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Dr. Nasiru Tijani is a highly accomplished legal professional with over 34 years of experience. He is the Deputy-Director General and Head of the Lagos Campus at the Nigerian Law School. Dr. Tijani is an expert in litigation, matrimonial causes, and alternative dispute resolution. He has authored influential books on family law and constitutional law in Nigeria. Additionally, he is a Fellow of several prestigious organizations and serves as an editor for renowned legal publications. Dr. Tijani's expertise and contributions have solidified his standing as a respected figure in the legal community both nationally and internationally.

Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.) FCIArb (UK)
Fellow Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (FICMC)
Fellow Institute of Construction Industry Arbitrators (FICIArb)
Notary Public for Nigeria
Member, ICC Nigeria

Lecturer 1, Dept. of Litigation; Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus,
February 12, 2001 -September 30, 2004

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Litigation, Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus,
October 1, 2004 – October 30, 2006

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Litigation, Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus,
November 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007

Deputy Director (Academics), Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus,
October 1, 2007- September 30, 2011

Igueben Grammar School West African School,
1973 - 1978

Institute of Continuing Higher School Education, Auchi, Edo State Certificate
1979 - 1981

University of Lagos, LL.B (Hons) Akoka - Yaba
1982 - 1985

Nigerian Law School, B.L (Second Class Upper)
1985 - 1986

Date of Assumption of Duty

February 12, 2001

Date of Present Appointment

June 1, 2018

Status on Assumption of Duty

Lecturer 1

Present Position

Deputy Director-General & Head of Campus

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Professional Associations

National Association of Law Teachers

Activities within Nigeria Bar Association

Facilitator, NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Students' Mentorship

I have been involved in the teaching, supervising and mentoring aspirants to the Nigerian Bar since 2001 as lecturer in the Nigerian Law School, as Group mentor, Head of Academics and now Deputy Director-General & Head of Campus

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Igueben Grammar School West African School Igueben, Edo State. Certificate (Division 1)

1973 - 1978

Member

Committee on review of Honorarium for teaching on the Special Intensive Revision Lessons for re-sit candidates

December 2004

Abuja

West African Regional Workshop on Constitutional Immunity and Criminal Justice Administration

2008

Tijani, N

‘Institution of Criminal Proceedings - The Role of Proof of Evidence’ (2002) VOL. 6 NO. 2 Nigerian Law and Practice Journal

218-231

Publications

Dr Nasiru Tijani has published extensivly in Learned Journals, locally and internationally. Majority are open access. Below are a few of them. Click here to access more.

Tijani, N.
‘Institution of Criminal Proceedings - The Role of Proof of Evidence’
(2002) VOL. 6 NO. 2 Nigerian Law and Practice Journal,218-231

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Tijani, N
‘The Jurisdiction of Federal High Court in Actions for Damages for Passing Off’
(2005) VOL. 3 NO. 2 Nig. Bar Journal 35-50

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Tijani, N
‘Professional Discipline of Legal Practitioners and the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court’
(2005) VOL. 3 NO. 4 Nig. Bar Journal 1-12

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Tijani, N.
‘Authority to Convene a General Court Martial: Is it delegable?’
(2003 – 2006) VOL. 7 Nig. Law and Practice Journal 117-124

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Tijani, N.
‘Physicians, Patients and Blood – Informed Consent to Medical Treatment and Fundamental Rights’
In Emeka Chianu (ed) Legal principles and Policies: Essays in Honour of Justice Chukwunweike Idigbe, (Lagos, Distinct Universal Ltd 2006) 359-369

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Tijani, N.
‘The Power to Prosecute by Police Officers in Superior Courts in Nigeria’
(2010) VOL 2. Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues (The Justice Journal) 64-83.

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Tijani, N., Ashi,V.
‘The Judiciary and the Challenges of Good Governance in Nigeria: An Evaluation’
(2008) 1UNAD J.P.C.L 113-133

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Tijani, N.
‘The Power of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Disqualify a Candidate Sponsored by a Political Party from Contesting an Election: A Review of Action Congress & Atiku Abubakar v. Independent National Electoral Commission
The Appellate Review vol. 2 (2)1-15.

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Conferences

Conferences & Seminars and Workshops Attended

International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law Conference: Crossing Boundaries- Exploitation, E-Crime, Evidence & Extradition: Edinburgh Scotland UK

June 221-25,2015

International Legislative Drafting and law Reform Conference at World Bank, Washington DC July 1-2, 2015.

July 1-2, 2015.

Special Workshop on Criminal Justice Reform: The SMA Belgore Model, London UK

August 16-22,2015

Training Workshop on Fundamentals of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Abuja

16th May,2016

Distance Learning Courseware Development for ODL& E Learning: ICT Training for Resource Persons of the Online UNIBEN/NILS Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting, Abuja

May 17-18,2016

Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria & UK.: Special Workshop on Criminal Justice Reform, Croydon London UK

August 15-19, 2016.

Community Service

Service within the Nigerian Law School

Committee on 2002 Admission exercise (August 2002)

Member

Committee to investigate cases of alleged examination malpractice (February 2003)

Member

Committee on review of Honorarium for teaching on the Special Intensive Revision Lessons for re-sit candidates (December 2004)

Member

Car/Motor Vehicle Loan Committee (March 2005)

Member

Address

Academic Department, Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus

08036896134

08023198010

nasirutijani2005@gmail.com

tijani@lawschoollagos.org

Monographs

Civil Litigation Handbook (Abuja, Council of Legal Education 2022)

Criminal Litigation Handbook (Abuja, Council of Legal Education 2022)

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DR. NASIRU TIJANI

Deputy Director-General & Head of Campus,
Academic Department, Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus

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Date of Assumption of Duty

Date of Present Appointment

Status on Assumption of Duty

Present Position