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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 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.Item Regulatory framework of telecommunication sector: a comparative analysis between Nigeria and Soutfi Africa(Edinburgh University Press, 2015) Araromi, M. A.Item Protecting the rights of old people in Nigeria: towards a legal reform(2015) Araromi, M. A.There are certain rights that are fundamental and should be enjoyed by everybody regardless of gender, tribe, colour, creed and age. The society sees some people as vulnerable and as such will require its protection. A category of such vulnerable in the society is the old people that need special attention because of their weak nature and low production capacity. The nature of the old people has no doubt captured the attention of the international community who offers some legal protections to them by the provisions of various treaties and conventions. The aim of this article is to consider the legislation, if any, and policy development in the care of old people in Nigeria. It therefore germane to review what the law offers to protect this category of people in Nigeria in comparison with the standard required at the international scene.Item Regulatory framework of telecommunication sector: a comparative analysis between Nigeria and Soutfi Africa(Edinburgh University Press, 2015) Araromi, M. A.Item A critical review of the regulatory framework for police accountability in the Nigeria’s justice system(The Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, 2014) Araromi, M. A.; Oke, A.The Police are recognised all over the world as one of the major instruments of enforcing law and order in society. By this function, the police are often empowered by the law to carry out this responsibility. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is constitutionally recognised to carry out the functions of policing in Nigeria. Thus, the police are endowed by the Constitution and other recognised laws with powers of surveillance, arrest, seizure, interrogation, detention, bail and prosecution of offenders, among others These powers are further expanded by the discretions enjoyed by the police in law enforcement- which include when to arrest, who to arrest, where and whom to search, and how much force to be used in any particular case. In the exercise of these wide powers and discretions, there is a natural tendency that the police personnel may act contrary to the dictates, discretions and beyond the" powers conferred by the law. Hence, there are measures put in place to checkmate the excessive or misuse of police powers, authority and discretions. There are - basically two categories of police accountability measures or framework for controlling the use of the powers conferred on the police. These may be external to the police organisational framework, or may be internal mechanisms adopted by the police authority itself to regulate its functions, in order to ensure its accountability. It is the purpose of this work to review these two methods of police accountability and determine their effectiveness and therefore suggest the way forward.