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Item Political corruption through misappropriation of covid-19 funds and reliefs in Nigeria(Faculty of Law, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, 2020) Adeyemo, D. D.The year 2020 remains a year cast in global history for the sudden onset of a deadly disease which shut down nations of the world and imposed huge economic effects. The Covid-19 pandemic predisposed many countries, including Nigeria, to splurges in public spending to alleviate economic hardship imposed by the pandemic. Consequently, allegations of political corruption and misuse of public funds was rife in the political landscape. Over 1 billion dollars was allegedly drawn from both external and foreign sources for government spending towards Covid-19 pandemic mitigation funds. By late 2020, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook became awash with gory stories of hoarded and fraudulently converted relief materials by political and public leaders. While Nigeria has an established legal framework in combating corruption generally, it has been shown by previous studies that the legal framework has not achieved much in combating the menace of corruption from a legal standpoint. Much of the existing legal framework is reactive rather than proactive. With respect to Covid-19 response funds, emergency assistance loan to the government from international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was conditioned upon certain terms such as external and periodic audit to forestall the possibility of misappropriation and corruption. It remains to be known how far effective the terms have been. Given the nature of the allegations of corruption, would the existing legal framework apprehend the dimension of political corruption elicited by Covid-19 pandemic? This paper examines the subject of political corruption in Nigeria within the context of Covid-19 pandemic. It adopts a purely doctrinal and desktop legal research approach in analysing the existing laws on corruption and the emerging dimensions of political corruption introduced by Covid-19 induced public corruption. It proposes a more proactive approach to the subject of political corruption in Nigeria through accountability and transparency in public spending and non-legal approach which incorporates the role of non-governmental organisations.Item Jurisdiction to prescribe in cybercrime: an appraisal of the law(2010) Araromi, M. A.Cybercrime has become a phenomenal subject matter that has captured the interests of all sovereign states the world over. It is a crime that has peculiar characteristic which makes it different from other traditional crimes. The nature of cybercrime is such that its commission does not give recognition to physical borders or territorial integrity and therefore opens it up to multijurisdictional interests. The queer nature of the crime therefore requires the resolution of conflicts of interests of the States which have connections in one way or the other to the commission of such crime. This work examines the basic principles of jurisdiction in international law to determine the extent of their applicability to cybercrime.Item Contractual liabilities in software transactions: an overview(2009-06) Araromi, M. A.Software technology has taken an important position in the information technology environment. Basically, computing equipment may be useless without putting the softwares to drive it in place. The development of software has therefore taken a centre stage in the information technology market. The importance of computer in the society cannot be underestimated, as virtually all organizations, trades and professions cannot operate efficiently without having something to do with computers. Most of these organizations, trades and profession sometimes need customized softwares to drive their computers. No' doubts, software development seems to be a money making ventures, especially for experts in this field. However, this juicy advantage may turn into a daunting nightmare for unguarded software developer who may not understand the legal terrain in which he operates. It is on this note that the probable liabilities software developers may incur in the process of plying his trade are discovered and discussed in this work.Item Electronic banking system in nigeria: possible clogs in the wheel(2009) Araromi, M. A.Banking system has gone beyond the traditional brick and mortal bank where every banking transaction has to be carried out with paper cash and where the presence of the parties to the transaction are always required. With the introduction of the electronic banking system most of the activities being carried out inter praesentes are now being done through electronic media. Some concepts of electronic banking system are discussed in this paper and some basic challenges which may constitute clogs to the wheel of progress of this system are revealed in general term with the purpose of suggesting the way forward.Item International copyright dimension of internet publications: an overview(2009) Araromi, M. A.In the past few decades, there has been explosion in the use of the Internet. Many things that are done traditionally are now being taken over by sophisticated gadgets, which allow prompt, easy and efficient delivery of goods and services. Moreover, the Internet also serves as a platform for researches in almost all the fields of human endeavour. It is not surprising therefore that the Internet, given its international status of accessibility, constitutes an international field, which cannot only be studied, or confine to a particular locality. It is based on this nature of the Internet that attempt is being made to give a legal analysis or overview of copyright protection of materials or works uploaded into the Internet. This study is embarked upon to consider the seamless nature of the Internet in the face of national copyright protection granted to works created in each country and which has no extra territorial application.Item Federal constitutional and statutory rights of teachers(Department of Educational Management, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2008-01) Araromi, M. A.The purpose of this paper was to consider some rights and freedoms of teachers in Nigerian jurisdiction. The study was aimed at observing some basic constitutional rights and freedoms of teachers in Nigeria. Certain statutory provisions covering the rights and freedoms of teachers in Nigeria were also looked into. It was observed that most of the rights and freedoms of teachers were not hitherto separated or distinguished from the basic rights and freedoms of other workers within the jurisdiction. The study went further to also observe some rights and freedoms of teachers in the United States of America, which is a developed nation vis - a- vis Nigeria, which is yet developing. The rights and freedoms of teachers in the US were couched in specific and general provisions of laws in that jurisdiction, and this could be seen to be protected under various constitutional provisions, states and federal statutes, and states and federal regulations. Though the two nations shared some common grounds as far as teachers' rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities were concerned, there were yet some areas of diversity which might be due to various norms, values and policies esteemed by each nation.Item Moratorium on proliferation of small arms and light weapons and communal conflicts in Nigeria(Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, 2017-06) Araromi, M. A.; Adejumo, O. I.; Olaniyan, K. O.; Adigun, M.; Adeyemo, O. D.Item Modes of corporate liability for money laundering and financing of terrorism(Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, 2016-05) Aina, K.; Akinbola, B. R.; Osuntogun, A. J.; Araromi, M. A.; Oniemola, P. K.; Adigun, M.; Adeyemo, D.In this study, corporate liability in respect of money laundering and the financing of terrorism will be examined. The paper discusses the concept of corporate liability. The third part discusses terrorism which is further divided into five segments. The first segment traces the history of terrorism. The second segment discusses issues in defining terrorism. The third segment discusses the definition of terrorism in Nigeria while the fourth segment catalogues some terrorist activities in Nigeria. The fifth segment discusses cyber terrorism as a distinct form of terrorism. The fourth part of the study discusses money laundering together with the financing of terrorism. The paper advocates a shift of focus from theoretical debate to practical issue of utility and concludes that corporate governance must make meaningful impacts on the life of all the stakeholders.Item The practice of federalism under the constitutions of Nigeria, United States of America and Australia(Princeton & Associates Publishing Co. Ltd., Lagos, 2022-09) Araromi, M. A.The concept of federalism is an unsettled phenomenon in political and legal disciplines; though many writers have common areas of agreement as to what the basic principles of federalism entail. This chapter is meant to consider the concept of federalism and some of its components with the aim of determining the true features of the concept. The chapter further considers the practice of federalism in the United States of America, Australia and Nigeria with the purpose of comparing these with the basic requirements of federalism. The chapter finds that though there is no perfect practice of federalism in the three countries but there is a real legal and Constitutional template for a true practice of federalism in the United States and Australia even though there are some areas of concession or compromise by the federating units and the courts giving extensive interpretation of the scope of powers of the central government under some omnibus provisions. In Nigeria, on the other hand, the Constitutional structure of power does not really reflect a true federal arrangement. However, the country continues to struggle for survival as a unit under this lopsided arrangement.Item The quandary of legal right to education and the quota system policy of tertiary institutions admission in Nigeria(Ibadan University Press, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2017) Araromi, M. A.