In securing the interests of the parties to an arbitration agreement, arbitral interim measures are of considerable importance. Due to the capacity of arbitral tribunals and courts to grant and enforce interim measures that make the final award meaningful, arbitration, as a litigation procedure, is becoming increasingly effective. The value of interim measures has grown in recent years in Nigeria as more parties to commercial arrangements and transactions are requesting them, and is expected to expand even more in the coming years. This paper discusses the challenges concerning arbitral interim measures in Nigeria's arbitral proceedings; as such questions pose a challenge to arbitration in the present legal framework. The purpose of the paper is to define, examine and propose solutions to those issues that delay arbitral proceedings or sabotage the nexus of the disputes. Also, the paper illustrates the difficulties faced by arbitrators in granting and implementing interim measures during arbitral proceedings, as a result of the shortcomings of the present Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1990 that gives tribunals' rather limited control. The paper further aims to explain that arbitral tribunals should be granted sufficient and substantive power to provide arbitral interim measures to compel parties to conform with the arrangement and to respect the party's autonomy in arbitration agreements.
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