The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
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Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
Systemic large scale forced abortions in Nigeria’s north-east are a new development.
Families are worried that a new Nigerian law will stop them getting their kidnapped friends or relatives back.
In general, intoxication is not a defence against criminal charges. There are, however, a few circumstances under which intoxication can be used as a defence.
Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
Nigeria and China should work more on the relationship between their citizens so that the two countries can continue to have good bilateral relations.
There is a need for a special unit for civil-military relations as the police cannot deal effectively with protests.
Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
One year after the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, courts and not the electorate, are busy deciding actual winners of the polls.
An investigation into the recruiting strategies of traffickers and their networks could be helpful in arresting this menace.
Nigerians go to the polls in 2019 in an election that the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari wants to win by any means necessary.
Tough socio-economic conditions, among others, make kidnapping a thriving business in Nigeria. A strong justice system along with stiff punishment for the crime are needed.
There appears to be no resolution in sight over the impasse between Nigeria’s president and the Senate over Muhammadu Buhari’s choice of chief crime buster. Who will blink first?
Street hawkers are transient, resilient and adaptive. Any attempt to evict them, they will keep changing their strategies, location and mode of operation as it is economically motivated.
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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