https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/546.html West Africa Law Practice news 15 Law Practice news - West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/546.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:59:41 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/nigeria-supreme-court-allows-late-appeal-in-kano-blasphemy-case-287377a Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted lawyers representing Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, permission to file an appeal outside the legally prescribed timeframe. 1-261780 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/3-west-african-countries-announce-exit-from-international-criminal-court-621771a The military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as "a tool of neocolonial repression". 1-261721 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/winners-of-the-2025-african-legal-awards-621201a The 12th annual African Legal Awards saw law firms from across the continent gather at The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Friday, 5 September, to celebrate excellence in the legal sector. 1-261201 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/nigerian-agency-fines-multichoice-for-data-privacy-breaches-478429a Nigeria's data protection agency has fined Multichoice Nigeria Limited, Africa's biggest pay television company, 766 million naira ($501,340) for violating the country's data protection law, a spokesperson said. 1-259145 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/546/236522.html Nigeria's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the central bank to extend until 31 December 2023 the use of old banknotes, whose withdrawal from circulation became an election issue after it caused cash shortages, widespread hardship and anger. 1-236522 Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/546/228266.html The African Legal Awards' Partner of the Year, Seun Timi-Koleolu, co-founder of Pavestones, has proven what can be achieved by believing in yourself and your convictions, despite not fitting the mould and by taking the path less travelled. 1-228266 Mon, 30 May 2022 10:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/80/546/223686.html Gambia's Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to President Adama Barrow's recent election victory, ruling that its proponents had not followed proper procedure in filing it, court documents showed on Tuesday. 1-223686 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/546/215670.html NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now she's on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. 1-215670 Tue, 11 May 2021 12:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/364/212640.html KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a legal challenge in the country's supreme court on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of last month's presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party's lawyer said. 1-212640 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/727/211852.html In the midst of the planetary emergency of climate change, Covid-19 is testing modern civilisation's preparedness for shocks, across the spheres of finance, economics and technology; global, national and regional governance; global and population health; social cohesion and food security. This is according to Baker McKenzie's new report, Unprecedented: Converging Crises, which notes that while the vast majority of businesses around the world are now in the throes of the immediate impacts of the pandemic, the consequences of this abrupt global change will reverberate for decades to come. With the acute phase of the Covid-19 response mostly complete, business leaders have begun to look at how to position themselves to succeed in a turbulent world, with organisations in different sectors having to adapt to specific industry challenges brought about by the pandemic. 1-211852 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Law Practice West Africa