tanimu Yakubu; and former Deputy Secretary-General and Chief of Staff of United Nations (UN) – Rt Hon Lord

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Workshop on Sections 306 and 396 of ACJA 2015 and Delay in corruption trials

On 9 December 2015, in celebrating international anti-corruption day, Fidelis Oditah QC, SAN and other eminent lawyers urged appellate courts in Nigeria not to entertain interlocutory appeals emanating from corruption cases in accordance with section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. This was contained in a communique issued at the end

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Queen Mary University Arbitration Centre 30th Anniversary Conference

Fidelis Oditah QC, SAN presented a paper titled “Geography of international arbitration – where does the power lie?” at the 30th anniversary of the School of International Arbitration of Queen Mary University, London. The conference took place at the Lancaster Hotel London and provided a platform for reflection, open debate and critical thinking on arbitration-related

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The Role of Arbitration in the Development of Arbitration in Africa; African Union Commission Conference

Professor Fidelis Oditah has chaired a panel on “projecting Africa in international arbitration” at the above Conference held on 23 July 2015 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Conference was hosted by SOAS, University of London and the African Union Commission.

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Oxbridge Club of Nigeria hosts inaugural debate

Professor Fidelis Oditah QC, SAN was recently a panelist at the inaugural Oxbridge Debate organised by The Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria at Agip Recital Hall of the Muson Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Fundamental issues concerning Nigeria, her democracy and the economy were discussed at the event which was chaired by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi

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