Faculty Members Details
Dr. Abubakar Chifwang
Lecturer
Abubakar Ali Chifwang
Abubakar Ali Chifwang; LL.B (Hons), LL.M (Master of Laws), Ph.D. BL, is a seasoned Barrister who bagged his Bachelor and Master of Laws Degrees from the University of Jos–Nigeria in 2004 and 2008 respectively, and has been admitted to the Nigerian Bar. He obtained his Ph.D. in Law from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Abubakar has many publications to his credit; both National and International, and has presented various papers at International Conferences, Seminars and Workshops.
Barr. Abubakar worked with Atiba University, Oyo Town – Oyo State, Nigeria for a complete session as a pioneer law lecturer. He was also with Bola Ajibola College of Law, Crescent University, Abeokuta-North, Ogun State for 5 years. Abubakar has also supervised and counselled in various schools and chambers. He is presently a lecturer at Skyline University Nigeria (SUN).
Barr. Abubakar Ali Chifwang’s research areas are Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Renewable Energy Law, Natural resources Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law.
- An unconventional Clarion Call for a new Energy Order: Is Covid–19 a Blessing for the Nigerian Energy Sector? July 2020 Global Energy Law and sustainability 1.2 (2020): 149 – 155. euppublishing.com/gels. (c) Edinburgh University Press.
- Corporate Environmental Crime: Shell Nigeria | Environmental Degradation and the sustainability journey, 2003.
- An Abridged analysis of the Legal Framework for Renewable Energy in Nigeria. October, 2022.
- A Review of Laws and Policies on Renewable Energy and Development in Nigeria. May, 2022.
- An overview of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 (August 2022).
- Shell: Environmental Degradation, Human Rights Abuse and the Sustainability Journey. 2022.
- Nigeria Energy Outlook 2021.
- Appraising the Legal regime for prevention of abuse of discretionary power by administrative officers in Nigeria. October, 2023.
- Shell: Environmental Degradation, Human Rights Abuse and the Sustainability Journey, 2023.
- Nigeria Energy Outlook 2023.
- An Abridged analysis of the Legal Framework for Renewable Energy in Nigeria. October, 2022.
- 53rd Nigerian Association of Law Teachers’ Annual Conference 2022,U.K Kano. 8th – 10th February, 2022.
- Information Technology and the Law – Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abuja – (NIALS), October 2016.
- Capacity Building Workshop for Early Career & Postgraduate Researchers in SSH – University of Ibadan, April 2018.
- Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
- Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT)
- Nigerian Association of Energy Economics (NAEE)
- International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE).
STUDENT PROJECT SUPERVISION – Twenty (25) Undergraduates Students.