Nigerian legal research
Nigerian law, answered with authority.
Nigerian judgments, statutes, CAMA 2020, ACJA, and the procedural rules, searched and synthesised into an answer that names its sources. Then attached to the matter it was researched for.
The corpus
What is searched.
Primary Nigerian law, indexed for semantic search rather than keyword matching, so a question phrased in your own words still finds the judgment that answers it.
- Case law: Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and superior court decisions.
- Statutes: federal legislation, including the Constitution and the principal Acts.
- CAMA 2020: the Companies and Allied Matters Act, for corporate and secretarial work.
- ACJA: the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, for criminal practice.
- Rules of court: procedural rules and practice directions.
In depth
Search finds documents. This gives you an answer.
Synthesis
Forty results, or one memo with citations.
A conventional Nigerian legal database returns a list and leaves the reading to you and your junior. ModulawAI reads the retrieved authorities and states the position, with each proposition tied to the case or section it rests on. You verify the citations rather than assemble the argument from scratch.
Connected
The research does not live in a separate window.
Because research happens inside the practice management system, the memo attaches to the matter, the time is captured against the client, and the authority is still there when the file is reassigned. That is the difference between a research subscription and a legal operating system.
Drafting
From authority to processes and pleadings.
Once the position is settled, the drafting happens in Microsoft Word with the same citations checked as you write. See the Word add-in.
FAQ
Questions, addressed.
How do I research Nigerian case law online?
You can search a Nigerian legal database by keyword and read the results, or you can ask a question in plain language and receive a synthesised answer with linked citations. ModulawAI does the second: it retrieves the relevant Nigerian judgments and statutory provisions, then states the position with each authority named so you can open and verify it.
Does it include CAMA 2020 and ACJA?
Yes. The Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act are both in the corpus, alongside case law, federal legislation, and rules of court.
How is this different from a Nigerian law report database?
A law report database is a library with a search box. ModulawAI reads the retrieved authorities and answers the question, and it sits inside a full practice management platform, so the research is attached to the matter, billed against the client, and available to whoever picks the file up later.
Can it handle matters with English or US law elements?
Yes. Eight jurisdictions are covered in the same interface, which matters for Lagos commercial work where the financing documents are frequently governed by English law.
Is the research reliable enough to cite?
Every answer names the authority it relies on and links to it. Open the judgment and read it before you cite it: the tool is built to make that step fast, not to replace it.
Ask it a Nigerian question.
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