Volume 16, Issue 1 (June)

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.zchl2asq

LEGAL STATUS OF REFUGEES IN NIGERIA

PROF. R. C. CHHANGANI^*

Nigeria is one of the few West African countries, which has given shelter to a large number of refugees from neighbouring countries. Since independence, Nigeria has experienced minor and major influxes of refugees. Nigeria before 1989 was confronted with the tasks of assistance, care and protection of refugees according to regional’ and international standards.” Finally, in the 1989 the enactment ...

May, 1998 pp. 1-22

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.7bc9zjj2

LEGAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Y. Aboki^*

The study of law like the study of any other subject or discipline has to be in the light of prevailing circumstances of each particular society and time. This is because law is a living subject. It grows with the time and dies with the time. That is to say, what is law today may not be law tomorrow. Conversely, what is not law today may become law tommorrow. This uncertain state of what law is or...

Jun, 1998 pp. 23-41

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.g2w57ceq

THE NEW REGIME AGAINST INSIDER TRADING AND THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET

T. A. T. YAGBA^*

Until recently, the subject of insider trading scarcely aroused any interest in Nigeria, both in academic and business circles. One reason fo, this may have been the relative under-development of the capital marke, Very few companies traded their securities on ‘the Stock Exchange. By March, 1994, less than 200 of the over 200,000 companies registered in Nigeria were quoted on the ‘stock market.' I...

May, 1998 pp. 42-58

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.ssw67f0e

"KHUL": THE RIGHT OF A WOMAN TO INSTITUTE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS: NATURE, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.

Y. Y. Bambale^*

The moment the marriage contract is concluded, the spouses are enjoined to do their utmost to implement the obligations imposed on them through the teachings of Islam, so as to render their married life an abode of bliss and compassion. This, they have to do, despite their differences of opinion, thought, taste, temperament, inclination and behaviour etc. These differences are bound to arouse disp...

Jun, 1998 pp. 59-68

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.mzay2cwo

"IJBAR": THE RIGHT OF A GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND OR WIFE FOR HIS WARD: A CRITIQUE

Sani Idris^*

The jurists are not unanimous on the extent and scope of its application.Some group of jurist upheld and recognized its use to all categories ofwomen that have not tested marital life and under-aged male children.While others restricted its use to only under-age children of both sexes.One point that is common to all the jurists however, is their recognitionof the legality of the marriage of minors...

May, 1998 pp. 69-80

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.4fslltdh

CONSTRAINTS IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN KADUNA STATE

B. Y. IBRAHIM^*

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 global agenda. For a country to achieve success in...

Jun, 1998 pp. 81-89

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.2y7mlnvn

REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF AMORC vs. AWONIYI AND 3 OTHERS: A JUDICIAL REVOLUTION AGAINST SECRET CULTS IN NIGERIA?

A. A. Akume^*

The right to freedom of worship, thought, conscience, and religion is guaranteed in the Nigerian Constitution. This right is further r nforced by the guarantee of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association for the protection of the interests of persons belonging to that assembly or association.” The emergence of secret cults in recent times has poised a great challenge to the exerci...

May, 1998 pp. 90-96

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.leb8xgk0

JURISDICTION: THE NEW DIMENTION UNDER THE LAND USE ACT: ALHAJI BAKIN SALATI VS. ALHAJI SHEHU (1986) 1 N. W. L. R. PART 197 - PAGE 119

Y. Aboki^*

In the areas of procedural law, the issue of jurisdiction counts very much in deciding where a matter or case is to be heard. Jurisdiction is an indicator to a place where a course or action is to be intertained for the purpose of giving a legal rule. This means that certain matters, cases, causes or actions must be heard in one particular court or type of courts. Usualy, matters of jursdiction ar...

Sep, 1998 pp. 97-109