April 2020 Edition
At The People’s Accolade Law Magazine (The PALM), we find pleasure in keeping you up to speed with developing trends in society.
In this edition, we bring to you our April Deluxe Edition with a focus on Intellectual Property and it features Africa’s cerebral Poet, ‘Tolu Akinyemi “Poetolu”.
82nd Years Post Partum: Posthumously Celebrating Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAM, SAN GCON. By Owolabi, Yusuf Olatunji
The wind of activism blew round the nooks and crannies of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria on the twenty second of April, 1938, that it appeared undoubtedly that the yet to be independent nation baptised Nigeria has been uniquely blessed with the birth of an uncompromising advocate: an unrelenting Human Rights Crusader: and one of the Crème de la Crème in the legal profession of all times
Care for the Elderly in Nigeria- The Need for the Intervention of the Elder Law by Ogundele and Adeoye
Access to education and recent improvement in the medical field across the globe, has not only contributed to global development, but also improved human lifespan, Nigeria is no exception. Morbidity rate has been minimised
Advocating Data Privacy In Nigeria – David Akindolire
The definition of data is extensive and contains all available information concerning individuals and corporations. The advent of information technology has quadrupled the amount of information available. Necessarily, governments of the world are promulgating data protection legislation to regulate the processing of data and…
Telemedicine and Law in Nigeria: Need For Proper Legal Framework- Adeoye Damilare Adetayo Esq
The worldwide progress in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry continues to transform the human standard of living. It intermingles with virtually all lines of work and positively improves the patterns and facilitates the speedy execution of work. By the click of a button, the void of distance and ignorance are broken thereby ushering new landscapes for opportunities.
Few years ago, technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) were topics preached like the Biblical Ark of Noah – get in and own the future or risk the converse. Today, the future of Medicine is inseparable from Technology. As a matter of fact, the future is more than just within reaching distance; it touches our life paths day after day. This ‘future’ is Telemedicine, which, in fuller terms, is referred to as ‘Technological Medicine’. It is medicine ‘at a distance’, medical services at ‘individuals’ comfort and consultation at ease from any place and with anyone in real-time.
Sukuk: Alternative Source For Infrastructure Development In The Finance Sector- Adebanke Adewumi
Sukuk is an investment certificate. It represents ownership interests in assets which produce profit or generate revenues. Sukuk does not pay interest but generate returns in the form of rents through actual transactions of sale, lease or combination of the two. It is currently a major Islamic financial instrument used to finance major projects in […]
Discretion Prestige- a Body of Benchers; looking Nigeria- Brian Onyango
In Kenya, the Legal Education Act No 27 of 2012 provides for regulative mechanisms for legal education and training while the Advocates Act No 18 of 1989 regulates admission to the roll of advocates as well as practice as such. Under the Kenyan law, one has to pass a Four years’ undergraduate program, attend further training at the Kenya School of Law, sit for and pass the Bar Examination set and administered by the Council of Legal Education, attend at least 6 months’ pupillage under an authorized legal practitioner and thereafter petition the Chief Justice for Admission to the Roll of Advocates.
South Africa vs. Africa: A Study of State Irresponsibility- Alex Chisom Nwankwo
Africa seems to be towing down the lane of the biblical Israelites’ ordeal after they requested from God for a king and to which He obliged them with their request: Self-rule. Since the abolishing of slavery and the independence of many African states, the continent has only transitioned from one crisis to the other and more recently, xenophobia in South Africa
