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Original Article July 3, 2026

Beyond Welfare Rhetoric: A Doctrinal Appraisal of Child Custody After Dissolution of Marriage in Nigeria - The Obio-Akpor Experience

Priscilla Nkechinyere EBERECHI

The dissolution of marriage generates complex legal, social, and emotional consequences, particularly for children who often emerge as the most vulnerable parties in custody disputes. This article critically examines the legal framework governing child custody after dissolution o...

Child Custody Dissolution of Marriage Welfare Principle Best Interest of the Child Nigeria Obio-Akpor Child Welfare Principle Nigerian Family Law

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Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2026

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1-19

DOI

10.67588/0001

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Original Article April 9, 2026

A Legal Analysis of the Role of Host Communities in Environmental and Natural Resources Management in Nigeria

Lolo Isaiah Opuende

It is beyond doubt that the local communities play pivotal role in environmental and natural resources management. The role of local communities in environmental and natural resources management, national economy and in ecology was emphasized in the 1988 National Forest Policy, w...

International Environmental Law Keywords: Host Communities Local Communities Environment Management Natural Resources Pollution Damage

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Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2026

Pages

Forthcoming

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.20309306

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Original Article April 9, 2026

‘Supremacy’ of the Constitution of a Political Party: A Philological Incongruity or a Legal Actuality

Hildagard C. Desmond-IhekairePh.D, MCArb, and Jessica A. Ajonumah Andrew-Jaja, ACIArb (UK)

By virtue of their membership, members of a political party surrender their rights to the guidelines of the party. However, it may be impossible not to acquiesce to the dictates of the powerful elites in oligarchic settings, which a political party represents. As principal instru...

Political Party Constitution Party Supremacy Democracy

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Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2026

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Forthcoming

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Original Article January 9, 2026

Court Congestion and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Cancerous or Curable?

Omoniyi Bukola Akinola, Faith Modupe Akinola

The menace of court congestion is one of the challenges bedeviling the Nigerian Judicial System that calls for concerted efforts among stakeholders in tackling the adverse effect at all levels. Many scholars, judges, lawyers as well as litigants have decried the malady of this ca...

Access to Justice Court Court Congestion Judiciary

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Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2026

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Forthcoming

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47 views / 19 downloads

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Case Comment January 9, 2026

Parental Order as an Affirmation of Legal Percentage in Gestational Surrogacy Cases-A Review of Re: Olatunde

Amarachi Chizaram Okonkoh, Martina A. Ebikake-Nwanyanwu

On 29 November 2021, a Nigerian Court in the matter of Re: Olatunde, delivered judgment conferring parental rights in respect of a child born pursuant to a gestational surrogacy arrangement, on the intending parents. The decision in Re: Olatunde is perhaps the only known case whe...

Surrogacy Parental Order Legal Parentage Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2026

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Forthcoming

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