Department of Public Law

Coming Soon...

The Current Head of Department

Public Law

The Department of Public Law was established in 2002 to meet the challenges faced by the legal education in contemporary Nigeria, The department mission is to address legal political and related issues in the ever growing field of public law. 

The Department offers courses in Oil and Gas Law, Environmental Law, Mineral Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Law of Evidence and Criminal Law to mention but a  few at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level. Taking into consideration the strategic location of the University in the Niger Delta Region, the Department is poised to address the peculiar issues raised by the natural resources bestowed in this region by holding seminars / Workshops to proffer solutions to these problems. Our students are taught with modern teaching skills to enable them compete with their contemporaries all over the world. The department also has its stable the Rivers State university journal of public law.

Staff list in the Department

NameRankArea Of SpecialisationEmail
Mrs. FlorenceSeniorOil & Gas Law
Olubunmi AkaakarLecturer
Mrs. Mabel OtivboSeniorGender/Child
IzziLecturerLaw
ZacchaeusSeniorPractice &
AdangorLecturerProcedure Law
Richard AducheSeniorConstitutional
WokochaLecturerLaw
Clifford Anaele NwanyawuSenior LecturerCriminology
Chukwuma AustinAdministrative
Justus ChinwoLaw
Samuel Chisa DikeLecturer IEnvironmental
Chukwucheta Thankgod EmejuruLecturer IMaritime Law
Eberechi Jack OsimiriLecturer IIPress Law
Sylvester Sunday PopnenAssistant LecturerCriminal Jurisprudence

PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAMMES

Students of the Department are taught with modern teaching skills to enable them compete with their contemporaries all over the world. Taking into consideration the strategic location of the University in the Niger Delta Region, the Department is poised to address the peculiar issues raised by the natural resources bestowed in this region by holding seminars / Workshops to proffer solutions to these problems.

OBJECTIVE

The main Objective of the Department is to train students to address legal, political, and related issues in the ever growing field of public law.