Ekene Evans Ahmed

Lawyer & Writer

Nigeria

Ekene Evans Ahmed is a lawyer and writer with five years' experience producing content across formats, from SEO- and marketing-optimised copy to socially critical poetry, policy-analytical articles, and a published webnovel.
A First Class law graduate now practising Corporate and Commercial law, and dispute resolution in Lagos, Ekene brings the same precision to a stanza of verse as to a policy argument. Recent achievements include an honours certificate in International Humanitarian Law from Leiden University, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in International Law from the International Law Association, Nigerian branch. Ekene is very focused on how AI and autonomous systems are reshaping the laws of armed conflict.

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The Legal Quorum
08/14/2025
The Balance of Justice: A Collision of Power and Principle - The Legal Quorum

Published On: August 14th 2025 Authored By: Ekene Evans Ahmed Authored By: Ekene Evans Ahmed Abstract This article surveys the perception of fairness and political selectivity that has come to define the International Criminal Court (ICC). Beginning with its historical origins-from the post-colonial context of Nuremberg and Tokyo to the ICC's early Africa-centric referrals-it traces [...]

The Legal Quorum
10/14/2025
Central Bank of Nigeria v Inalegwu Frankline Ochife & 3 Ors, SC/CV/268/2021 - The Legal Quorum

Published on: 14th October 2025 Authored by: Ekene Evans Ahmed Ambrose Alli University Court: Supreme Court of Nigeria.Bench: Hon. Justices John Inyang Okoro, Habeeb Adewale Oluwamuyiwa Abiru, Adamu Jauro, Moore Aseimo Abraham Adumein, Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumiju. (Abiru JSC delivered the lead judgment; Ogunwumiju JSC dissented.)Date of Judgment: 24 January 2025.

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