Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.z8qzn699

LEGAL EXAMINATION OF CYBER FRAUD IN NIGERIA'S BANKING TRANSACTIONS

Hamisu Sani^*

The advent of technology has revolutionised the global financial sector and provided unprecedented convenience and efficiency in banking operations. However, this transformation has ushered new challenges, especially the alarming rise in cyber fraud in Nigeria’s banking transactions. The aim of the paper is to examine the multifaceted cyber fraud in banking transactions, with a focus on the releva...

Jun, 2023 pp. 165-178

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2004.43c9lb3x

AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DRAFTING LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME

John D C^*

The drafting of any substantive or subsidiary legislation such as Bills, Rules, Orders or Regulations are in most cases, done by Parliamentary Counsel or Legislative Counsel in the various State or Federal Ministries of Justice. Sometimes, Private Consultants are engaged. But experience has shown that, it is better to allow Parliamentary Counsel to draft all legislations. Usually, Permanent Secret...

Oct, 2004 pp. 165 - 172

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2016.idptb4ci

UNDERSTANDING THE MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION IN NIGERIA

Olusola Babatunde Adegbite^*

It is the position of this paper that Organ donation and transplantation in Nigeria has legal implications which are as yet not fully considered nor properly understood. This Paper begins by examining generally the Medical aspects of organ donation and transplantation, highlighting the history, procedure and its necessity as a form of medical treatment. The paper then appraises the abiding legal r...

May, 2016 pp. 167-182

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.lyxrpmud

A LEGAL APPRAISAL OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AND THE UNDERPINNING OF ITS AUTONOMY PHILOSOPHICAL

Umar Sani Bebeji^*

The regulation of banking industry is becoming more justified as the most important sector of the economy. Since its inception, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) being the regulator agency has grappled to become a powerful and semi-independent body in driving its statutory roles of ensuring monetary and price stability and the promotion of sound financial system. However, the Bank still contends w...

Jun, 2018 pp. 168-184

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.sfh5uyo2

APPRAISING THE ROLE OF AFRICAN UNION: THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT IN CONFLICT PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

Hanafi A. Hammed^*

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development is the latest in a long line of initiatives or framework intended by African leaders to place African continent on a path of growth and sustainable development. The development challenges that face Africa are enormous and varied. The crisis of political instability, bad governance, lack of peace and security, poverty and diseases like HIV/AIDs. NEPAD re...

May, 2015 pp. 169-192

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.1537trz5

Safeguarding the Rights of women and children upon divorce under Customary Law in Nigeria

Peter O. Itsueli^*

The rights of women and children are often trampled upon when there is a divorce under customary law. The customary law wife is responsible for taking care of her husband and children sometimes without assistance and she basically has no life of her own without her husband. Her identity is subsumed in those of her husband she is basically entitled to what her husband allows. Her children also suff...

Nov, 2024 pp. 170-183

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.ev7pwvz9

THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT PREROGATIVE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

Ibrahim Ahmad Aliyu^*

The citizens of a state, under the Islamic Law, have certain fundamental rights against the state that must be protected by it. It is only where the state does its utmost efforts in protecting these rights, that it has even the right to exist and have its corresponding rights against the citizens. This means that, under the Islamic Law, as the rights of the citizen are not unlimited and unrestrict...

Jun, 2006 pp. 171-180

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.2x85jyu3

AN EXAMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF SEA WORTHINESS IN CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA: A CONDITION OR WARRANTY?

Jamila Shuaibu^*

The carrier’s duty to provide a seaworthy vessel has received considerable attention, worldwide, from courts, scholars and others in the shipping industry. This attention has resulted in the production of different national laws and international conventions to govern the shipping industry in general and seaworthiness in particular. Every voyage at sea has an antecedent phase, the loading stage. I...

Aug, 2019 pp. 172-186

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.6gyqh92i

DISCOURSE ON THE CONCEPT AND VEHICLES OF BONDS IN ISLAMIC LAW

Muhammad Amin Babaji^*

Sukuk, often referred to as Islamic bonds, represent a unique and innovative financial instrument within the realm of Islamic finance. Originating from the principles of Islamic law, Sukuk offers a distinct alternative to conventional bonds by adhering to Islamic principles that prohibits the payment or receipt of interest (Riba). Instead of interest-bearing debt, Sukuk are structured as investmen...

Mar, 2025 pp. 173-196

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2004.cwqb2562

SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE KADUNA STATE SHARIA PENAL CODE LAW OF 2002

A.M Madaki^*

After over a decade of military rule, Nigerians once again are experiencing democratic civilian government. With constitutional democracy in place, many individuals’ rights are constitutionally guaranteed. This new found freedom reawakened the clamour by some people for the introduction. of Sharia. Some states, particularly in the Northern part of the country, like Zamfara introduced the Sharia in...

Oct, 2004 pp. 173-187