The Nigerian government should concentrate on prosecuting those mutilating the currency.
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The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
Technology enables the provision of legal services across borders.
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Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
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Systemic large scale forced abortions in Nigeria’s north-east are a new development.
Nigerian terrorists Boko Haram attracted worldwide condemnation when it kidnapped hundreds of school girls.
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Families are worried that a new Nigerian law will stop them getting their kidnapped friends or relatives back.
The consumption of alcohol and drugs can be linked with the increase in crime, violence and public disorder.
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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.
Community policing must be high on the agenda of Nigeria’s new police chief
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Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
Vendors in front of their shop in China Town, Ojota, Lagos.
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Nigeria and China should work more on the relationship between their citizens so that the two countries can continue to have good bilateral relations.
Protesters at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State during a peaceful demonstration against police brutality in Nigeria.
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There is a need for a special unit for civil-military relations as the police cannot deal effectively with protests.
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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.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari at a campaign rally ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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One year after the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, courts and not the electorate, are busy deciding actual winners of the polls.
Trafficking is a very real threat for kids in Nigeria.
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An investigation into the recruiting strategies of traffickers and their networks could be helpful in arresting this menace.
There are widespread concerns in Nigeria about vote buying and intimidation.
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Nigerians go to the polls in 2019 in an election that the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari wants to win by any means necessary.
Nigerian militants patrol the oil rich Niger delta region, the birth place of commercial kidnapping in the country.
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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.
Combating corruption is a key priority for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
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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?
The Lagos State Government has banned street hawkers from plying their trade.
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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.