THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL RULERS – SANUSI THE GENIUS: A CASE STUDY (2) “The time-hallowed tradition was bastardized by the British Colonial Masters in order to weaken the authority of the monarch, abolish slave trade, extend British Protectorate, and promote Royal Niger Company commercial enterprise”. LAST week, I commenced a discussion on the concept of traditional...Read More

BY: E.MBANG AKPAMBANG, LL.M; B.L; LECTURER, FACULTY OF LAW, EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA “…the Federal High Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction to the exclusion of any other court in civil causes and matters – (g) any Admiralty jurisdiction, including shipping and navigation on the River Niger or River Benue and their affluents and...Read More

OLU DARAMOLA, SAN Head, Lagos Office, Afe Babalola & Co. Emmanuel Chambers, Lagos, Nigeria   Abstract This paper examines the decisions of the Supreme Court in the case of NEPA v Edegbero and Onuorah v KRPC Ltd. It submits that these decisions create a lot of confusion as regards the limits of the exclusive jurisdiction...Read More

BY PROF. E. A. TAIWO ABSTRACT This paper focuses on oil and gas related pollution, prevention and control. It examines the peculiar and technologically changing nature of the petroleum industry wherein the petroleum industry has become the major violator of the natural balance of the environment. Following this the paper finds that the unbridled dependence...Read More

BY:BENSON A. OLOWORARAN, ESQ Abstract It is generally agreed that the jurisdiction of courts in civil matters is territorial. Where therefore the court intends to assert its jurisdiction over a person not within its territory, certain criteria must be met. Section 97 of the Sheriffs and Civil Processes Act makes it mandatory that writ of...Read More

BY J. O. AROWOSEGBE MAY 2013 Abstract This article examines the nature and extent of federal legislative powers under the Nigerian Constitution. Federal legislative powers examined are of three species. The first species consists of matters in the exclusive legislative list while the second derives from the concurrent legislative list to the extent prescribed therein....Read More

Kazeem O. Olaniyan, Esq Lecturer, Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan Nigeria   ABSTRACT Nigeria is a federation of 36 States, operating a presidential system of government with three levels of government namely, federal, state and local government. In terms of the Nigerian Constitution these tiers of government are...Read More

By: Dr Jimmy O. Chijioke and Olufemi Abifarin Introduction Initially, emphasis by writers was on domestic violence against children or what is popularly known as child abuse, child labour and child trafficking  but emphasis is now shifted to domestic violence against women.  So much energy and resources have been dissipated on campaign against domestic violence...Read More

Oyeniyi Ajigboye, Lecturer, Public and International Law Department College of Law, Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria   Abstract Health issues are challenges faced by the rich and the poor. This is also applicable to citizens of all nations. As such, over a period of time, there are international conventions, treaties, and agreements...Read More

Abstracts The Nigerian National Human Rights Commission like any other National Human Rights Commission needs evaluations/assessment in order to know, with precision, whether or not the purpose for it was established has been achieved. The Commission has been evaluated by writers on human rights. However, this paper hypothesise that criteria adopted in evaluating the Commission...Read More