described customary law in various ways. Okany: in “The Role of Customary Courts in Nigeria” described customary law of a community as a ‘body of customs and traditions which regulate the various kinds of relationship between members of the community. Obaseki‚ J.S.C. (as he then was) in the case of Oyewumi v. Ogunsesan defined customary law as follows: “The organic or living law of the indigenous people of Nigeria regulating their lives and transactions‚ it is organic in that it is not static.
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Ade Ojo was born on June 14‚ 1934 at Ilara-Mokin in Ondo State‚ South West of Nigeria. He studied Business Administration at the University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka (UNN) and graduated in June‚ 1965. He has worked with some multinational companies including C.F.A.O.‚ the then British Petroleum (BP) now African Petroleum Plc. Today he is the proud owner of ELIZADE NIGERIA LIMITED with several subsidiaries including Toyota Nigeria Limited‚ Oodua Creations Limited‚ Crown and Gold Shipping Company Limited among
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LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA By Oluwatosin O. Obiyomi and Adeyemi S. Ifaturoti Department of Estate Management Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile number: +234 706 270 9658‚ +234 806 420 5023 February 2009. The territory now known as Nigeria comprises of various communities with diverse cultures and disparate customs which guide the ownership and control of land. This is commonly referred to as the customary land tenure law. Nigeria is located on the
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AFRIBANK REGISTRARS LTD 9‚ KEFFI STREET S.W. IKOYI LAGOS |QUOTED COMPANIES MANAGED BY REGISTRAR | |· Afribank Nigeria Plc | |· Benue Cement Company | |· Goldbrew Guinea Brewries Plc
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INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ a nation endowed with natural‚ human and capital resources with a population of over 160 million people an estimated growth rate of 4.65 percent and covers 923.8 thousand square kilometers‚ about the size of California‚ Nevada and Arizona states in the United States‚ (Usman‚ 2007). Nigeria as a country‚ is the eight largest oil exporting country in the world and its oil reserves are estimated over 1000 trillion cubic feet (Usman‚ 2007). It is unfortunate that a country with
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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Public Private Partnership (PPP or simply P3) - Nigeria’s New Paradigm for infrastructure Development By Bob M. Achanya President‚ Kogi PPP Forum Cooperative‚ North Central Nigeria. Introduction Public private partnership (PPP) has recently gained prominence as a term to describe a business relationship in which public and private resources are blended to achieve a goal or set of goals judged to be of mutual benefit both to the private entity and to the public. According to the UNECE (2008)
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Assessment of the Business Environment in Nigeria THE NATIONAL DIAMOND Factor Conditions: Despite Nigeria’s substantial natural resources its infrastructure is inadequate‚ particularly its road and electricity networks‚ which are a significant obstacle to economic growth. Only 30% of the population7 has access to electricity and only 31% of the road network is paved. Shortcomings in operations and safety have given both the ports and air space a reputation as the most unsafe in the region
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A SURVEY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN NIGERIA VIZ-A-VIZ TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT P.A. Ozor Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Nigeria. e-mail paul.ozor@unn.edu.ng ABSTRACT Sustainable technology development of any economy is anchored in a sound knowledge-base for her citizens. But successful development of such knowledge-base depends on modern infrastructure‚ rule of law and functional institutions. When a society completes infrastructural
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CHAPTER THREE THE THREE ERAS OF TAXATION IN NIGERIA General Historical Overview of Taxation Taxes are as old as the history of organised human society. During the reign of the Pharaohs in Egypt tax collectors were called scribes and taxes were collected on various items including cooking oil.1 In the ancient Greek city of Athens‚ taxes were especially important in times of war. The tax imposed during times of war was known as eisphora and no one was exempted from this tax. After the war
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