PROVOCATION AS A DEFENSE TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY: THE NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE

ABSTRACT  One of the defences open to an accused which may exculpate or mitigate him from criminal liability is provocation. The law recognizes that human beings are prone to losing their control under extreme rage and should they react violently, justice demands that account be taken of this natural tendency of theirs in inflicting punishment. The … Read more

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SECTION 144 OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION

ABSTRACT On the 23rd of November, 2009, President Musa Yar’Adua left Nigeria for treatment abroad in an undisclosed country. For the next 80 days, nobody heard from or saw the federal republic of Nigeria. Even the vice-president, Goodluck Jonathan, could not give any reasonable report of the president’s whereabouts. The activities of the federal executive council became … Read more

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAME WORK ON FOOD SUFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT One of the goals of Nigeria Agricultural Development policy is to achieve for the nation enough food sufficient for the consumption and utterly reduce the rate of dependency on imported foods, with the view of ensuring adequate and affordable food for all. This research work is aimed at evaluating food sufficiency situation in Nigeria looking at … Read more

TRUE FEDERALISM: A PANACEA FOR RAPID GROWTH IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground of the StudyNigeria claims to be practicing Federalism but the type of Federalism it is practicing is not Federalism in the real sense of its meaning.Federalism in Nigeria roots back to the amalgamation of the southern and northern protectorates of Nigeria in 1914 by Lord Lugard; though it was the Leyttleton’s constitution of … Read more

NIGERIA AND CHILD MARRIAGE LEGAL ISSUES COMPLICATIONS IMPLICATIONS PROSPECTS AND SOLUTIONS

AbstractChild marriage is often deployed as a response to crisis, considered by families and communities to be the best possible means of protecting children. Fear of rape and sexual violence, of unwanted pregnancies outside marriage, of family shame and dishonour, of homelessness and hunger or starvation were all reported by parents and children as legitimate … Read more

INTERNAL CONTROL AS AN AID TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

INTERNAL CONTROL AS AN AID TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (A STUDY OF BIASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, CROSS RIVER STATE) ABSTRACT In this study internal control as an aid to accountability in the public sector was researched on using Biase local government area, cross river state as the case study. The major objective of the study … Read more

INTERNAL AUDIT AS A TOOL IN ACHIEVING THE ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES

INTERNAL AUDIT AS A TOOL IN ACHIEVING THE ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES (A CASE STUDY OF MAINSTREET BANK OF NIGERIA PLC) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The system of controls adopted in any economy greatly determines the development and growth of that economy. To ensure optimization in money, materials, machine, time, resources and management of men, controls … Read more

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