MAROON INK

INTRODUCTION Underdevelopment has plunged its elongated claws into the beating heart of the Nigerian system, effectively corrupting the life source of the political body and leaving it lifeless. Nigeria has gone through various stages of metamorphosis, but unlike the circle of life where everything moves forward, Nigeria seems to be retrogressing. Resource and economic scarcity, comrade-in-arms, have hammered the final nails into the coffin waiting for the day when Nigeria will finally become a failed state. Therefore, in this article, a comparison will be drawn between the economy of the immediate post-colonial era, and the present Nigeria, including some foreign countries, how demonetization can benefit the Nigerian economy, and the factors of underdevelopment, resource and economic scarcity in Nigeria. UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA According to Walter Rodney, underdevelopment largely consists of two elements: the comparative aspect and the interaction between exploitat...

INTRODUCTION               Although Nigeria is one single nation, the presence of different and diverse ethnocultural groupings and consequently multifarious rules of customary law, makes the presence of conflict of laws problems.  Problems of internal conflict of laws arise in Nigeria whenever there is a clash between two or more different systems of customary law and the court is faced with the task of determining and choosing which of them to apply in the case before it.  This article explains which law Nigerian courts would apply in resolving internal conflicts of matters relating to inheritance or succession matters. INHERITANCE OR SUCCESSION MATTERS            To resolve conflicts related to inheritance or succession matters, the courts do this in two different ways: 1. Inheritance relating to movable properties. 2. Inheritance relating to landed or immovable properties. 1. Inheritance relating to movable...

             Many of us are satisfied with just being told the name of your hometown in simple words. You are probably not aware of your grandfather's full name, the history/ origin of your hometown, or even its customs.     In this part of the world where we live, knowing one's origin cannot be overemphasized. Your history is YOU. It is your identity. It is what makes you an African.   This article is a narration of the origin of my Paternal and Maternal, as well as the prevalent culture therein. I am a native of Umuodu-Umuakpoke Village in Ugwulangwu Community, Ohaozara Local Government Area. My maternal home is located at Okposi Okwu in Okposi Community in the same Local Government Area both in Ebonyi state.       THE ORIGIN OF THE UGWULANGWU COMMUNITY     This community has existed for over 100 years now. It originated from a hunter named Ezeoke-Chima who traveled from a far unknown distance, on a huntin...