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Item Pitfalls to Prosecuting Corruption in Nigeria(Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Lagos, 2016) Onuora-Oguno A.C, Ajoku O.OCorruption is fingered to be the bane of any society the world over. It is not unique to under developed, developing or developed countries. It is however a major indicator of bad governance. The fight against corrupt practices has assumed a major concern by governments in a quest to ensure that the dividends of good governance are felt by inhabitants of every country. Nigeria ranks poorly in major corruption reports, despite the indices being contested in some quarters. This does not however suggest that the government of Nigeria is not also in the fight against corrupt practices in both public and privates spheres of its existence as a nation. This paper examines Nigeria’s quest to curb corruption and highlights the pit falls that inhibit successful prosecution. It examines the various legislative attempts that have been made to this effect while discussing the other non- legislative challenges. It concludes on the note that the major challenge is not with legal framework but with political will, judicial bottlenecks amongst other factors.Item Realizing the Millennium Development Goals 1 & 8 through the informal sector in the Delta Community of Nigeria(Faculty of Law, Imo State University Owerri, 2013) Onuora-Oguno A.C, Ajoku O.OIf Nigeria and other African nations must achieve MDGs, and also transform its economy it must revisit and encourage the informal sector as well as support entrepreneurial development. The Nigerian government has sought to accomplish this by establishing a special initiative in 2003 known as Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigerian (SMEDAN) to solely provide support for small and medium scale enterprises. The enabling law mandates the agency to foster arrangements and workable models for enterprise development. The agency has a foremost responsibility for accelerating the development and modernization of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) operations thereby promote rural industrialization, ensure poverty reduction and job creation. In this regard, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spear – headed a three-year programme for empowering women bankers in the financial system and also women economic empowerment scheme which makes it possible for female entrepreneurs obtain credit from banks at single – digit rates of interest. This paper shall seek to suggest that supporting the informal sector and entrepreneurial development is a veritable approach to meeting the MDG projections, particularly goals 1 and 8. In other words, if the informal sector secures the required support, the number of cottage industries will surely grow and youth restiveness due to high unemployment is likely to be reduced by the year 2020.