Browsing by Author "Lawal, I. B."

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An appraisal of the doctrines of exhaustion, ripeness and locus standi as means to preventing frivolous action against administrative decisions in Nigeria
(2015) Lawal, I. B.; Fagbemi, S. A.
Judicial review of administrative decisions is a great weapon in the hand of judges to control administrative excesses and abuse of power. Over the years, several doctrines were developed to aid the court in the determination of whether to intervene in administrative proceedings or to tarry until a decision is reached. To checkmate abuse of power by administrative agency or inferior courts, doctrines like prohibition, certiorari, mandamus, ultravires, declaration, habeascorpus are ready tools in the hands of the judiciary. Conversely, to prevent frivolous actions from citizenry, the doctrines of exhaustion, ripeness, and locusstandi were evolved. Judicial intervention may come either at the preenforcement or post-enforcement stages. The doctrines of exhaustion, ripeness and locusstandi are pre-enforcement remedies, while doctrines like certiorari, declaration and ultravires operate' as post-enforcement remedies. This paper seeks to appraise pre-enforcement remedies. Case law is extensively used to illustrate their import.
ICPC: an analytical discourse of its practice, procedure and mechanisms
(Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, 2013) Lawal, I. B.; Onakoya, O. O
Corruption is not only antithetical to the Nigeria's economic and political development, it also manifests social injustice and is symptomatic of societal decay. The enactment of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 which creates the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is a major move by the Nigerian government to tackle the hydra-headed problem of corruption through the instrumentality of law. This paper examines the practice, procedure and mechanisms of the ICPC and offers suggestions for improvement.
The impact of itinerant scholars on the propagation of islam in Ibadan, Nigeria
(David Publishing, 2016-07) Abbas, L. O.; Lawal, I. B.
The advent of Islam in Ibadan, in about 1829, was made possible by the arrival of some Muslim scholars from the Northern part of the country. They were Igun Olorun, Ahmad Qifu and Uthman Baasunu who respectively became the first three Imams in the city. For the spread of the faith, these Mallams and their indigenous disciples adopted education and preaching methods. For education, they established Qur’anic schools in almost all quarters and villages where people were taught Arabic language to enable them perform the ritual worship. These schools were later upgraded to Madaris where standard Arabic education and culture are taught up till the present. As for preaching (da‘wah), open air services were organized where fundamentals of Islam viz.: Tawhid, Salat, Sawm, Zakat and Hajj were taught. Other ones include good neighborliness, duties of parents to children and vice versa as dictated by the Islamic law (Shari‘ah).
Rural da‘wah activities of NACOMYO and GCIAN in Oyo State, Nigeria
(2016-06) Abbas, L. O.; Lawal, I. B.
Propagation (da'wah) is believed by Muslims to be one of the core components of Islamic duties. This, the itinerant Mallams in Oyo State took it sacrosanct by propagating the Islamic message work to all the nooks and crannies of the state with a particular focus on the rural areas. Moreover, the rural-urban migration of 1970s and 80s coupled with the emergence of the electronic media, made nonsense of itinerant preaching. The situation caused a shift in focus to urban areas to the detriment of rural areas. However, the intervention of National Council of Muslim Youths Organisation (NACOMYO) and Grand Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria (GCIAN) reawakened da'wah works in villages and hamlets. Though some levels of achievements were recorded, there is still challenge of its sustainability. The paper adopts both primary and secondary sources of information as well as qualitative method for its interviews.