The Cathedral and the bazaar: (de)centralising certitude in river basin management
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Two conceptual theories of river basin management are discussed.One is integrated river basin management with an apex regulatory authority that seeks hydrometric data collection and analysis to use in decisions over water allocation.This model of IRBM can be identified in trainin…
Solzhenitsyn in Confession
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One vital thread of The Gulag Archipelago is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s rediscovery of his Christian roots. This rediscovery is predicated upon suffering, which, according to Solzhenitsyn, serves as a lever for spiritual growth. However, due to Cold War realities, upon The Gulag Arc…
Visit to the Faculty of Law in the University of Jos, Nigeria
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Gerry Power was invited to go to the University of Jos in April 2006 to present workshops to the Law Faculty and other interested legal professionals on using the internet for legal research. He writes about his experiences in dealing with running online workshops whilst coping w…
EU democracy promotion in Nigeria : between Realpolitik and idealism
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Right to freedom of expression and the law of defamation in Nigeria
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Section 39(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria guarantees freedom of expression as a fundamental right. This right is also guaranteed under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. Provisions are also made in the Constitu…
MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY: SENTENCING POLICY AND THE ATTITUDE OF COURTS IN NIGERIA
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Whereas a host of penalties await a convicted offender the sentence of death stands at the apex of the categories of punishments! that are provided under the Nigerian penal laws. Death Penalty is recognized as a legitimate punishment by the Constitution? as well as by the Crimina…
EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION: THE, CASE STUDY OF PLATEAU STATE
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The above statement summed up the decision of the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo on the long ranning ethnic / religious conflict in Plateau State. Emergency rule as an exception to constitutional order may perhaps predate even the advent of written constitut…
THE AFRICAN COURT OF HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHT: RE-WORKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME OF NIGERIA
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Nigeria often referred to as the giant of Africa and also the most populous black nation in the world have not been able to convince the international community that the above mentioned appellations are not mere conjectures, infact in retrospect, they are simply superflous. What…
THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET AND THE DYNAMICS OF MODERN SECURITIES FRAUD AND REGULATION
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The trade in securities is one of the virile features of the Nigerian Capital Market. The market is comprised of several operators. These may be classified into two: in the first category are the regulatory institutions, with the Exchange. Commission (SEC) as the apex regulatory…
AN APPRAISAL OF THE CUSTODIAL RIGHTS OF AN OFFENDER IN THE NIGERIAN PENAL SYSTEM
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Imprisonment is essentially a form of punishment imposed on the offender by courts or tribunals. However, it is the sentence of imprisonment, and not the treatment accorded in prisons that constitute the punishment. This is so because offenders come to prison not for punishment b…
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF LEGITIMACY AND PATERNITY UNDER THE CHILD’S RIGHT ACT AND ISLAMIC LAW IN NIGERIA
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Children, by reason of their age, physical and mental immaturity constitutes one of the vulnerable groups in the society. They are dependants on parents/guardians who are adult for their necessaries of life. They need care, attention and guidance. They require as of right shelter…
STRIKE AS A LABOUR UNION TOOL IN NIGERIA: REFLECTIONS ON TRADE UNION ACT, 2005
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The Year 2005 brought with it the Trade Union (Amendment) Act which introduces some further elements of democracy in Unionism, as well as additional prohibition on the already prohibited work stoppages in Nigeria. It aims at regulating the relationships between labour and governm…
RESOURCE CONTROL AND THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION
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Mineral oil is said to constitute about 70% of the total national revenue in Nigeria with a Significant percentage coming from the Niger Delta Area. Prior to the discovery of mineral oil in commercial quantity, Nigeria was earning its national revenue from agricultural produce li…
Democratization and the Military in Nigeria
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Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rate, Misalignment and Export Growth in Nigeria
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This paper analyzes the effect of real exchange rate misalignment on the growth of non-oil export in Nigeria over the period 1960-2002. The paper employs an equilibrium model of the export market and a co-integration technique for the analysis. Real exchange rate misalignment is…
Promoting Social Cohesion through Education : Case Studies and Tools for Using Textbooks and Curricula
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Since 2003, the Civic Engagement, Empowerment, and Respect for Diversity (CEERD) program of the World Bank Institute has included a program on Education and Respect for Diversity. The program consists of a series of initiatives to promote tolerance and respect for diversity throu…
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GROWTH, UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA
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Nigeria is a nation that is endowed with multifarious and multitudinous resources-both human and material. However, due to gross mismanagement, profligate spending, kleptomania and adverse policies of various governments of Nigeria, these resources have not been optimally utilize…
Terrorism, pre-emptive self defence and state interests: what challenges for contemporary international legal order?
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A consideration of Terrorism and state responses under International law, looking particularly at the extended right of self defence and pre-emptive use of force that have emerged since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Article by Professor Imram O. Smith (…
Afrikanen uit Angola, DR Congo, Ethiopië, Eritrea, Nigeria en Sudan in Nederland: Een profiel
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2 Demografie 10.3 Religie 10.4 Politieke geschiedenis 11.De Nigeriaanse bevolking in Nederland 11.1 Demografische data 11.2 Toelating en verblijfsperspectief 12. Integratie in de Nederlandse samenleving 12.1 Arbeid 12.2 Scholing 12.3 Gezondheid 12.4 Huisvesting 12.5 Sociale relat…
Federalism and State Capacity in Nigeria
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Building on an existing theoretical formulation which states that the efficacy of federalism depends 0n the character of the state, this article proceed, to conceptualize and operationalize the concept of state capacity in a Nigerian case study that shows that the weak capacity o…
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