Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf

@unilorin.edu.ng

Senior Lecturer/Department of Public Law
University of Ilorin

Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf


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Dr Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin. He is the Sub-Dean (Academic) of the Postgraduate School and formerly the Faculty of Law Representative on the Postgraduate School Board. His research interest is comparative constitutional law with respect to the digital eco-system, data protection law and regulation of emerging technologies. Dr. Abdulrauf has published several articles and chapters in international and national journals and books. He has also presented his research in various international conferences.

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Law, Multidisciplinary
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Scopus Publications

257

Scholar Citations

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Scopus Publications

  • Publisher Correction to: Quantifying intra-urban socio-economic and environmental vulnerability to extreme heat events in Johannesburg, South Africa (International Journal of Biometeorology, (2025), 69, 10, (2501-2517), 10.1007/s00484-025-02971-y)
    Craig Parker, Craig Mahlasi, Tamara Govindasamy, Lebohang Radebe, Nicholas Brian Brink, et al.
    International Journal of Biometeorology, 2025
  • Quantifying intra-urban socio-economic and environmental vulnerability to extreme heat events in Johannesburg, South Africa
    Craig Parker, Craig Mahlasi, Tamara Govindasamy, Lebohang Radebe, Nicholas Brian Brink, et al.
    International Journal of Biometeorology, 2025
    Urban populations face increasing vulnerability to extreme heat events, particularly in rapidly urbanising Global South cities where environmental exposure intersects with socioeconomic inequality and limited healthcare access. This study quantifies heat vulnerability across Johannesburg, South Africa, by integrating high-resolution environmental data with socio-economic and health metrics across 135 urban wards. We examine how historical urban development patterns influence contemporary vulnerability distributions using principal component analysis and spatial statistics. Environmental indicators (Land Surface Temperature (LST), vegetation indices, and thermal field variance) were combined with socioeconomic and health variables (including indicators on crowded dwellings and healthcare access, self-reporting of chronic diseases) in a comprehensive vulnerability assessment. Principal Component Analysis revealed three primary dimensions explaining 56.6% (95% CI: 52.4–60.8%) of the total variance: urban heat exposure (31.5%), health status (12.8%), and socio-economic conditions (12.3%). Built-up areas showed weak but significant correlations with heat indices (ρ = 0.28, p < 0.01), while higher poverty levels demonstrated moderate positive correlations with LST (ρ = 0.41, p < 0.001). The spatial analysis identified significant clustering of vulnerability (Global Moran's I = 0.42, p < 0.001), with distinct high-vulnerability clusters in historically disadvantaged areas. Alexandra Township showed the highest vulnerability(HVI score: 0.87, LST: 29.8 °C ± 0.4 °C, NDVI: 0.08 ± 0.02), with factors characterising the high vulnerability in that area including limited healthcare access and extreme heat exposure. Northern suburbs formed a significant low-vulnerability cluster (Mean HVI = 0.23 ± 0.07, p < 0.001), benefiting from greater vegetation coverage and better healthcare access. These findings demonstrate how historical planning decisions continue to shape contemporary environmental health risks, with vulnerability concentrated in areas of limited healthcare access and high extreme heat exposure. Results suggest the need for targeted interventions that address both environmental and social dimensions of heat vulnerability, particularly focusing on expanding healthcare access in identified hotspots and implementing community-scale green infrastructure in high-risk areas. This study provides an evidence-based framework for prioritising heat-resilience initiatives in rapidly urbanising Global South cities while highlighting the importance of addressing historical inequities in urban adaptation planning.
  • Cross-border data sharing for research in Africa: an analysis of the data protection and research ethics requirements in 12 jurisdictions
    Ciara Staunton, Aliki Edgcumbe, Lukman Abdulrauf, Amy Gooden, Paul Ogendi, et al.
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 2025
    Background In recent years, there has been a notable uptake in genomic and health-related research activities across the African continent. Similarly, there has been increased introduction of data protection legislation that affects the sharing of personal data, such as health data and genomic data, including for research. Many of these statutes have stricter requirements when sharing personal data across borders. Consequently, the cross-border sharing of health data, that includes genetic data, requires careful navigation of the pertinent data protection legislation, in particular concerning the sharing of such data for research purposes. To help researchers navigate these legal frameworks, 12 African countries were analysed to develop country guides on cross-border data sharing. Results Of the 12 African countries that were analysed, 10 have data protection laws in place (Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe), while two countries (Cameroon and The Gambia) do not. (At the time of the study, Cameroon did not have a data protection regulation in place. Law No. 2024/017 on the Protection of Personal Data is now in force.) With the exception of Ghana, all countries with data protection statutes had additional requirements to be met when sharing personal data across borders. Consent and adequacy are the most common grounds for justifying the sharing of personal data across borders. Conclusion Given the limitations of the current models of consent, consent is not a suitable basis to transfer large quantities of data for research. Adequacy is a common ground, but there are national differences in the implementation of this ground. Researchers must therefore analyse each national legal framework and make decisions on a case-by-case and country-by-country basis.
  • Intellectual property issues for open science practices in genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa
    Aishatu Eleojo Adaji, Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 2024
    This paper considers the applicability and implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) for open science practices in the context of genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa. The first part provides a brief background of the gaps in genomics and health research in Africa, highlighting the possible role of open science in facilitating collaborative research to address the peculiar health needs of the continent. The second part examines intellectual property protection in genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa, outlining some of the existing legal instruments and policies guiding the application of IPRs, focusing on patents and copyrights. Thereafter, the paper examined how intellectual property standards could impact the adoption of open science in genomics health research in Africa. In doing this, the paper considers the role they could play as enablers of open science practices in genomics health research and innovation and the potential challenges they pose. The paper concludes with recommendations regarding aspects of the intellectual property policies and legal frameworks in Africa that could be calibrated to overcome potential challenges and, thereby, stimulate the adoption of an open science model and promote open, collaborative genomics health research and innovation in the continent.
  • Clarifying the legal requirement for cross-border sharing of health data in POPIA: Recommendations on the draft Code of Conduct for Research
    L Abdulrauf, A Adaji, H Ojibara
    South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2024
    The draft Code of Conduct for Research is an important initiative towards assisting the scientific community in complying with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). However, its approach towards cross-border data sharing should be reconsidered to clarify the ambiguities inherent in the legal requirements for the cross-border sharing of health data in the POPIA. These ambiguities include the concept of ‘transfer of information’, the application of adequacy as a legal mechanism for transfer, the nature of consent for cross-border sharing and the scope of the recipient third party. We suggest that the draft Code of Conduct for Research can be improved by: Explaining or defining the concept of ‘transfer of information’ and when it applies to cross-border sharing in research Clarifying the application of adequacy as a legal mechanism for transfer vis-à-vis the other alternatives Expanding on the interpretation and application of consent as a legal mechanism for cross-border transfers Expanding the category of persons who may be recipients of personal information in a third country
  • Response to Brand et al. (2022) ‘Data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies’
    Donrich Thaldar, Lukman Abdulrauf, Paul Ogendi, Amy Gooden, Dusty-Lee Donnelly, et al.
    South African Journal of Science, 2023
  • Giving ‘teeth’ to the African Union towards advancing compliance with data privacy norms
    Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
    Information and Communications Technology Law, 2021
    That international organizations have always played a pivotal role in the development and advancement of data privacy norms is now beyond doubt. With regard to advancing compliance specifically, the role of international organizations cannot be overemphasized. Although data privacy is no longer new to Africa, compliance with data privacy norms has been significantly lower compared to other jurisdictions. A (possible) explanation for this is that the primary regional organization on the continent – the African (AU) – has played an insignificant role in this regard. Related to this explanation is the usual contention that the absence of a settled normative standard is a reason for the low level of compliance. Since there is now a continental data privacy standard in Africa - the AU Data Protection Convention - the question remains why is compliance still low. Therefore, using insights from the normative and institutional theories of state compliance with international norms, the article examines why there is still a low compliance rate. The article then suggests how to strengthen the AU towards advancing compliance with data privacy norms on the continent.
  • MANAGING COVID-19 IN A ‘FAÇADE FEDERALISM’: The case of Nigeria
    Lukman Abdulrauf
    Comparative Federalism and Covid 19 Combating the Pandemic, 2021
    Managing Covid-19 has been a challenge for countries, such as Nigeria, with poor infrastructure and a weak health-care system. Nigeria was not prepared for a pandemic of this magnitude when Covid-19 struck. Deploying the necessary resources in controlling the spread of the pandemic therefore meant the federal arrangement would be put to test. Thus, the pandemic presented an opportunity to re-assess Nigeria’s federal governance system given the recent resurgence of the clamour for restructuring. While federalism was originally put in place in the country to bring together diverse ethno-religious interests, recent events now reveal that there are deeper issues which federalism ought to address and which are left unattended. This chapter aims at examining Nigeria’s multi-government level response to Covid-19. It finds that the practice of federalism in the country is dysfunctional and this is made more apparent by the handling of the pandemic which revealed more centralisation of powers and the diminishing role of federating units. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Nico Steytler.
  • Using Specialised Anti-Corruption Agencies to Combat Pervasive Corruption in Nigeria: A Critical Review of the ICPC and EFCC
    Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
    African Journal of Legal Studies, 2020
    The use of specialised anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) to combat corruption is increasingly popular among African countries. This is no surprise considering the successes these agencies have recorded elsewhere in the world, on the strength of which they have been described as ‘the most innovative feature of the anti-corruption movement of the last two decades’. Yet while ACAs have been successful in other parts of the world, the same cannot be said of those in Africa generally and Nigeria in particular. Even with two ACAs – the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – corruption continues to soar in the country, making it necessary to examine the flaws of Nigeria’s ACAs. Focusing on a number of key characteristics of ACAs, this article analyses the role of the ICPC and EFCC in combating corruption in Nigeria. The main question the article seeks to answer is why corruption should be on the increase despite the fact that two specialised ACAs have been in existence for close to two decades.
  • Comparative overview of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in Africa
    Charles Manga Fombad, Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
    African Human Rights Law Journal, 2020
    The need to act swiftly in times ofemergency gives governments a reason to exercise emergency powers. This is a legally valid and accepted practice in modern democracies. Post-independence African constitutions contained provisions that sought to regulate states of emergency, placing the emphasis on who could make such declarations and what measures could be taken, but paid scant attention to the safeguards that were needed to ensure that the enormous powers that governments were allowed to accrue and exercise in dealing with emergencies were not abused. As a result, these broad powers were regularly used to abuse fundamental human rights and suppress opponents of the government. In the post-1990 wave of constitutional reforms in Africa, some attempts were made to introduce safeguards against the misuse of emergency powers. This article undertakes a comparative assessment of the extent to which these reforms have reduced the risk that the exercise of emergency powers poses to human rights and progress towards constitutionalism and respect for the rule of law, especially in times of global pandemics such as COVID-19. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of the constitutional reforms designed to check against the abuse of emergency powers. In most African countries, governments in dealing with the virus decided to act within the legislative framework, which subjects them to few checks rather than rely on the constitutional frameworks which in most cases provide for more elaborate checks. It is clear from the experiences of the past few months that most African constitutions never anticipated an emergency of such magnitude. The article concludes by arguing that one of the major lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that there is a need to review the constitutional and regulatory framework for the exercise of emergency powers to better prepare for future pandemics.
  • Personal Data Protection in Nigeria: Reflections on Opportunities, Options and Challenges to Legal Reforms
    Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf, Charles Manga Fombad
    Liverpool Law Review, 2017
  • The African Union’s data protection Convention 2014: A possible cause for celebration of human rights in Africa?
    Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf, Charles Manga Fombad
    Journal of Media Law, 2016

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Intellectual property issues for open science practices in genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa (vol 11, lsae026, 2024)
    AE Adaji, LAA Abdulrauf
    JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE BIOSCIENCES 12 (2) , 2025
    2025
  • Assessing the Need for a National Action Plan on Digital Rights in Nigeria
    L Abdulrauf, B Adedayo, R Farinu
    https://paradigmhq.org/report/26798/ , 2025
    2025
  • Cross-border data sharing for research in Africa: An analysis of the data protection and research ethics requirements in 12 jurisdictions
    C Staunton, A Edgcumbe, L Abdulrauf, A Gooden, P Ogendi, D Thaldar
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences 12 (1), lsaf002 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 13
  • The Complex Path to Digital Constitutionalism in Africa: Colonial Legacies, Platform Power, and the Struggle for Accountability
    L Abdulrauf
    2024
  • INDEPENDENCE OF DATA PROTECTION
    AIN AFRICA
    Data privacy law in Africa: Emerging perspectives, 355 , 2024
    2024
  • Data privacy law in Africa: Emerging perspectives
    LA Abdulrauf, H Dube
    Pretoria University Law Press , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Intellectual property issues for open science practices in genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa
    AE Adaji, LA Abdulrauf
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences 11 (2), lsae026 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Clarifying the legal requirement for cross-border sharing of health data in POPIA: Recommendations on the draft Code of Conduct for Research
    L Abdulrauf, A Adaji, H Ojibara
    South African journal of bioethics and law 17 (1), 44-48 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
    AIN AFRICA
    DATA PRIVACY LAW IN AFRICA, 355 , 2024
    2024
  • VIRTUAL PROCEEDINGS, FAIR HEARING & ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE EMERGING JURISPRUDENCE
    MT Adekilekun, AO Ugowe, LA Abdulrauf, IA Abikan
    ESUT PUBLIC LAW JOURNAL 4 (1) , 2023
    2023
  • Response to Brand et al.(2022)'Data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies'
    D Thaldar, L Abdulrauf, P Ogendi, A Gooden, DL Donnelly, B Townsend
    South African Journal of Science 119 (11-12), 1-3 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Response to Brand et al.(2022)‘Data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies’
    L Abdulrauf, P Ogendi, A Gooden, DL Donnelly, B Townsend
    2023
  • Change of Ethinc Nationality with the Accompanying Personal Law in Nigeria Chances and challenges
    HO Ijaiya, IA Abdulqadir, MK Imam-Tamim, LA Abdulrauf, RF Mahmoud, ...
    Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT) , 2023
    2023
  • A data transfer agreement template for South Africa (1.0). Zenodo
    L Swales, P Ogendi, M Botes, B Townsend, DL Donnelly, L Abdulrauf, ...
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Online criminal justice: Challenges and prospects for the administration of justice in Nigeria
    LA Abdulrauf
    Challenges of Dispensation of Justice in the 21st Century Nigeria: Legal … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Managing COVID-19 in a ‘façade federalism’: The case of Nigeria
    L Abdulrauf
    Comparative Federalism and Covid-19, 355-372 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Nigeria: Legal Response to COVID-19
    LA Abdulrauf, AE Adaji
    Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to COVID-19 (OUP 2024) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Giving ‘teeth’to the African Union towards advancing compliance with data privacy norms
    LA Abdulrauf
    Information & Communications Technology Law 30 (2), 87-107 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • The (Potential) Economic Impact of Data Localisation Policies on Nigeria's Regional Trade Obligations
    L Abdulrauf, Abe, Oyeniyi
    https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/faculties-and-schools/commerce … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • States of emergency and the rule of law under contemporary African constitutions: A comparative analysis
    LA Abdulrauf
    Journal of Comparative Law in Africa 8 (1), 67-101 , 2021
    2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Giving ‘teeth’to the African Union towards advancing compliance with data privacy norms
    LA Abdulrauf
    Information & Communications Technology Law 30 (2), 87-107 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • Using specialised anti-corruption agencies to combat pervasive corruption in Nigeria: a critical review of the ICPC and EFCC
    LA Abdulrauf
    African Journal of Legal Studies 12 (3-4), 215-241 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 25
  • Personal data protection in Nigeria: Reflections on opportunities, options and challenges to legal reforms
    LA Abdulrauf, CM Fombad
    Liverpool Law Review 38 (2), 105-134 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 25
  • The African Union’s data protection Convention 2014: a possible cause for celebration of human rights in Africa?
    LA Abdulrauf, CM Fombad
    Journal of Media Law , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 20
  • Nigeria’s Emergency (Legal) Response to COVID-19: A Worthy Sacrifice for Public Health?
    L Abdulrauf
    Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 15
  • Comparative overview of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in Africa
    CM Fombad, LA Abdulrauf
    African Human Rights Law Journal 20 (2), 376-411 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 15
  • The implementation of modern African constitutions: Challenges and prospects
    CM Fombad, NA Inegbedion, TR Maseko, L Abdulrauf, T Chigwata, ...
    PULP , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 15
  • Customary arbitration in Nigeria: a review of extant judicial parameters and the need for paradigm shift
    MM Akanbi, LA Abdulrauf, AA Daibu
    J. Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol'y 6, 199 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 14
  • Cross-border data sharing for research in Africa: An analysis of the data protection and research ethics requirements in 12 jurisdictions
    C Staunton, A Edgcumbe, L Abdulrauf, A Gooden, P Ogendi, D Thaldar
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences 12 (1), lsaf002 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 13
  • The legal protection of data privacy in Nigeria: lessons from Canada and South Africa
    LA Abdulrauf
    PQDT-Global , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Do we need to bother about protecting our personal data?: Reflections on neglecting data protection in Nigeria
    LA Abdulrauf
    Yonsei LJ 5, 163 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 9
  • Clarifying the legal requirement for cross-border sharing of health data in POPIA: Recommendations on the draft Code of Conduct for Research
    L Abdulrauf, A Adaji, H Ojibara
    South African journal of bioethics and law 17 (1), 44-48 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Data Protection in the Internet: South Africa
    LA Abdulrauf
    Data Protection in the Internet, 349-370 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 7
  • Managing COVID-19 in a ‘façade federalism’: The case of Nigeria
    L Abdulrauf
    Comparative Federalism and Covid-19, 355-372 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • A data transfer agreement template for South Africa (1.0). Zenodo
    L Swales, P Ogendi, M Botes, B Townsend, DL Donnelly, L Abdulrauf, ...
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • The (Potential) Economic Impact of Data Localisation Policies on Nigeria's Regional Trade Obligations
    L Abdulrauf, Abe, Oyeniyi
    https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/faculties-and-schools/commerce … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • The challenges for the rule of law posed by the increasing use of electronic surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa
    LA Abdulrauf
    African Human Rights Law Journal 18 (1), 365-391 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 5
  • New technologies and the right to privacy in Nigeria: evaluating the tension between traditional and modern conceptions
    LA Abdulrauf, AA Daibu
    Nnamdi Azikiwe UJ Int'l L. & Juris. 7, 113 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 4
  • Data privacy law in Africa: Emerging perspectives
    LA Abdulrauf, H Dube
    Pretoria University Law Press , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Intellectual property issues for open science practices in genomic-related health research and innovation in Africa
    AE Adaji, LA Abdulrauf
    Journal of Law and the Biosciences 11 (2), lsae026 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3