Clement C. Chigbo Senior Lecturer, College of Law Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Abstract Land is elemental. It is where life begins and it is where life ends. Land provides the physical substratum for human activity; it is the essential base of all social and commercial interaction. The significance of land in human affairs is, therefore, incalculable, although it is only in an era of global environmental threat that...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 which are all geared towards the actualization of the highest possible healthy standards on healthy...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 to be independent within the framework of the Constitution itself. Contrary to this constitutional arrangement,...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 summons meant for service out of a state must be endorsed to show that it...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 of the Federal High Court in suits filed against an agency or parastatal of the...Read More
