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Smaranda Olarinde
Smaranda Olarinde is a Nigerian professor of Law, President of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers and incumbent Provost (education), Vice chancellor of Afe Babalola University. In 1995, she served as UNICEF's legal researcher for Niger State, Niger and Oyo State. Career Mrs. Olarinde has over three decades of cumulative experience as a law teacher, academic, researcher and legal practitioner. Her legal background, in both civil law (common law), civil law (Romania) and common law (Nigeria) systems, adds to her diverse multidisciplinary profile. Her focus has been on women, children and young adolescents rights and protection. In 1989, she was a legal researcher for International Development Research Centre, IDRC on land tenure and access to land for women. She also served as a legal researcher for the World Bank on law development and the status of women (1990) and towards a gender strategy in Nigeria (1992). She was a member of the “Think Tank, think tank” for the lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |