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Gani has changed the course of legal practice in Nigeria. Never in the history of the Nigerian legal system has one man done so much to democratise the knowledge of law in Nigeria through its accessibility to all and sundry, particularly to the legal practitioners. He practises law, writes law, and publishes law. His Nigerian Weekly Law Reports, which he started seventeen years ago, a must-read for every Lawyer and Judge, is unprecedented in Africa in innovation, content, style and regularity. Seven Hundred and Eighty (780) parts have been published. Each part is now over 300 (three hundred) pages weekly. He is the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of the Nigerian Weekly Law Reports. Some of his other legal works either as Author or Editor include:
  • Digest of the Supreme Court Cases published in 1986 in 10 volumes with over 6,606 (Six thousand, six hundred and six) pages.
  • Nigerian Law of Habeas Corpus, published in 1986 with 457 (Four hundred and fifty seven) pages.
  • Nigerian Law of the Press under the Constitution and the Criminal Law, published in 1987 with 574 (Five hundred and seventy four) pages.
  • Nigerian Law of Libel and the Press, published in 1987 with 953 (Nine hundred and fifty three) pages.
  • Law of Contempt in Nigeria, published in 1980 with 292 (Two hundred and ninety two) pages.
  • The Bench and the Bar in Nigeria, published in 1987 with 1,028 (One thousand and twenty eight) pages.
  • Murder of Dele Giwa: the Right of a Private Prosecutor, published in 1988 with 193 (One hundred and ninety three) pages.
  • Courts’ System in Nigeria - A guide, published in 1992 with 713 (Seven hundred and thirteen) pages.
  • June 12 crisis - the Illegality of Shonekan’s Government, published in 1993 with 151 (One hundred and fifty one) pages.
  • Nigerian Constitutional Law Reports in six volumes with 4,616 (Four thousand six hundred and sixteen) pages.
  • Criminal Law Reports, published in 1989 with 390 (Three hundred and ninety) pages.
  • Commercial Law Reports, published in 1989 with 224 (Two hundred and twenty four) pages.
  • Digest of Western States Court of Appeal Cases, published in 1972 with 124 (One hundred and twenty four) pages.
  • High Courts of Nigeria Law Reports, published in 1985 with 1,431 (One thousand four hundred and thirty one) pages.
  • Supreme Court of Nigeria Law Reports in 50 volumes (13 volumes published, 42 others in print).
  • People’s Right to free education, published in 1974 with 91 (Ninety one) pages.
  • Human Rights Law Reports of Africa, published in 1998 with 753 (Seven hundred and fifty-Three) pages.
  • Ouster of Courts’ Jurisdiction in Nigeria, (in print).
  • The Struggle for Genuine Democracy in Nigeria - Thirty Days of Civil Rule in Nigeria (Post-May 29, 1999) What Hope for Democracy?, published June 29, 1999 with 146 (One hundred and forty-six) pages.
  • The Struggle for Genuine Democracy in Nigeria - State of the Nation (After Ninety Days of Civil Rule) and The Dangers Ahead, published in 1999 with 455 (Four hundred and fifty-five) pages.
  • Commercial Law Reports Quarterly, Volume 2, published in 2000 with 314 (Three hundred and Fourteen) pages.
  • Criminal Law Reports of Nigeria, Volume 2, published in 2000 with 329 (Three hundred and Twenty-Nine) pages.
  • Human Rights Law Reports of Africa, Volume 2, published in 2000 with 205 (Two hundred and Five) pages.
  • Nigerian Constitutional Law Reports, Volume 7, published in 2000 with 226 (Two hundred and Twenty-Six) pages.
  • Petrol Price Increases In Nigeria: The Truth You Must Know, published in 2002 with 130 (One hundred and Thirty) pages.
  • Obasanjo: The Absentee President of Nigeria, published in June 2002 with 27 (Twenty-Seven) pages.

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