Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.8wspjyes

TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE AFRICAN SYSTEM FOR ACCESS To JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

Muhammad Tawfiq Ladan^*

It is clear from the aims and objectives of this African Regional Experts Meeting! that although a lot takes place at the national level that is still a need for the United Nations Environment Programme? (UNEP) to enhance and. promote the Rio Declaration Principles especially Principle 10, and create an enabling environment for Governments to build capacity in this area by learning from each other...

Oct, 2006 pp. 10-40

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.e75xkfpu

AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LAW: ISSUES IN DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA

Solomon Musa^*

Transportation is an essential part of human activity and in many ways forms the basis of all socio-economic interactions. Indeed, no two locations will sinteract effectively without a viable means of movement. A good transport system is, thus, essential to support economic growth and development.’ Nigeria’s commercial transportation system includes road, rail, water and air transport. All the tra...

May, 2015 pp. 12-36

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2004.a9fo3vrj

CITIZENSHIP AND CITIZENS RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

B. Y. IBRAHIM^*

Plateau State is the home to various or different ethnic and religious communities in Nigeria, who have lived peacefully together. Between 2001 and 2004 it witnessed violent ethnic and religious conflict that resulted in the mass killing of people and destruction of property by certain ethnic and religious groups against one another. The crisis was between one group that called itself the indigene...

Oct, 2004 pp. 12-24

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.hlxbtdk3

AN APPRAISAL OF THE NOVEL PROVISIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) RULES 2009

M. T. JIBRIL, A. ISHAQ^*

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( CFRN) 1999 contained provisions of fundamental ni ghts under Chapter IV. Fundamenta] rights are rights derived from natural or fundamental law. They are significant component of liberty, encroachments of which are rigorously tested by courts to ascertain the soundness of purported governmental justifications.2 The premise of the inalienable rig...

May, 2008 pp. 14-26

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.3xar7vgk

CONCEPT OF TRUST AND ALIENATION OF RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY UNDER THE LAND USE ACT, 1978: IS CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CREATION OF TRUST

Abubakar Mohammed Bokani^*

The article examined the provisions of sections 21 and 22 of the Land Use Act, 1978 which provides for consent of the local government or Governor to alienation of Customary Right of Occupancy or Statutory Right of Occupancy respectively. The provisions of the aforementioned sections clearly lay out methods of alienations of right of occupancy for which consent is required and instances where cons...

Sep, 2025 pp. 15-40

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1992.w2w0cv87

SECURITIES TRADING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT REGIME

T. A. T. YAGBA^*

The most important distinguishing feature of a Public Company is the fact that it can offer its shares or debentures to the public generally for subscription or purchase. A Private Company on the other hand is prohibited from soliciting investment by a public issue of securities. Infact even the transferability of its shares has to be restricted in the articles. The power to raise capital from pub...

May, 1992 pp. 16-30

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.7kvjalo6

THE JUDICIARY UNDER THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE VIEWS OF ABDULLAHI b. FODIO

Ibrahim S. SADA^*

The Sokoto Jihad leaders following the footsteps of earlier jurists not only advocated for a strong and free judiciary but insisted that in its operation the Islamic ideal of Maslahah (public interests) must be the guiding principle. Abdullahi, the jurist, the ideologue and the scholar discussed, particularly, in his Diya al-Hukkam, the importance of the judiciary, the qualifications of the judges...

Jun, 2006 pp. 17-31

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.83rz5f5a

THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITATIONS UNDER NIGERIA’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

Aaron O. Salau^*

Public access to information and the protection of national security are usually thought to be pulling in opposite directions though the two values are components of a stable democracy. But expanding statutory powers for the protection of national security at the expense of accountability pose grave dangers to democracy. Accordingly, this paper analyzes the statutory provisions which authorize the...

Jun, 2018 pp. 18-37

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.uscyy3t4

THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBOUR PRINCIPLE ON THE DOCTRINE OF PRIVITY OF CONTRACT

S. M. Kanam^*

Though prior to the formulation of the neighbour principle there were (and still arc) known areas of overlap between contract and torts that have not led to any threatened or actual exclusion of the application (wholly or partly) of one or the other principles of both laws. Rather, the overlap offer their litigants the opportunity of choosing under which of the laws to institute his case in a cour...

Jun, 2002 pp. 18-28

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.lbpy1xmf

AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND LAND USE ACT, 1978: TRAVESTY OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM?

Abubakar Mohammed Bokani^*

The Land Use Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) vested most lands in each state of the federation in the Governor of each state. To achieve the objectives of the Act, it was promulgated and entrenched in the 1999 Constitution. However, some inconsistencies and contradictions have arisen from the entrenchment of the Act in the Constitution which seems to undermine the federal nature o...

Nov, 2024 pp. 20-38