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  T he Association of Judges of Customary Courts of Nigeria (AJUCCON) Abuja –FCT Chapter on Wednesday 28 th September 2022 at the Bukhari Bello Auditorium of the National Human Rights Commission, Maitama Abuja unveiled the maiden edition of the AJUCCON LAW JOURNAL. The Maiden Edition is published in honour of Late Hon. Justice Moses A. Bello the Pioneer President of the Federal Capital Territory Customary Court of Appeal. The AJUCCON LAW JOURNAL is peculiar because it is a move in the direction of exceptional excellence, continuing legal education and general public enlightenment. Among others on the Editorial Advisory Board are: Professor M.T. Ladan, DG Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Professor Abubakar O. Sulaiman, DG National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies  Aliyu Omeiza Saiki, SAN Benedict Agu, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, Secretary Association of Legislative Drafti...

T he legal framework and structural reality of every sector of human interaction is important in understanding the dynamics of progress and development. An effective understanding of the workings of government institutions makes for better policy implementation through a conscious and consistent preservation of excellence in accountability. It is not fallacious to accept the fact that an improved or truly developed system is perfectly pictured through the applicable laws that govern choices and decisions. This is to say that the standard of laws regulating different realities directly shape the definition of the confines of those realities. Be it native laws and customary practices or codified statutory provisions, the truth about the dynamic nature of laws and effective legal frameworks make for perfectly desirable realities. Interpretation of laws come with a dimension of legal expertise that cannot be underrated because the spirit and purpose of every piece of legislation is structu...

SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE AT LITTLE COST AND TIME: THE PECULIARITY OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY CUSTOMARY COURTS                                                             BY                                       HON. EHUSANI ABEL SIMPA * INTRODUCTION   Unity in diversity has been the most desirable expression of the preferred reality in Nigeria. With 36 state and the Federal Capital Territory, this great country has a population so colorful with peculiarities inherent in different languages, custom, cult...