Grace Akolokwu

• Professor (Associate) at Rivers State University Port Harcourt

Abstract This paper focuses on the challenges of human rights protection of women and children in course of migrations. It interrogates the various violations faced by women and children as a result of lack of obligatory responses by both the citizens and governments of the States they have migrated to in the bid to escape death and hunger from mil...

The Nigerian Coastal and Inland Shipping Act (the Cabotage Act 2003) enacted by the national Assembly is a comprehensive piece of Legislation which has the objectives of, enhancing indigenous participation in the domestic coastal trade business, transfer technical skills to Nigerians create jobs within the shipping industry, conserve foreign exchan...

Obviously, education is a major instrument for the training and upbringing of a child. It is the bedrock or foundation for other forms of training. Thus, Nigeria and the entire world have realized that the mission of a peaceful, civilized society cannot be realized without education. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amend...

Discriminatory customary practices against the protection of gender rights still thrive in many Southern African developing states despite domestic and international legal regimes to prevent them. These practices were borne out of customary inclinations of the patriarchal social system in most African communities, which hold women and the girl-chil...

This paper considers legal education in Nigeria especially the role of continuous assessment in the overall performance of teachers and students in the learning environment. It considers the issue of whether the continuous assessment policy applicable in the legal education of students in Nigeria is beneficial or detrimental and goes on to interrog...

The Directive Principles of State Policy are constitutional rights commonly made up of socio-economic and cultural rights expressed in the nature of duties, upon the state without corresponding rights to the citizens. The adoption of this concept of Directive Principles of State Policy by various countries is based on one political and or economic...

This paper argues that mortgage transactions under the Land Use Act 1978 are hazardous especially for the mortgagee whose security of interests is somewhat compromised by the provisions of the Land Use Act 1970. It examines the mortgagee as the lender in a special contract arrangement protected by law who enters into the transaction as a prudent ma...

This paper examines the application of girl-child rights in Nigeria and argues that law itself is a challenge to the application of the rights of the girl-child in Nigeria. It is the position of this paper that the rights of the girl-child in Nigeria continues to be violated despite the very many provisions of the law guaranteeing such rights in do...

ABSTRACT It is a popular saying that man is born free but is everywhere in chains. This popular saying of the great French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau explains the suffering of man generally and the child in particular in the hand of his fellow human beings. The child is the most vulnerable in the wickedness of man to his fellow man. The chil...

This paper argues that the universality of human rights relates more to the provision of such rights in various legal instruments, (domestic and international) than the practical application and enforcement of the rights. Human rights have universal application only to the extent that they are recognizable rights that every human being ought to hav...

This paper examines the fault and no-fault principles of divorce and argues that divorce laws which are hinged on the no-fault principle make dissolution of marriages easier and so unwittingly increases the rate of divorce among couples thereby destabilizing the family system with attendant consequences on both parties, the products of the marriage...

1 The Nigerian Constitution recognizes and establishes certain rights that are fundamental to its citizens. These Constitutional provisions apply to all citizens including married women. However, in spite of these provisions and the provisions in other international instruments, women still experience infringements of their rights to own property s...

Maritime business and activities are critical to any nation's development and economy as the bulk of trading in goods and services between nations are carried out by various sea vessels owned by nationals and foreigners alike on the nation 's water ways. This paper therefore examined the Nigerian Maritime environment as a key sector in the growth o...

This paper argues that the available constitutional remedies for violation of women rights are grossly inadequate, lack specificity and so are generally ineffective. It questions the efficacy of available remedies against the background of persisting violations of women rights in Nigeria. It is the position of this paper that even where such remedi...

This paper argues that surrogate motherhood should be treated as a reproductive right exercisable by any woman since it concerns her natural endowments for which she requires no pennission to put to use and to enjoy· but like every other human endeavour this right to use should be regulated by law to eschew abuse. It is the position of this paper t...

The provisions of Section 70 of the Matrimonial Causes Act gives the Court powers to make order for the maintenance of the parties and children of the marriage. By that provision parties (ie husband and wife) and the children of the marriage are entitled to the order of maintenance. This paper examines the provisions of the said Section 70 of the M...

This paper argues that there is a missing ingredient in contemporary international law with regards to the protection of inter-governmental agreements concerning the joint development of straddle reservoirs of crude oil and gas. In many oil and gas producing countries, the mineral reservoirs straddle the boundaries of multiple countries especially...

Inherent in any investment profile, whether in the financial, non-financial or real estate sectors is the idea of uncertainty as to the viability and subsequent productivity of such ventures. Credit Security transactions ultimately involve risks whether, calculable or otherwise that a businessman would naturally engage in to grow his business. Thou...

The right to education is both constitutional and internationally recognized and approved. 1 State actors are enjoined by the Constitution and various regional and international legal instruments already ratified to provide quality education and at some levels compulsory for its citizens. A proper educational system guarantees citizen's knowledge o...

Mortgage of ships in Nigeria is regulated by law. The Merchant Shipping Act of 2004 provides for mortgage of ships, excludes equitable mortgage of ships, ·stating clearly who can own ships in Nigeria and the requirements for entering into mortgage of slzip relations/zips in Nigeria. The provisions of this law raise pertinent questions of who can ac...

This paper examined the rights of the girl-child domiciled in the Niger Delta of Nigeria to dignity of the human person especially against the background of the insistence of customary law in demanding the payment of a negotiated price for the girl-child upon marriage. This work is relevant to highlight the various indignities the girl-child is sub...

This paper considers a variant of domestic violence namely wife beating as a clear act of torture and a violation of the human rights of the woman. It argues that the consequences of wife beating by a husband who by reason of his masculinity possesses more physical strength than the woman are psychological, mental, physiological and social. Going f...

Child adoption the world over is an acknowledged process recognized by law to make the child's right to a family a reality, especially, with regard to orphaned and abandoned children. Infertility of couples and the desire of such couples to have children make adoption a very attractive alternative. The very noble reasons for this age-long practice...

Customary law is a product of the culture of a particular group of people It is regulatory of the lives of the people to whom it applies as it is not uniform across the nation but particular to communities and tribes. ln carrying out the function of ensuring order in society, customary /o u • sometimes actually does great injustice to the constitut...

Nations of the world are replete with the good, the bad and the ugly. Nigeria has its share of the bad and the ugly. The fact that there are behavioural patterns described as criminal in the society is no news nor is the fact that certain persons~ both in the public and private sectors deliberately and consistently engage in acts or omissions the s...

The intendment in this exercise is to invigorate the debate on the violations of women's human rights in Nigeria. Emphasis will be placed on cultural practices and general norms and practices that work against women's human rights. The first major battle will be to create greater awareness that women's human rights are real ri~tittt. That when thes...

The use of land(realty) as a potent tool for socioeconomic advancement of the country and the Rivers State of Nigeria in particular is topical. This fact has made various governments over the ages and generations to make rules, policies and laws governing the use and protection of land to ensure the optimal use of this all important natural resourc...

Democracy has become a huge brand. It is inextricably linked to observance of Human Rights. Democratic norms have generally become the indices for classifying states as civilized or uncivilized. The parliament, a major player in a democratic setting faces numerous challenges, the major one being its ability to safeguard the national development int...

Nigeria seems to be at a cross road of some sort, the cross road of insecurity. The position challenges the enterprise called the Nigerian Nation. Security issues hit at the core of the very existence of any nation 1. In addressing the security situation in Nigeria, an attempt at a comprehensive approach will be undertaken. One of the primary oblig...

There are always two sides to a coin. These two sides have different impressions on them which may connote different things to different people thereby importing varying and varied meanings to the interpreters of the impressions. The word 'abandoned' concerns the act of giving up something or giving up all claims to a thing or an idea. According to...