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Item The impact of corruption on internally displaced persons in North-Eastern Nigeria(College Press, Lead City University, Ibadan, 2021-12) Onakoya, O.Nigeria, a self-acclaimed most populous country of black people in Africa is not only a heterogeneous nation with not less than 300 ethnic groups and over 500 spoken languages, bin a developing country plagued with numerous challenges. The country, in over a decade now has witnessed rise in terrorism and insurgency activities by a group known as "Boko Haram' and of recent, a "splinter” group of armed herdsmen whose activities have displaced millions of Nigerians and rendered them homeless. The geo-political entity called the Federal Republic of Nigeria is divided into six geo- political zones, but the worst-hit by the activities of the insurgents is the North Eastern Zone of the country, comprising of the following States: Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) according to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, are "persons or group of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflicts, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border. As citizens of Nigeria, IDPs also deserve and entitle to constitutionally recognized rights as provided for in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). However, in spite of 'no choice’ Situation the IDPs found themselves, majority of them prefer to return back to where they were displaced front, even when the Situation they fled front still persists, or cross the border of Nigeria to any other country as refugees rat her than their continued stay at their designated camps. The aforesaid is presumably borne out of challenges such as insecurity, hunger and humanitarian crisis as a whole. This work seeks to probe into the effect of corruption and corrupt practices on the plight of the IDPs in the North-Eastern Nigeria, and its attendant consequences on Nigeria and its neighbouring countries, such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.Item Corruption as an anathema to human rights laws and practice in Nigeria(Ibadan University Press Publishing House University of Ibadan, 2019-07) Onakoya, O.Corruption. though a universal phenomenon. its menace in Nigeria is alarming as it pervades through every strata of the society with its huge adverse effects on the populace. Over the years. the incidence of corruption has grown to become a 'norm' in Nigeria, with the nation becoming a pariah state in the comity of nations. However. the practice is widely considered to have greater impact on the nation compare to its citizens, it is therefore justifiably domiciled under the Nigerian Criminal Law usually as an offence to be prosecuted by the state on behalf of its citizens. This paper therefore considers the impact/effect of both private and public corruption on the Human Rights Laws and Practice in Nigeria, with emphasis on analysis of corruption as a violation of the entrenched rights of citizens. Critical issues such as legal framework for human rights and various anti-corruption laws were examined. It is observed that successive governments in Nigeria are usually blamed for economic woes and decay in infrastructure, often attributed to incompetence and negligence while its agencies, such as Police Force. Armed Forces. banks. private persons who are active collaborators are often over-looked. The paper therefore concluded that the impact of corruption could only be holistically measured by the rate of violations of the citizens' rights as provided for by the law and same made punishable. It is further submitted that such infringement on the right of persons occasioned by corrupt practices should not only be tried as abuse of rights but also attract some form of compensation for the victims.