DOUBLE-DECKER MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA: ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

ABSTRACT It has become a common practice in Nigeria for parties who intend to contract a statutory marriage to marry first under customary law before the solemnization of the statutory marriage. This practice may be explained by the fact that though Western civilization and culture have permeated Nigerian society, most people, even the most sophisticated … Read more

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONFLICT SITUATIONS AND CHOICE OF LAWS IN THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM AND OTHER LEGAL SYSTEMS

ABSTRACT Private International Law is that part of a law of a country which deals with cases having foreign element and usually comes into operation whenever courts are seized with such cases.The term ‘foreign element ’ means any system of law prevailing outside the lex fori, that is, the local law of the place where … Read more

EGBASE V ORIAREGHAN (1985); EFFECT OF NON EST FACTUM ON CONTRACT

  TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER PAGE………………………………………………………………………. i CERTIFICATION PAGE……………………………………………………………. iii ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………… iv TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………… v DEDICATION………………………………………………………………………… vii ACKNOWLEDGMENT………………………………………………………………. viii TABLE OF CASES……………………………………………………………………. ix TABLE OF STATUTES……………………………………………………………….. xii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………………………. xiii CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0.0: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….. 1 1.1.0: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY…………………………………………….. 3 1.2.0: OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY………………………………………………….. 3 1.3.0: FOCUS OF THE … Read more

EXAMINING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN NIGERIA: POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES

  ABSTRACT Public Private Partnership has been said to be a long term agreement between a government agency and a private partner for the delivery of goods or services with both party sharing in the risks and rewards inherent in the delivery of the goods or service which include financial risks and responsibilities. Public Private … Read more

RIGHT OF EXPRESSION UNDER THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

ABSTRACT The entrenchment of Right of Expression as a fundamental human right in Nigeria could be traced to the 1960 Independence Constitution and those that followed it. The Independence Constitution of 1960 and the Republican Constitution of  1963 have provisions for the protection of fundamental human rights. The 1979 and the 1999 constitutions went further … Read more