Case Citations

Format: Name of parties in italics [Year reported] Volume number (Part number) Page(s)

Example: Abacha v Fawehinmi [2000] FWLR (Pt 4) 533

Statute Citations

Format: Title of Act, Year, Cap Number (if codified)

Example: Child Rights Act, 2003

Example: Evidence Act, 2011, Cap 50

Book Citations

Format: Author Name, Title (Publisher Year)

Example: Bethel Uzoma Ihugba, Introduction to Legal Research Method and Legal Writing (Malthouse Press, 2020)

Journal Article Citations

Format: Author Name, 'Title' Journal Name [Year] (Volume) (Issue) Page

Example: EI Alemika, 'Criminal Justice System and Respect for Human Rights: Problems and Imperative for Reform', Human Rights Review: An International Human Rights Journal [2011] (12) (2) 25