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With going really in-depth,some of the main sources of Nigerian law happens to be
1.Common law and Equity as handed down by the British who once colonised Nigeria.Most of the common law practises became entrenched in the Nigerian legal system as a result of British rule
2.Local Legislature:these are laws which were brought to being through the powers of the houses of assemblies in the political dispensation or edits and decrees in the military dispensation.These were laws brought in place to fit the peculiarities and meet the needs germain to the Nigerian people.
3.Custom and tradition of the people:the customs and traditions of the people were also recognised and brought into force as so far as the pass the repugnancy test,which amongst others state it must not fall foul of natural law equity and good conscience,must not be repugnant to natural justice or fall foul of the written law.
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