The carriage of goods across international boundaries involves bulk and sometimes complex transportation and therefore requires planning and the deployment of resources and logistics. In most cases, the use of sea transportation is commonly preferred. The legal issues surrounding the carriage of...

This study empirically investigates the causal relationship between mineral exploration and environmental pollution in Nigeria with specific focus on natural gas and crude oil in Niger Delta region. The model of Granger causality tests was used. Quarterly data covering 2008 and 2009 were used in...

This study contributes to the understanding of the causal relationship between gang culture, criminality and corruption in Nigeria universities where both criminality and corruption are very high complementary variables. Writers on gang culture in Nigeria universities have largely omitted the...

It is estimated that crude oil, tourism and illicit drug trade are among the top five most financially inducing business in the world. Drug cartels conducts sophisticated and well organised activities including money laundering and monitoring of large networks of their couriers. In past the...

The carriage of goods across international boundaries involves bulk and sometimes complex transportation and therefore requires planning and the deployment of resources and logistics. In most cases, the use of sea transportation is commonly preferred. The legal issues surrounding the carriage of...

This paper critically assesses whether the enactment of the Companies Act 2006 in England makes a real difference to the duties of company directors. By deducing evidence of court rulings in several cases, the paper suggests that the Companies Act 2006 was necessary to safeguard the governing...

The study explored the vacuum in pollution responsibility in the Niger Delta of Nigeria with a specific focus on the negative externalities of crude oil extraction. It evaluates the laxity of the environmental laws and regulations and, proposed an effective solution based on the Coase theorem....

There is a growing concern on the complicated nature of the enforcement of regulatory instruments with regards to the accountability of crude oil companies' offshore production activities in Nigeria. Elsewhere in the world, adequate steps are well structured to monitor compliance and enforce the...

There is no generic definition of joint venture in law. However, Black's Law Dictionary defines joint venture as a: “Business undertaking by two or more persons engaged in a single defined project. The necessary elements are: An express or implied agreement; a common purpose that the group...

The prevailing legal position in Nigeria is that, the Federal Government is the minerals interest owner whilst the rights over the surface of the lands are under the control of private individuals and communities. Therefore, it is the Federal Government that grant oil mining leases to the...