Election Petitions

Afe Babalola & Co. is a leading firm of election petition practitioners. Our election petition experience is decades-old and precedes the current Republic. In the 2^nd Republic, we represented Prof. Ignatius Ayua of the National Republic Convention in Ayua v. Adasu (1992) 3 NWLR (Pt. 231) challenging the results of the 1991 gubernatorial election in Benue State. In the 4^th Republic…

Criminal Law

Afe Babalola & Co. boasts extensive practice experience in criminal matters and litigation. Our clients regularly depend on us for advisory support in Police Interviews and for their admittance to administrative and judicial bail. We provide tough, insistent and thorough Criminal Defence litigation services with equal emphasis on the legal requirements for a conviction as well as on factual and evidentiary analysis…

Litigation and Civil Procedure

Emmanuel Chambers is best known for its vibrant, wide, tasking, dogged and successful litigation practice. Our core emphasis is on the development of a crop of world-class, top-notch litigators who are familiar with the practice of all superior Courts. This we achieve by exposing trainee and junior associates to contentious, sparsely-supervised practice before the courts from the earliest stages of engagement. Afe Babalola’s litigation practice permeates practically all Courts including…

TORTS AND PERSONAL INJURY

The law of torts and personal injury is one of our commonest and oldest practice areas dating back to when our Founding and Principal Partner operated as a sole practitioner. Emmanuel Chambers regularly represents clients in the prosecution and defence of tortious actions…

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

At Emmanuel chambers, we are quite conscious that the greatest wealth of the nation is not its flowing oil wells or its fertile soil but the minds, heart, grit and sweat of its peoples. We realise that a comfortable, highly motivated and richly rewarded workforce is…

TAX LITIGATION

Afe Babalola & Co regularly represents clients in disputes arising from the assessment, levy, collection and enforcement of tax liability. Whether before the Tax Appeal Tribunals or the Courts, our lawyers…

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Executive, regulatory and administrative overreach is a common (even if unintended) incidence of governmental function. For corporate entities, this overreach could be the difference between existence and closure or between balanced books and a huge…

FAMILY LAW

Having provided legal solutions to clients for more than half a century, Afe Babalola & Co. has developed a reputation as a family law firm providing advice and services to individuals at different generational levels of the same…

OIL AND GAS LAW

At Afe Babalola & Co., we recognise the place of the Oil and Gas sector as the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. Emmanuel Chambers has represented major oil firms in Nigeria in the prosecution of landmark litigations in Nigeria. Famously, Emmanuel Chambers _______Emmanuel Chambers also represents…

ADMIRALTY

Emmanuel chambers regularly advises on disputes and transactions in the shipping and maritime sectors. Our client base in the Oil & Gas Sector is diverse and includes importers, exporters, dockyard owners, ship owners and lessees, etc. Emmanuel Chambers has pursued significant litigations and arbitrations arising from…

REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY LAW

Afe Babalola & Co. quite often represents disputants in real property disputes. At Emmanuel Chambers, we realise that the value of land transcends it money-worth or its market price but stretches into the realm of peculiar utility, strategic placement and…

CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS

At Emmanuel Chambers, we operate a dualist approach to legal practice making us a modern firm with traditional values. With a Founding and Principal Partner who holds a number of traditional titles including the Aare Bamofin (Commander of Legal Knowledge) traditional title, we recognise and…

ASSETS RECOVERY

At Emmanuel Chambers, we recognise that damages or penal remedies do not always make the client whole and that sometimes, recovery of lost assets alone will suffice. Accordingly, Afe Babalola & Co. actively pursues…

CORPORATE LITIGATION

At Emmanuel Chambers, our clients quite often have to contend with competing claims for the hearts and souls of their enterprises. These disputes present in a number of way including…

CONSULTANCY & ADVISORY SERVICES

Afe Babalola & Co. has a large team of experts in various fields of economic and legal endeavour. Accordingly, we are well poised to deliver consultancy and advisory services on a wide range…

FUNDAMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

At Emmanuel Chambers, we believe we are human rights advocates first and legal practitioners second. We vigorously and consistently defend the Constitutional, Fundamental and Human rights of persons and entities both on a fee-paying and pro bono basis. Afe Babalola & Co. regularly files actions…