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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.mzay2cwo

"IJBAR": THE RIGHT OF A GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND OR WIFE FOR HIS WARD: A CRITIQUE

Sani Idris^*

The jurists are not unanimous on the extent and scope of its application.Some group of jurist upheld and recognized its use to all categories ofwomen that have not tested marital life and under-aged male children.While others restricted its use to only under-age children of both sexes.One point that is common to all the jurists however, is their recognitionof the legality of the marriage of minors...

May, 1998 pp. 69-80 34 views 22 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.mznvq2t5

WASTE MANAGEMENT LAWS IN THE FCT: ADDRESSING IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES

Chelsea Euphemia Okafor^*, Hadiza Hamma

Waste management has appeared as one of the greatest challenges facing environmental protection agencies in the Federal Capital Territory. There are laws in the FCT regulating waste management, and despite this plethora of laws, waste management continues to be problematic majorly because of implementational challenges. The aim of this paper is to address the implementation challenges of waste man...

May, 2024 pp. 70-97 154 views 110 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.tgypc5na

AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON WATER POLLUTION IN NIGERIA

Nwosu Ivie Deborah^*

The challenges of water pollution have advanced into a severe menace in Nigeria, it has caused deaths and irreparable loss of lives and living. The accumulation of synthetic chemicals and waste in groundwater and surface water has posed a snowballing peril to future development. The prevalence of water pollution is alarming, this problem has given rise to this paper which takes a purview at the le...

Jun, 2023 pp. 71-89 28 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.6x0iyvnr

ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION

Fatima Zahara'u Shehu^*

Biodiversity includes all living species and ecosystems. It is important for maintaining a healthy environment and providing resources like food, water, and medicine. These resources are linked to human rights to life, health, and cultural identity. The degradation of biodiversity threatens these rights, prompting the development of international legal frameworks aimed at conserving biodiversity. ...

Sep, 2025 pp. 72–87 198 views 159 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.py5x1q92

EXAMINATION OF ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEATH PENALTY IN NIGERIA

Nengi A. Banigo-Abah^*, Legborsi Tony-Francis

This article comprehensively examines the death penalty, its ethical, legal, and societal dimensions, with a focus on Nigeria. Despite its longstanding use as a punitive measure for capital offences, empirical evidence and global trends increasingly challenge its efficacy as a deterrent for achieving retributive justice. While the death penalty retains constitutional legitimacy in Nigeria, its imp...

Mar, 2025 pp. 72-91 197 views 279 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.nnbt9l4c

EXAMINATION OF THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

UMAR SALIHU MUHAMMAD^*

Situation may arise where neither the proof by Shahadah nor by Iqra may be available, but there could be circumstance which may be accepted as forming the needed evidence. Before examining the Qarinah as a means of proof, it is better to define al —Baiyinah (the evidence).

May, 2015 pp. 72-82 31 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.kyp2o0tw

THE TAXATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

John D C^*

This paper discusses the law as it relates to the taxation of the profits or income of companies which started in Nigeria in 1912 followed by series of amending Acts! leading to the introduction of a comprehensive company taxation in 1961 and the witnessing in 1990 of the birth or consolidation of the existing companies income tax legislation codified as the Companies Income Tax Act (CITA).

May, 2008 pp. 74-98 32 views 11 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2007.mgrge6yo

AN APPRAISAL OF THE POST TRIAL BENEFITS ACCRUING To AN OFFENDER ON THE COURTS RECOURSE TO CONVICTION OR DISCHARGE

A. I. BAPPAH^*

During a criminal proceeding, three separate and distinct’acts take place, in sequence as to time. First is the entry of a plea of guilty or not guilty made by the accused person. Second, is a judgment of conviction or acquittal based upon the plea, and third, a sentence. A plea of guilty by the accused person is treated as confession of guilt in open court. A judgment is the declaration of the co...

May, 2007 pp. 74-96 29 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.g3qdwcps

AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HAUZI (PRESCRIPTION/ ADVERSE POSSESSION) UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

Sani Idris^*

Ownership or title to land may generally be acquired through several means such as purchase, inheritance, gift, grant, settlement, cultivation of a barren land etc. It is well settled and trite that in the case of a dispute over land the act of ownership or claim of title may be proved in one of five ways. This position has long been settled by the Supreme Court in the case of Idundun vs. Okumagba...

Oct, 2006 pp. 75−85 38 views 16 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.5dugyss4

AN EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC LAW OF SUCCESSION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: THE EVOLUTION OF UNWANTED PRACTICES

Yakubu Babayo^*, Haruna Alhaji Garba

This paper examines the challenges and new evolution in the implementation of Islamic law of succession in northern Nigeria. Proper implementation of Islamic law of succession is an obligatory ‘ act to all Muslims as an Ummah. This denotes that, this aspect of Islamic law must be looked after and protected by the whole Ummah. In any situation where there is abnormality evolving in the distribution...

Aug, 2019 pp. 76-90 30 views 8 downloads