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» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate an examination of youth crime in new Nyanya Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. To achieve this objective, two research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well structured questionnaire ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF STUDY According to World Health Organization (WHO), substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs. Psychoactive substance use can lead to dependence syndrome which is a continuous, repeated and persistent use of the substance despite its harmful consequences; leading to a high priority being given to...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Man’s insatiable want and competition for virtually all necessities of life has often pitched him against his neighbours and his environment. This situation is further complicated by the inadequacy of life’s needs such as shelter, food and security. All these have combined to precipitate disasters, conflicts and crises. Implicitl...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Financial malpractices in the banking industry simply refer to all forms of ill practices perpetrated in the banking by the staff or outsiders. Such acts are fraudulent which erode the capital base of the affected banks and no bank for now is safe from it only that the magnitude in some cases is mi8nimal compared to others. Due to diverse effects of these fraudulent acts, various forms of...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The continuous discussion on the issue of domestic violence today has increased overtime; domestic violence has negatively affected the activities and the common workplace productivity of people. Domestic violence can simply be defined as the continuous abuse of the right of any citizen in their various homes intentionally which in turns causes ...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Obviously, something is going on in today’s society if more and more children are committing delinquent crimes. Sometimes a researcher has to get to what he or she thinks is the root of the problem to figure out what spawns a certain issue. What provokes a child to become delinquent and what makes the child gravitate so easily towards this lifestyle? This study explores how family l...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The criminal justice system in Nigeria with particular reference to Abia State is made up of three distinctive inter dependent components viz.; the police, the courts and the prisons. These agencies work in synergy in the prevention, deterrence, apprehension, investigation, trial, punishment and rehabilitation of offenders. The said public agenc...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study According to Adebajo, (2014) the administration of ex President Goodluck Jonathan can at present be described as underperforming, and evaluation of its performance shows in quite a lot of sectors. This also could be described as unfortunate for a government which came to power on the back of popular aid, then had less public goodwill in its earl...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The main aim of establishing the prison institution in all parts of the world including Nigeria is to provide a rehabilitation and correctional facility for those who have violated the rules and regulations of their society. However, the extent to which this maxim is true in practice has been a subject of controversy. A casual observation of the population that goes in and out of the pris...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This section of the study presents a brief outline of the research, the problem and objective of the research. It goes further to explain research questions, delimitation and structure of the study. 1.2 Background of Study Thomas Friedman (2007,8) described in his book entitled, “The world is Flat”, that the interconnected global economy enabled by adv...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study There are two keywords in this topic, which are Office Managers and Corrupt Practices. Let us first define or know the meaning of these words before going further. Office Managers are known as administrative service managers or the business office manager, are responsible for making sure that a company’s support staff is running smoothly. This...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Criminality is part and parcel of human nature and society. That is why no society can claim to be completely free of crimes. But the types of criminal behaviour tend to follow the pattern of social and economic development of a given society. It is therefore not unexpected that a society at a low level of development tends to experience an upsurge ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The entire world today is confronted with a plethora of challenges emanating from conflicts that pose direct threat to international and national peace, security, and development. Doubtless, despite their local origin, these conflicts constitute global concerns because when they occur, their impact can spread across borders. Societies irrespecti...Continue Reading »
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» Chapter One Introduction 1.1. Background of the Study Countless no of persons over the centuries have emigrated against their will because of conflicazts as well as persecution by oppressive governments or majority groups. In the politically, economically and socially unstable climate of the twentieth century, refugee immigration has reached endemic proportions. Consequently, receiving or host nat...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Introduction Corruption is an unethical behaviour which runs counter to the accepted social norms and moral values. It is a behavioural pattern, which seriously hurt public morality and leaves the society worse for it. Corruption is an act involving dishonesty, illegality and non conformity with accepted standard of behaviour. And such an act or behaviour has as its main aim, the retur...Continue Reading »
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» Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This study covered the subject Oil Bunkering in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria spanning a seventeen year period from 1990 to 2007. The Niger Delta area is host to Nigerian proven oil and Gas reserves estimated at over one trillion barrels or 126 billion cubic. Other baseline information about the Niger Delta has been examined in brief looking at...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Fraudulent activities, economic mismanagement, corruption, lack of accountability and transparency have been the bane of the economy. Fraud and criminality remained elusive and therefore brought inefficiency in the system, especially in the public sector. This menace lead to the establishment of EFCC in 2002 by an Act of the National Assembly which was later...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study Despite the world‟s promises to care for every child, the scourge of child labour still leaves countless children deprived of their most basic rights. A majority of countries have adopted legislations to prohibit or placed severe restrictions on the employment of children, much of it guided by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Desp...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study Ranching is a very significant change of the pastoralist system strategy. It changes the mobility nature of pastoralism where traditionally there are no limits of grazing of the available pastures, into controlled grazing. It also changes the common property character of the pastoralist land where all land is open for pastures without any indiv...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study Ranching is a very significant change of the pastoralist system strategy. It changes the mobility nature of pastoralism where traditionally there are no limits of grazing of the available pastures, into controlled grazing. It also changes the common property character of the pastoralist land where all land is open for pastures without any indiv...Continue Reading »
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