Ph.D Candidate and Genome Prairie (GELS) Doctoral Fellow
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Contributions in Books
Constitutional Development, 1914–1960: British Legacy or Local Exigency, in Adebayo Oyebade, ed., The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola, vol. 2. –(2003) Forthcoming, Africa World Press – (Peer Reviewed) Militarism versus Democratic Governance in Nigeria, in Toyin Falola, ed., Nigeria in the Twentieth Century (Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2002) - Peer Reviewed. [This chapter contribution was developed from a paper originally presented at the International Conference on Nigeria in the Twentieth Century held at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A (March 28-30, 2002) http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~hisweb/AfricaConference/start.html Journal Contributions Oil Wealth, Federalism and Democracy in Nigeria (November 2001) Issue 2 No. 1 of Federations –published by Forum of Federations, an International Network of Federalism, based in Ottawa, Canada. Online version available at http://www.ciff.on.ca/Publications/bv2n1/bri.htm (Peer Reviewed). Section 18 (4B) of Nigeria’s Petroleum Profits Tax Act Impacts Investors in Oil Industry, (2001) Tax Notes International (Vol. 22 No. 7) 712, co-authored with L. Salami. Withholding Tax Administration in Nigeria: The Oil and Gas Industry in Perspective, (2000) Tax Notes International (Vol. 21 No. 23) 2607, co-authored with A. Ajayi. A Casual Vacancy on the Board – the Powers of the Board of Directors under Nigerian Company Law, in The Company Lawyer vol. 21 No 10 (Nov./Dec. 2000) - a Sweet and Maxwell publication. (Peer Reviewed). Withholding Tax in Nigeria – Administration, Problems and Prospects, (2000) Tax Planning International Review, vol. 27, No. 5, p. 17 –co-authored with A. Ajayi. (Peer Reviewed). Nigeria: New Legislation for the Deep Offshore Operations (1999) O.G.L.T.R.- Issue 11 –co-authored with V. Onyenkpa. (Peer Reviewed). Admission into Membership of the Nigerian Stock Exchange: A Fight of Two Unequal - Securities & Exchange Commission V. the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1066/94, in Perspective (1995) Lawyers’ Bi-Annual Vol.2 No 2 at pp. 250-258. (Peer Reviewed). Service of Court Process: Must it be Personal or Constructive? (Case Review of Panache Communication Ltd. & 2 ORS v. Mrs. Rebecca Aikhomu (1994) 2 NWLR (Part 327) 420, in (1994) Lawyers’ Bi-Annual Vol.1 No 2 at pp 158-165. (Peer Reviewed). Newspaper Publications Obasanjo’s Impeachment Threat: An Eerie Time Bomb? – Niegeriaworld online newspaper (August 19, 2002), http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2002/aug/194.html 2. Privatization of the Mint: Controversy Extravaganza – Niegeriaworld online newspaper (August 6, 2002) http://nigeriaworld.com/letters/2002/aug/062.html 3. Mohammed Abacha’s Recent Bail Saga: How far to Eldorado? – Niegeriaworld online newspaper (July 28, 2002) http://nigeriaworld.com/letters/2002/jul/281.html 4. The Niger Delta Development Commission Bill – An Unfinished Business, [Nigerian] Thisday 20 May 2000, p. 10 5. The Law School Misadventure, [Nigerian] Thisday 31 October 1999, p. 6. Book Reviews Cynthia Day Wallace, The Multinational Enterprise and Legal Control: Host State Sovereignty in the Era of Economic Globalization - recently (Jan 2003) reviewed and accepted for publication in I.C.C.L.R. Yang-Ching Chao, Gee San, Changfa Lo, & Jiming Ho, eds., International and Comparative Competition Law and Policies ((Kluwer Law International, 2001) – recently (October 17, 2002) reviewed for and accepted for publication in International Business Lawyer Journal Donald D Carter, Geoffrey England, Brian Etherington & Gilles Trudeau, Labour Law in Canada, 5th ed. (Kluwer Law International & Butterworths, 2002) – submitted to I.C.C.L.R in August 2002 and accepted for publication Marc Benitah, The Law of Subsidies under the GATT/WTO Systems (The Hague: Kluwer, 2001), in (2002) I.C.C.L.R. Issue 10, 389 John Parkinson, Andrea Gamble & Gavin Kelly, The Political Economy of the Company (Oxford: Hart, 2000), in (2002) I.C.C.L.R. Issue 6, 251–252 Klaus Peter Berger (ed.) The Practice of Transnational Law (The Hague: Kluwer, 2001), in (2002) I.C.C.L.R. Issue 1, 53 Colin De La Rue and Charles B. Anderson, Shipping and the Environment: Law and Practice (London: LLP, 1998), in (February 2002) International Business Lawyer, Vol. 30 No. 2, 92-94 Jeffrey Kinsler, Roger Jones & Gabriel A Moens, International Trade and Business Law Annual, vol. 6 (Australia: Cavendish, 2001), in (2001) 12 I.C.C.L.R. Issue 9, 247 Charles Hollander Q.C. & Simon Salzedo, Conflicts of Interest & Chinese Walls (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2000), in (2001) 12 I.C.C.L.R. Issue 5, 172–173 J. William Rowley QC & Donald I. Baker Rowley and Baker: International Mergers - The Antitrust Process 3rd ed., vols. 1–III (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001), in (2001) 12 I.C.C.L.R. Issue 5, 171–172 Ellen Margrethe Basse, Environmental Law in Denmark (The Hague, Netherlands: Kluwer, 2000) by Ellen Margrethe Basse, in (June 2001) International Business Lawyer, vol. 29, No. 6, pp 286-288 Michael Bridges, The International Sale of Goods: Law and Practice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), in (2000) I.C.C.L.R. Issue 11, 394 Kate Brearley & Selwyn Bloch, Employment Covenants and Confidential Information: Law, Practice and Technique (London: Butterworths, 1993), in (2000) 11 I.C.C.L.R. Issue 10, 359 Unpublished Manuscripts & Conference Papers Doha Declaration: Likely Changes in the Current Intellectual Property Regime under TRIPs: Implications for Biotechnology Research in Canada (forthcoming) –GELS winter symposium, (Montreal 2003) http://www.genomecanada.ca/fsTemp.asp?l=e Biotechnology Inventions and Intellectual Property Rights Regime under TRIPs: Are the Boundaries Closed? –a paper delivered at the 6th Annual UBC Law Graduate Student conference held in Vancouver, B.C. (May 6 & 7, 2002) http://flair.law.ubc.ca/gradconf/gc2002/abstracts.htm Intellectual Property Rights over Plant Genetic Resources: Opportunities in the Current Round (Doha) of WTO Multilateral Trade Negotiations –a paper delivered at the 2002 Law and Society Association/Canada Law and Society Association conference held in Vancouver, B.C. (May 30 –June 1, 2002) http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am02/pp/pp_frames.htm [panel 1111 on “The New Property: Intellectual Property Rights in the New Economy” |
Academic Background: · Ph.D Candidate, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Graduate Studies & Research, University of Saskatchewan [with emphasis on Intellectual Property Rights; Legal, Social, and Commercial issues in Biotechnology; International Institutions in Trade Law; and International Political Economy], Jan. 2002 – present · LL.M, University of Saskatchewan, 2002
· LL.M, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1994 · LL.B (Second Class Upper Division), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, 1989
· Doctoral Fellow, Genome Prairie (GELS) Canada Project on Intellectual Property (Jan. 2002 –present). Part of GELS project team on “Creating, Managing, and Commercially Exploiting Intellectual Property” under Dr. Peter W.B. Phillips (Lead Investigator) · 2001/2002 Graduate Service Fellowship in Law, University of Saskatchewan, for academic excellence and legal publications · 2000/2001 Graduate Service Fellowship in Law, University of Saskatchewan, for academic excellence and legal publications · 2000/2001 College of Law Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan · First Recipient of the Robson Graduate Award for Academic Achievement, University of Saskatchewan – 2000/2001 · 2000/2001 Graduate Service Fellowship of the University of Saskatchewan International (Re: the International Centre for Governance and Development http://www.icgd.usask.ca/) · 2000/2001 Jack Spencer Gordon Middleton Trust Award for Graduate Students, University of Saskatchewan
· Occasional Guest Lecturer – Professor Michael Mehta’s Biotechnology and Social Change (Sociology 292.3) class, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan (September 2002–December 2002) · Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Mehta, Dr. Ken Coates, and Mr. Stephen McLeod on IT Ready program for first year undergraduate students (nicknamed: TEL project) University of Saskatchewan (Sept. 2001 –present) · Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Mehta on Encom/CANARIE project –re the use of broadband technology, such as videoconference, for research collaboration. Project undertaken in collaboration with the universities of Calgary, Ottawa, Guelph, McMaster, and Saskatchewan (Sept. 2001 –June 2002) · Graduate Teaching Assistant & Administrator, web-based class group discussion on “The Public Sphere and Public Opinion” (Sociology 323.3/898.3) class, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan. Responded to undergraduate student’s concerns in Soc 323 through online chart (communityzero) program – http://www.communityzero.com/soc323 (Jan.– April 2002) · Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. Responsibility included assisting a group of first year students with their legal research methods class, marking memos and factums, and judging the moot trial. (Fall 2001/Winter 2002) · Research Assistant to Professor Ken Cooper-Stephenson on “Constitutional Torts Damages,” College of Law, University of Saskatchewan (Dec. 2000 – March 2001) · Book Reviewer, International Commercial and Company Law Review (ICCLR), a Sweet and Maxwell publication (Sept. 1999–present) · Book Reviewer, International Business Lawyer Journal, an International Bar Association (IBA) publication (Jan. 2000–present) · Adjunct Professor, LBS–Pan African University, Lagos Nigeria. Taught Business Law to the Executive MBA class in addition to preparation of class notes [mainly case studies & mimeographs] (Oct. 1999–Aug. 2000) · Experienced Senior, Arthur Andersen (now KPMG International, West Africa), Lagos office. Hired as an Experienced Staff Assistant in January 1995 and rose to an Experienced Senior position (equivalent of Deputy Manager) before leaving on August 30, 2000, for graduate program in Canada. Responsibility included indirect taxes and customs practice, start-ups for major multinational companies, arbitration, due diligence investigation for potential investor clients, company secretarial work, contract structuring and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax planning advice and opinions, staff training, company liquidation, and liaison with corporate and tax regulatory authorities. (Jan. 1995-Aug. 2000) · Associate/Admin Counsel, Awa U. Kalu & Associates, a firm of legal practitioners with head office in Lagos, Nigeria. Responsibility included litigation, courtroom advocacy, trade and service marks’ registrations, company start-ups, mediation and arbitration, and searches at the land registry, corporate and patent offices. (Nov. 1992 –Dec. 1994). · Pupil (and later Counsel)-in-Chambers, Emeka Okoli & Co, Solicitors & Advocates of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Responsibility included drafting, vetting and analyzing commercial agreements, drafting legal opinions, general legal research for senior attorneys, and filing court processes. (Sept. 1990 –Oct. 1992).
· Member, Nigerian Bar Association. · Associate, Chartered Institutes of Taxation of Nigeria · Member, International Bar Association
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Related: · Genome Prairie (GELS) http://www.genomeprairie.ca/gels · Genome Canada http://www.genomecanada.ca · Michael Mehta, Sociology of Biotechnology - http://www.arts.usask.ca/policynut/socbio.htm · Peter Phillips, Biotechnology and Agriculture - http://www.agbio-management.org · Grant Isaac, Biotechnology Management – http://www.commerce.usask.ca/faculty/Isaac · College of Law, University of Saskatchewan - http://www.usask.ca/law · International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) http://www.upov.org · World Trade Organization (WTO) http://www.wto.org · Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.biodiv.org · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) http://www.fao.org · World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http://www.wipo.int · National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov · Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) http://www.iprcommission.org · International Development Research Centre - Science for Humanity http://www.idrc.ca Non-Governmental
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