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. The third refers to legislative powers granted in the body of the Constitution. This article...
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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 and quest for increased revenue from oil and gas exploitation by the various host governments...
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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 on such other inland waterway as may be designated by any enactment to be an...
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Slapper, G. & Kelly, D., English Law, 2nd ed. (Routledge, New York, 2006) 704 ABSTRACT The article examines remedies in environmental law cases in Nigeria, in the light of problems faced by aggrieved litigants. It posits that despite the fact that there is a plethora of remedies and reliefs which a party can obtain as a result of a successful law suit, the impact of such available remedies are not...
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Written by: IKECHUKWU BERNARD OKAFOR, LL.B, LL.M, B.L Introduction There is a saying that lawyers do the same work as medical doctors. While doctors attend to the ailing body of human beings, lawyers attend to their troubled souls – the troubled souls of litigants seeking to obtain justice or settle their disputes through the legal institution. It therefore follows that the court can be likened to a hospital and a...
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