AbstractVocational education is an education that prepares people including persons with disabilities for specific trades, crafts and careers at various levels. The need for vocational education in the face of present economic realities in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. The aim of the paper is to examine the nature of vocational education for persons with disabilities […]
AbstractThe fight against corruption in Nigeria today is one giant project that requires the participation of all and sundry for it to succeed. But the mass media being the watchdog of the society has an overriding duty to lead the war in order to ensure its success. This is for the simple reason that the […]
AbstractThe law of evidence in Nigeria is the life wire of court proceedings and it is the fulcrum that determines the fate of litigants. In fact, it is safe to say that the court is not a court of truth, it is a court of law and the umpire is persuaded on the strength of […]
AbstractA lawyer is meant to abide by the rules governing the ethics in the practice of the legal profession. The rules connote some duties. Amongst such duties is the duty to accept brief otherwise known as the Cab Rank rule. A legal practitioner therefore has a duty to accept the brief of client subject to […]
AbstractThe issue of democracy, democratization and good governance permeates all constitutional democracies in this modern era. Therefore, electoral rights require a sound and sustainable democracy upon which to thrive. The author therefore argues that in most democracies, there is a visible denial of franchise rights to citizens. The paper maintains that there are countries where […]
Abstract Energy poverty in Nigeria undermines national development. In addition, the heavy reliance on fossil fuel powered energy sources continues to devastate the Nigerian environment and to threaten ecosystem functionality. RE which provides promising alternative remains largely undeveloped. The aim of this paper was to contribute to RE development and deployed in Nigeria. The paper […]
The need to cushion the cumbersome activities in the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) with respect to the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry prompted the Nigerian legislature to introduce reforms in the petroleum industry which led to the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. Thus, the need for the creation […]
AbstractThis paper examines the freedom of the press under our laws as well as the right to freedom of Expression. It also examines the press as a polity, and the danger posed to the society and governance when there is gross and unguarded denial of these rights. The laws particularly the NBC Act 1992 as […]
Under the Igbo family system, the position of the first born is of utmost importance and it is on it that is based kingship system, chieftaincy institutions and inheritance and succession. The objective this paper is on the rule of primogeniture in the Igboland as applied in their customary law of succession. The method of […]
Despite the numerous preventive and punitive actions taken, the menace of human trafficking in Nigeria has taken an indefinable dimension in the last two decades. This paper examined the challenges of human trafficking in Nigeria including but not limited to the hectic tasks of domesticating the International Conventions, weak regulatory frameworks, poverty and unemployment, illiteracy […]
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