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  KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: RIGHT TO LIFE AND ITS ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE LAW   RIGHT TO LIFE: A FUNDAMENTAL, SACRED AND SACROSANCT  RIGHT The right to life is both sacred and sacrosanct. It is the highest and most important of all the fundamental rights being enjoyed by every human being. This sacred and fundamental right is   constitutionally guaranteed by Section 33(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended (CFRN), which provide thus: "Every person has a right to life and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a Court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria."   In C.O.P TARABA STATE & ANOR v. DABO & ANOR (2019) LPELR-47215(CA) it was stated per my noble lord, Abiriyi JCA of the Court of Appeal that fundamental human rights matters are serious matters. Allegations of breach of right to life are much more serious. The first right is ...

  THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT IN NIGERIA: A TOOL FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT OR A TOOL FOR POLITICAL PUNISHMENT                                                              BY  BAMIGBOLA,  JIMOH M. [1] INTRODUCTION Impeachment is one of the issues of regular discussion in our polity today particularly as our democracy continues to grow.  Without regard to due process, many Governors and Deputy Governors were impeached. In spite of the ouster clause in the constitution, some of the victims successfully challenged their impeachments in courts. This paper examines impeachment proceedings against the backdrop of Sections 143 (1-11) and 188 (1-11) of the 1999 consti...

Islamic Law as Customary Law: A Brief Analysis of the Two Systems of Law                                                             By Jimoh Mokanreola  Bamigbola, SAU ( Part V Student of Department of Common Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin and the Attorney General of Students’ Union Unilorin ( 2015/2016 ).  Introduction There are various arguments as to whether or not Islamic Law is customary law. One may say that the fact that called for these arguments is that some indigenous societies have adopted Islamic law as their legal system and their way of life. However in my view, to determine whether A is B, one must look deep into the characters of A and B. This shall be done in...