Browsing by Author "Adeyeye, Joel Adelusi"

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    RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF PARENTS: IMPLICATION FOR THE CHILD RIGHTS ACT, 2003 IN NIGERIA
    (UDUS Law Journal, 2020) Adeyeye, Agnes Omotayo; Adeyeye, Joel Adelusi
    This article undertakes a critical study of the religious beliefs of parents as it affects the rights of the child. Every human being, be it an adult, male or female has rights that are domiciled in him/her as a creator of God. Children for being what they are cannot on their own enforce these rights. Right from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international legal instruments, to the Regional legal instruments like the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; the sub regional legal instrument like the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to the domestic law of each country; for example, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended); The child's Rights Act, 2003 and which various States of the Federation has domesticate these Law. This article therefore seeks to interrogate these laws as a result of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria's decision in the case Esabunory Fayewa|20191 7 NWLR (pt 1671) 316. It is recommended that the government should review the aspect of age disparity in our Laws with a view to making a particular age workable for the purpose of implementing the Child Rights Act. In interrogating these Laws, judicial pronouncements from other jurisdictions other than Nigeria shall also be considered.
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    Secret Societies, Cultism and Tertiary (Educational) Institutions in Nigeria.
    (Department of Public Law, University of Benin, Nigeria., 2019) Adeyeye, Agnes Omotayo; Adeyeye, Joel Adelusi
    The menace of Secret Societies and Cultism in Tertiary educational institution in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized. There had been cases where lives were lost. some persons maimed, properties destroyed and some Tertiary Educational Institutions closed. This article therefore seeks to discuss Secret Societies, Cultism and Tertiary Educational Institutions with Kwara State of Nigeria as focus. Sometimes in 2004, the Kwara State Government enacted anti Secret Societies and cultism law. This law was amended in 2013 and 2016. The law was to curb, reduce or totally eradicate Secret Societies and Cultism in the State. Fourteen years after, has there been reduction or eradication of this menace in the State? This paper seeks to explore the causes, effects and the adequacy or otherwise of this laws. It will also seek to make a comparative study of what is obtainable in other States in Nigeria.