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The Lex Nigeriana Blog focuses on news and analyses about legal developments in or affecting Nigeria with a particular interest in and concern for law reform. The Blog is open to consideration and publishing of qualitative contributions from guest contributors.

The tag line of the Blog is in tribute to the book Rethinking Criminal Law by George P Fletcher which made an impression on a young law undergraduate and was cited in an early academic piece – ‘Gbenga Bamodu, ‘Mistake as a Defence to Criminal Liability’ in (1986/7) 1(1) The LASU Jurist 16.