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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.4r1k4z92

LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN STOCK SELECTION

S.A. Apinega^*

The capital market is replete with many stocks and shares, which offer investors the advantage of diversification of investments. The market provides a variety of instruments, which could serve the specific needs and objective of investors. These instruments are generally called Securities.1 The Investment and Securities Act (ISA) does not define the term ‘investment’, This is a grievous omission ...

Jun, 2006 pp. 101-113 25 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.1nli1yw8

FROM CHAMPION TO SKEPTIC? AN APPRAISAL OF THE UNITED STATES POSITION TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATION

Ndubuisi J. Madubuike-Ekwe^*

The proliferation of international tribunals is widely regarded as one of the most significant development in International law over the past century. This article identifies various International Courts and Tribunals and the role of the United States in their establishment. The article discusses the declining support of the United States towards International Courts and tribunals especially follo...

Jun, 2018 pp. 102-121 23 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2026.bcrk96k6

URBAN ROAD TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS

ETHELDRED WOHA^*, ANUSHIEM, Uchenna Maryjane

Urban road transport is one of the most common modes of transportation in Nigerian cities. It has long shaped Nigeria’s cities but has also contributed to significant environmental challenges, including congestion and air pollution, thereby worsening greenhouse gas emissions. In advanced cities, urban road transport supports environmental sustainability rather than hinders it. The challenges facin...

Aug, 2026 pp. 108-126 44 views 18 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2016.lnmqb4ug

WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONFLICT IN NORTILEAST NIGERIA: ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACIOUSNESS OF THE UNSCR 1325 AND THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN (NAP)

Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi^*

Girls and women have been the most vulnerable in the protracted conflict by the insurgency in the North East of Nigeria.’ With over 1.9 million displaced,” cases of abduction* rape’, and exploitation? of girls and women as suicide bombers,° very few. research still focus on the - gendered impact of the conflict.’ While most analysis on armed conflict: demonstrates its complicated” nature®; this pa...

May, 2016 pp. 110-126 37 views 11 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.heip6a41

RESOURCE CONTROL AND THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION

B. Y. IBRAHIM^*

Mineral oil is said to constitute about 70% of the total national revenue in Nigeria with a Significant percentage coming from the Niger Delta Area. Prior to the discovery of mineral oil in commercial quantity, Nigeria was earning its national revenue from agricultural produce like cocoa, palm oil, groundnuts, rubber, cotton, hides and skin etc. The burning issue of the moment is the clamour from ...

Oct, 2006 pp. 110-120 34 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.0y3i8zfc

SECULARISM, ISLAMISATION AND THE PROSPECTS OF SUKUK UNDER NIGERIAN LAW

Umar Sani Bebeji^*, Bashir Mohammed Chalawa

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) recently floated Sukuk bonds to finance road projects across the country. No sooner this was done, individuals and interest groups across the nation expressed varying degrees of dissent against the initiative, tagging it a plot to “Islamise” Nigeria, against the spirit and letter of the Constitution, and a violation of Nigeria’s secular status. In light of t...

Aug, 2019 pp. 111-125 30 views 10 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.zfzmf498

THE NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE INSTITUTION OF POLYGAMY IN ISLAMIC

A. M. Gurin^*

Polygamy means the plurality of mates, 1.e. on¢:man marrying more than one wife. More specifically, ifa man has more than one wifeat the same time, he is said to be polygamous. On the other hand, if a woman has more than one husband, it is called polyandry. Although social scientists apply the term “polygamy” both to the practice in which a woman is married to more than one husband precisely calle...

Jun, 2002 pp. 111-125 30 views 16 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.mmaqpd5n

COMMUNITY POLICING IN NIGERIA AS AN ANTIDOTE TO CRIME

Ada Ozoemena^*

Events spread across the history of Nigeria and that of the Nigeria Police have shown that policing a country as vast as Nigeria is not a tea party. In recent times, violent crime has been on the upsurge and many high profile instances of police misbehaviour, criminality and malpractice continue to hit the media. The violent assassinations of prominent citizens has raised a problem that simply can...

Jun, 2006 pp. 112-130 22 views 4 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.0e3b5txq

ASSESSING THE LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR TELEMEDICINE IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Okuntade Olayemi Elizabeth AICMC^*, Ifeoluwayimika Bamidele, Bisola Akinleye Esq

This article analyses the legal and institutional systems determining telemedicine in Nigeria and determines potential areas of implementation of the system along with its obstacles. It explores how the existing legislation is supporting the distant provision of healthcare services, including the realms of patient confidentiality, provider licensure, medical malpractice, and technological integrat...

Sep, 2025 pp. 113–135 266 views 275 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.ap3k0z8e

NIGERIA’S EXTENDED CONTINENTAL SHELF: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY PROJECT

Vincent Iwunze^*

Under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea, 1982, a coastal State may make submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for extension of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles where the natural prolongation of its shelf exceeds the 200-mile limit. In 2009, Nigeria made submissions to the Commission for an extended continental shelf. Finding Nigeria’...

Nov, 2024 pp. 113-135 136 views 90 downloads