B. Y. Ibrahim

RESOURCE CONTROL AND THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION

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. Th...

ELECTION PETITIONS IN NIGERIA: BUHARI v. OBASANJO IN PERSPECTIVE

At independence in 1960, Nigeria was set on the path of democracy and the rule of law, an important aspect of which is a periodic election. Elections are the only means by which a legitimate government can be formed in any democratic country, the world over, Nigeria inclusive. A prominent feature of Nigeria’s democratic bottleneck seems to be the o...

CITIZENSHIP AND CITIZENS RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

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...

CONSTRAINTS IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN KADUNA STATE

The Nigeria Government both Federal and States have initiated olicies and legislation for the protection and preservation of the environment. Various legislation were made to deal with specific and eneral matters that affect the environment. Protection and preservation ofthe environment 1s not only the concern of Nigerian government, it 1$ roday 4 ...