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Muhammad Tukur Jibril

Department of Public Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Kongo Campus, Zaria

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Research Article Vol. 40, Issue 1

PROBING THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE

Muhammad Tukur Jibril*

The Nigerian Constitution guaranteed a system of local government by way of democratically elected councils. However in recognition of the powers of the States in the conduct of local government, the Constitution granted the State House of Assembly power to establish the councils and define their composition, structure, functions and finance, among...

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Research Article Vol. 39, Issue 1

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRACTICE AND PROCESSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN NIGERIA

Muhammad Tukur Jibril*

Constitution is the paramount source of all legal cum political authority in a polity. Nigeria operates a written and supreme Constitution. One aspect of supremacy of the Constitution is that the National Assembly alone is incapable of altering it without collaboration with the State Houses of Assembly or with the people’s vote in a referendum. Ame...

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Research Article Vol. 28, Issue 1

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

MUHAMMAD TUKUR JIBRIL, Abubakar Is’haq*

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 j...

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