A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF URHOBO PROVERBS TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Dedication Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abstract CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Statement of the Problem Objectives of the Study Relevance of the Study Scope of the Study CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 The Concept of Sociolinguistics 2.1.2 The Proverb […]
Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Among Adult Donors INTRODUCTION Laboratory testing to identify HIV infection has been used throughout the world for over 20 years, and continues to be a major intervention in protecting recipients of blood and tissues (Constantine et al., 2005). Serological screening of donor blood for HIV antibodies remains a critical component in identifying […]
Hand Washing Knowledge and Practices Among Public Primary schools in Nigeria Introduction Attitudes are very influential in determining hand washing practice among children which can depend on their belief and can be regarded as determinants of people’s behavior, therefore, it is very important to modify people’s beliefs (catalina Lopez-Quintero, 2009). Caregivers’ attitude towards hand washing […]
ALGORITHM AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A PERSON BY BIOMETRIC PARAMETERS (FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION) Abstract: Fingerprints are the most widely deployed form of biometric identification. No two individuals share the same fingerprint because they have unique biometric identifiers. This paper presents an efficient fingerprint verification algorithm which improves matching accuracy. Fingerprint images get degraded and corrupted due […]
LEGAL APPRAISAL OF CHILD RIGHTS ACT VERSUS SHARIA LAW IN NIGERIA Abstract After dilly-dally for over ten years, Nigeria finally enacted the Child Rights Act (CRA) in 2003. Being a federal state, it is imperative for the various states to adopt and enact the CRA. However, sequel to the adoption of CRA by […]
Analysis of Child Rights Law Implementation in the Family Courts of Lagos State Abstract The main objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation of Child Rights Law (CRL) of Lagos State after its introduction in 2007; and to identify any challenges in the application of the justice provisions in the Family Courts. The […]
Perception of child adoption among parents/care-givers of children attending pediatric outpatients’ clinics in Enugu, South East, Nigeria Adoption could be defined as the official transfer through the legal system of all the parental rights that a biological parent has to a child, along with an assumption by the adopting parents of all of the […]
A Legal Appraisal Of Adoption Practice Under Nigeria Law Brief Introduction Up to 1965, there was no statutory basis in any part of Nigeria for the adoption of a person. This caused a lot of hardship, because even when couples took children into their household on the understanding that they were being adopted, it could […]
A LAW TO ENFORCE THE RIGHTS AND ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF THE CHILD, AND TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE ALL LEGISLATIONS RELATING TO THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD IN LAGOS STATEAND FOR OTHER CONNECTED AND INCIDENTAL PURPOSES–(28th May 2007) THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows: As from the commencement of this […]
Problems And Prospects Of Lagos State Child’s Rights Law A Study Of Social Welfare Officers Abstract The main objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation of Child Rights Law (CRL) of Lagos State after its introduction in 2007; and to identify any challenges in the application of the justice provisions in the Family […]