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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2004.3getoyy4

EFFECT OF PAYMENT OF WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE OF TERMINATION ON CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

N.E WORUGII^*

This paper is intended to highlight the effect of payment in lieu of notice of termination of contract of employment by an employer and acceptance of such payments by the employee on the contract of employment? Put in another way, when can payment of wages in lieu of notice be said to have effectively terminated contract of employment? This has become necessary as it seems to have become a recurre...

Oct, 2004 pp. 37−52 27 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.l18rtxum

THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT IN NIGERIA

Dike C. Obalum^*, Uwakwe Abugu, Maureen Stanley-Idum

Medical identity theft (MIT) is a sensitive subject that concerns patients, potential patients, health insurance companies, health care providers, the general populace and governments. The concern has been heightened by the growing emphasis on privacy and security of electronic health information and the need to develop measures to protect them. Identity is a set of behavioural or personal charact...

Aug, 2019 pp. 38-49 29 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.brw2icao

NIGERIA: FROM DOOMED INDIGENISATION TO TORTUOUSPRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME

Shittu A. Bello^*

In view of the precarious socio-economic condition of Nigeria at independence in 1960, the Federal Government established between 1960 and 1970 several industries. Some of the industries were considered by government as ‘strategic’ and capable of stimulating social growth and development. Public corporations were established to run the industries. However, the dominance of state enterprises in the...

Jun, 2018 pp. 38-52 27 views 7 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.yij9x73r

AN APPRAISAL OF THE JURISDICTION COURTS IN ASCERTAINING THE APPLICABLE LAW OF TORTS IN CONFLICT OF LAWS SITUATION

Mohammed Ajibola, Yusuf^*, Dahiru Muhammad Sani, Dr. Farida Aisha Kera

Conflict of laws is an aspect of law which deals with conflict between different legal systems, whether at international or domestic levels. This aspect of law is mostly used to resolve the conflict between legal systems where parties to it come from different jurisdictions. There is generally uncertainty in the application of law of torts in conflict of laws situation in Nigeria especially where ...

Nov, 2024 pp. 39-56 154 views 132 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.5tarn12k

A CONFLICT BETWEEN LEGAL PRACTITIONERS’ RULES ON CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE EFCC ACT?

UMARU M. J^*

When information is given to a person under express or implied confidentiality, the person must respect the confidence. In other words, when a person undertakes to keep secrets, he imposes upon himself a moral duty of confidentiality and shall therefore not breach the confidence. He must not share such secret or confidential information with other people. This simple moral precept must have formed...

May, 2008 pp. 39-47 35 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.7ozthr7s

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Yakubu Babayo^*

There is consensus among theorists and development practitioners that one of the greatest challenges to the development of nations is political leadership. In many developed nations of the world, Political power with effective leadership manifested in the high standard of living of the citizens with the provision of critical infrastructures that render efficient services to ensures human capital d...

Sep, 2025 pp. 41-55 202 views 167 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.86753c0f

A REVIEW OF THE CRIMINALIZATION OF PAYMENT FOR RANSOM IN KIDNAP CASES IN NIGERIA

Jumah Muhammad Abdulrahman^*

Nigeria has been engulfed in a myriad of pressing security challenges, prominently characterized by the persistent scourge of abductions and kidnappings. In a proactive effort to combat the menace of kidnapping and address other security concerns in the nation, the Nigerian Senate passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022 into law on April 27, 2023. Although yet to be assen...

May, 2024 pp. 41-54 162 views 99 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.phrtcs1c

LEGAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES TO JOURNALISM PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Dahiru Muhammad Sani^*, Salim Bashir Magashi

The agitation for marginalization among some ethnic and to some extent, religious groups in Nigeria has become a common trend in recent times. These agitations have taken the dimension of majority-minority divides depending on who is in power. The media is largely to blame for this divide because of the manner in which law and ethics of media practice have been negated in reporting issues of natio...

Jun, 2023 pp. 41-57 33 views 16 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.viz82h4e

AN APPRAISAL: OVERLAPPING JURISDICTION BETWEEN MORALITY AND CRIMINALITY

Oji, Suleiman Ikepechukwu^*

The aim of this paper is manifold. First, it intend to examine, the Report of the English Wolfendon Report, on the relation, between law and morals. Thereafter, commentaries which ensued after that report, particularly, the views of Lord Delvin agreeing and, disagreeing with some aspects of that report, will be highlighted. Secondly, t the difficulty which is usually encountered in an attempt to u...

Oct, 2006 pp. 41-55 32 views 7 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.07ht10xo

THE CONCEPT AND STATUS OF SEXUALITY, REPRODUCTION & PARENTS- CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP UNDER ISLAMIC LAW.

G. M. Fari^*

Islamic Law has its own unique and balanced approach towards the problems of the rights and responsibilities of human beings. On one side, it grants rights to the people. ensuring that these rights do not encroach on the rights of others and, on the other side, it assigns duties and responsibilities to the people, considering that these duties do not clash with the duties of others. In such a fram...

May, 2002 pp. 41-47 30 views 12 downloads