Dahiru Muhammad Sani

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

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 confl...

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

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 pract...

AN APPRAISAL OF THE RIGHT TO SUE FOR THE TORT OF PRIVATE NUISANCE IN NIGERIA

Liability in the tort of nuisance can be categorised into public and private. Public nuisance is generally a crime unless where the right of an individual has been affected in which case the tortuous aspect of public nuisance will come into play. Nuisance is generally a tort against property and therefore, no cause of action could be based on nuisa...