PURCHASE 6500 A study of the negative influence of ICT on the academic performance of junior secondary school students. A CASE STUDY OF PORT HARCOURT, RIVER STATE NIGERIA Abstract The paper examines negative influence of ICT on the academic performance of junior secondary school students. Eight schools in Port Harcourt,Rivers State, Nigeria were selected for […]
TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE IN NIGERIA AND CAMEROON: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Abstract: Tax evasion and avoidance remains one of the greatest problems plaguing tax administration in Nigeria and Cameroon. These problems have tended to defeat some of the fiscal policies of both countries such as the ability to transfer part of the excess resources from […]
FEDERAL/STATE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN NIGERIA BETWEEN 1979 – 1903: THEIR GENESIS, EVOLUTION AND SOLUTION Abstract: This thesis aim at discussing the major problem of federalism in Nigeria under the Presidential Constitution which stems from the lack of proper understanding among the leaders of the principle behind the federal system, as manifested in the intense rivalry, […]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM UNDER THE 1979 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Abstract: The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse and appraise the constitutional basis of Local Government in Nigeria. Chapter One discusses various definitions of local government in Nigeria, but more particularly its definition as entrenched in the Guidelines to local […]
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF LEBANON) Abstract: With my study of International Law and seven months service at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIPIL) Headquarters, I was inspired to take a second look at the UN Peacekeeping efforts there. As a staff officer at the Operation branch of UNIFIL HQ, […]
THE ROLE OF AFRICAN UNION (A.U.) IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA Abstract: Since the transformation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to African Union (A.U.) various measures were adopted by the newly formed organization to promote peace and security in the African continent, apart from the efforts of the United Nations (UN) […]
REGIONALISM WITHIN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER: A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE Abstract: On lsl May, 1974, the United Nations General Assembly at the sixth special session passed and adopted Resolutions 3201 and 3202; entitled the establishment of the New International Economic Order (NIEO) and programme of action on the New International Economic Order (NIEO) respectively. On […]
THE RELEVANCE OF QIYAS (ANALOGICAL DEDUCTION) AS A SOURCE OF ISLAMIC LAW IN CONTEMPORARY TIME Abstract: Islamic Law covers every sphere of human endeavor. It comprises of the primary and the secondary sources of Law. The former consists of the Qur’an and the sunnah, to which all the jurists are at ad-idem. Qiyas is the […]
APPLICATION OF SOME EQUITABLE MAXIMS IN NIGERIA Abstract: One of the objectives of law is to achieve or ensure social justice in the society, but law may not necessarily achieve this in every case. Jegede has attributed this inability of law to do justice in every case to the fact that “every case present different […]
THE PLEA OF INSANITY IN NIGERIAN LAW Abstract: “The misery of the insane more thoroughly excites our pity than any other suffering to which humanity is subject* but it is necessary that the madness should be acknowledged to be madness before the pity can be felt”1. Basically, two principles may be said to underlie the […]