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Attorney General of the Federation v. Attorney General of Abia State & Ors (2024) LPELR-62576(SC): Was the purposive interpretation justified?

As has been the tenor of its pronouncements over the years, the Supreme Court (“the Court”), like every other court established under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As amended) (“the Constitution”), has to interpret the law as it is, and not to make new laws or amend existing laws especially where the words used are clear and unambiguous. The functions of making new laws or amending

FCCPA: SHOULD WE LITIGATE ON WHERE TO LITIGATE?

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2018 (“FCCPA” or the “Act”) was enacted with the objects of promoting and maintaining competition in the Nigerian economy, protecting and promoting the interests and welfare of consumers and prohibiting restrictive trade and business practices which hamper competition.1 To realize these objects, the Act vests the Federal

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