1. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF DIGANCI AND DIGAWA RELIGIOUS GROUP IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In the history of Islam, doctrinal disagreements that resulted in the formation of sects were unavoidable, as the Prophet Mohammed is said to have predicted (S.A.W). 1Also, the notion of regeneration (Tajdeed) is based on another...
2. FEMALE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study
Education is a tool for the sustainable development of any economy (Oyitso & Olomukoro, 2012). In the last two decades, there have been agitations that women should be involved in ensuring the sustainable development of a cou...
3. AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF GENDER EQUALITY ON WOMEN’S RIGHT TO WORK OUTSIDE MATRIMONIAL HOME IN ISLAMIC LAW
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
All human beings, according to Islam, are members of the same family, with the same mother (Hauwa'u) and father (Adam), and they should be treated with respect and provided all of the necessities of life that Allah supplies....
4. SURVEY OF CAUSES OF STUDENT’S DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background to the Study
This study is designed to look at causes of...
5. FEMALE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study
Education is a tool for the sustainable development of any economy (Oyitso & Olomukoro, 2012). In the last two decades, there have been agitations that women should be involved in ensuring the sustainable development of a cou...
6. THE IMPLICATION OF FULANI HERDSMEN BANDITRY ACTIVITIES ON COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the assessment of the implication of Fulani herdsmen banditry activities on community settlement using selected local government in Ogun state as case study. To achieve this 3 research objectives were formulated. The survey d...
7. EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR CURBING FEMALE TRAFFICKING: A CASE STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Background Of the Study
What a world we live in a male framed world where global economics sets in a concrete a system of winners and losers with poverty disadvantages, and minimal choice for many as the consequences.
The climate...
8. ECONOMIC IMPLICATION OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Democratic government was installed in Nigeria in 1999 after more than 16 years of military dictatorship. The aspiration of the populace was that with the coming of civilian government the dividends of democracy will sprea...
9. EFFECTS OF INDECENT DRESSING IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN, OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Indecent appearance has come to characterize the dress pattern of many students on campuses of higher learning in Nigeria, there is hardly any higher institution of learning in this country that is not faced with his nauseating problem. The way students on theses campuses of learning particularly...
10. AN INVESTIGATION ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY EXAMINATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The term ‘‘examination’’ or ‘‘test’ has been defined as an instrument or systematic procedure for measuring a sample of a person’s behaviour with a view to evaluating that b...
11. RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
Introduction
Many will attest to it that the Jos crisis vividly exemplifies or by locus classicus describes a rancorous experience against religious intolerance. In a nation bound with vast geographic and vast ethnic and religious differences, th...
12. ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING AND LEANING OF I.R.S AND THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF ICT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AYEDAADE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE
Background to the Study
Information and communication technology (ICT) is gaining importance in today's society, dubbed the information age, since it is considered to facilitate and accelerate our entrance into an information-based environment. In a...
13. THE SOUTH WEST AGITATION AND CLAMOUR FOR NIGERIA’S RESTRUCTURING IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
Background of the study
Nigeria's federalism since the pre-independence era has been a cause of considerable debate. More controversial is her return to democratic rule in 1999, which has resulted in the emergence of a new form of politics cen...
14. THE EFFECT OF BOKO HARAM ON MUSLIM CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIP: A STUDY OF MADAGALI LGA IN ADAMAWA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Religiosity is an indispensable aspect of humans. It is one of the most active factors and impulse in the component and character of humans. Over the centuries, religiosity make humans to ask and grapple with fundamental question...
15. THE RELEVANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KADUNA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Since the beginnings of the mid 1900s, the scientific field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) went through periods of intense development and drawbacks. From year 2000, however, a significant and persistent growth in AI rese...
16. TERRORISM AND NIGERIA’S ECONOMY, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY
Abstract
Insecurity and terrorism has been a major dare to the Nigerian government in recent times. The actions and activities of the Islamic sect known as Boko Haram had led to enormous loss...
17. THE IMPACT OF ALMAJIRI SYSTEM OF EDUCATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Almajiri phenomenon is popular in Northern Nigeria due to its domination by Islamic principles as well as high level of poverty and illiteracy. The region has been ridiculed for years because of these phenomena and leaders find it very difficult to curtail. The...
18. EFFECT OF THE MEDIA ON TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
Abstract
The study examined the effect of the media on technology and learning of islamic studies in Oshimili North Local Government Area. A quasi experimental pre-test, post-test control group design was adopted for the study using intact class. Two research questions...
19. PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION
ABSTRACT
The fundamental target of both Islamic law of war and international Humanitarian law is to protect the Rights and Persons of both combatants and non-combatants during and after the hostilities thus, the amount and extent of violence applied in war must be limi...
20. AN ANALYSIS OF RELIGION AND POLITICAL CRISIS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE)
Background of the study
Since the early 1970s, Kaduna State has experienced various forms of conflict. Additionally, Kaduna State has become divided along religious, ethnic and socio-cultural lines with different beliefs and traditions. On the one hand there is the nort...
21. ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN CRUSADE AGAINST TERRORISM
Abstract
This study seeks to analyze the role of mass media in crusade against terrorism especially in Nigeria with the insurgence of Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist group that has since been a threat to national security. The study became essential because of the atmo...
22. THEME OF CORRUPTION IN THE POST-COLONIAL AFRICAN NOVEL
ABSTRACT
Chinua Achebe (born Nov. 16, 1930) is a Nigerian novelist, critic and poet; he is one of the most-read African authors. The primary concern of Chinua Achebe, the recipient of the Man Booker International Prize, 2007, was his society, more precisely, the destiny of hisp...
23. CONFLICT BETWEEN SHARIA LAW AND THE RULE OF LAW ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN. AN APPRAISAL
Background of the study
The practice of Islamic law in Nigeria, by northern states, raises a number of constitutional questions and questions the supremacy of the constitution. The activities of these states have shown that the federal government do not really hav...
24. ASSESSING MEN’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The issue of family planning all over the world has attracted attention due to it important in decision making about population growth and development issues. Uncontrolled birth is a major contributing factor of an increase...
25. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT OF ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATED CHILD TO INHERIT UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
The advancement in Science and Technology and the quest for children led to the development and invention of a new process of human procreation, (Artificial Insemination) other than the natura...
26. IMPACT OF WESTERN EDUCATION IN THE TEACHING OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Western education is a system originated from the west and penetrated to the world after Islamic education in the earliest 15th century. Its main approach was the modernization of social life through science and technological advancement (Farid,...
27. THE IMPACT OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY ON NIGERIAN NATIONAL SECURITY
ABSTRACT
Jama'atul Ahlus Sunnah Lid daawati wal Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram, which means western education is forbidden emerged around 2002 as a local Islamic movement mainly for preaching and charity to people in Maiduguri Borno State. The activities of the group changed in...
28. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION UNDER THE SHARI‘AH AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
ABSTRACT
This study analyzes the compatibility of Shariah with International Law on freedom of religion. As a subject of colossal complexity and variation, detailed examination is restricted to the highly contentious issues of the right to change religion (otherwise termed apostasy in I...
29. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WIFES RIGHT TO MAINTENANCE IN ISLAMIC AND STATUTORY LAWS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Majority of men in the society are ignorant of the wife’s right of maintenance in Islamic and statutory laws. HoweverIslam has provided the wife with the right to maintenance as enshrined in the holy Quran and statutory law respectively. But certain factors are militating...
30. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ARTIFICIAL HUMAN REPRODUCTION: AN ISLAMIC LAW PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT
Reproductive rights attained recognition at the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) with the proclamation that reproductive rights embraces “the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health and the right to ma...
31. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MEANS OF PROOF IN CIVIL LITIGATION UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
This dissertation entitled "A Critical Analysis of the Means of Proof in Civil Litigation under Islamic law "primarily examined the principles of Islamic Law applicable to means of proof. In this regard, the essential means of proof have been highlighted, i.e., Shahad...
32. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF THE CONCEPT OF IJBAR ON THE PRACTICE OF CHILD MARRIAGE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
This study critically analyzes the impact of the concept of ijbar on the practice of child marriage under Islamic law. While child marriage is widely criticized by the feminists on the basis of human rights, its practice is nevertheless defended on the basis of Islamic law and...
33. AN ANALYSIS OF ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
As a result of interactions between individuals, it is normal for dispute to arise. Islamic Law had provided the procedures through which such dispute can be judicially determined. Nigerian Courts are enjoined to apply procedural Rules enunciated by Makili School of jurispruden...
34. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF ABROGATION (NASKH) IN ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
Abrogation is generally aimed at bringing about what will be of general good to mankind. In abrogation, an existing legal ruling is replaced with another better or similar ruling. However, there have been efforts by some modernists such as Abdullahi Saeed to reinterpret some te...
35. AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF TESTIMONY AS A MEANS OF PROOF IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
It is natural and common in human society to have between individuals a kind of dispute that may probably arise. Islamic Law had laid down and provides the procedures through which such dispute can be judicially determined. Nigerian Courts are enjoined to apply principles and R...
36. AN APPRAISAL OF LEGAL PLURARISM IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
It is trite beyound any equivocation that the Nigerian society is made up of people with diverse cultures, behaviours and ways of life. When the British came as colonial masters, they understood this and before they departed in October 1960, they devised ways of accommodating t...
37. AN APPRAISAL OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF ZINA IN NIGERIA
Problems of the Research
Adultery as an offence has been defined as an act which is prohibited by Almighty Allah. The principles and punishment are also outlined under Islamic law. Nowadays, some Muslims do not heed the doctrine of Islamic law, things which are made; th...
38. AN APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPT OF ANIMALS PROTECTION AND ITS APPLICATION UNDER STATUTORY AND ISLAMIC LAWS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Generally, human beings relate and deal with animals in many instances. However, in the course of dealing or relating with animals, human beings take undue advantage of animals thereby subjecting them to abuses, and needles exploitations Thus, cruelty and maltreatment of animal...
39. AN APPRAISAL OF THE DOCTRINE OF HAUZI IN ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
Hauzi is deemed as a principle that gives title to a holder of property for long period enjoying its benefit in his capacity as the owner. It is among the lawful means of acquiring ownership of property recognised by Islamic law. This research work An Appraisal of the doctrine...
40. AN APPRAISAL OF THE IMPACT OF GENDER EQUALITY ON WOMEN’S RIGHT TO WORK OUTSIDE MATRIMONIAL HOME IN ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
This study entitled: “An Appraisal of the Impact of Gender Equality on Women’s Rights to Work in Islamic Law” has examined the Islamic perspective on gender equality and it is argued that Islamic law has elevated women and gives them a very dignified position,...
41. AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF GIFT (HIBAH) IN ISLAMIC LAW AND ITS APPLICATION IN KADUNA, KANO AND KEBBI STATES
ABSTRACT
Gift is a concept which every individual is engaged in willingly or unwillingly, either as a donor or recipient which has become part of the daily transactions of the society. The nature of gift has been conceived by scholars from different perspective creating divergence of op...
42. AN ASSESSMENT OF TALAQ AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
The right of divorce (talaq) is vested in the husband by Islamic law to terminate a marriage that fails to achieve its objectives, in order to protect the couples from the possible evil that may result from the failure of marriage. However, in the case of this research, the fin...
43. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF ISLAMIC LAW (MAQASID AL-SHARI’AH) IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE FIVE ESSENTIAL VALUES (NECESSITIES) (MAQASID AL-SHARI’AH)
ABSTRACT
It is undisputable fact that nowadays, the Muslim world in particular has realized the dire need to write, translate and produce many books and articles on the topic of maqasid due to its importance in addressing and solving modern issues challenging the Muslim Ummah. It is in...
44. AN EVALUATION OF THE OPERATION OF NON-INTEREST BANKING UNDER THE EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at evaluating the Operation of Non-Interest Banking Under the Existing Legal Framework in Nigeria. The work has evaluated the regulatory powers of Central Bank of Nigeria in designating products of Islamic Commercial Jurisprudence as banking business in Nigeria...
45. AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES OF JURISTIC DIFFERENCES IN INTERPRETATION IN ISLAMIC LAW
ABSTRACT
Differing is inevitable among people, because of individual natural differences regarding thinking, understanding, power of assimilation, intellect, etc. Thus, differences and contradictions are a natural outcome. Incidentally people have grossly misconceived differences of opi...
46. APPRAISAL OF JUDICIAL REFORMS TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Certain reforms had been put in place to address Nigeria’s quest towards an efficient administration of justice in the country. The reason for this quest is because there is the problem of undue delay in determining cases as a result of the legal processes being usually v...
47. APPRAISAL OF THE IMPEDIMENTS TO INHERITANCE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The provision of the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) has specifically and unambiguously state those that are debarred from inheritance. This debarment is either partial or complete. But the problem lies on the arguments forward...
48. APPRAISING Al-MASLAHAH AL- MURSALAH AS A SOURCE OF ISLAMIC LAW IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE MALIKI LAW
ABSTRACT
Al Maslahah al mursala is a Maslahah which is neither acknowledged nor rejected by the Law Giver. It is called (Mursalah) that is absolute or free from any restriction because it is not qualified or based on a specific Nass. al-Maslahah al-Mursalah can also be any benefit which...
49. BLOOD RELATIONSHIP AS A BASIS OF INHERITANCE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW: A CASE STUDY OF THE INNER AND OUTER CIRCLES OF FAMILY
ABSTRACT
The life on earth depends largely on inheritance from generation to generation for its continuous existence. Without inheritance there would be no meaningful development any where in this world. Thus, human beings have succeeded in building and beautifying this world through in...
50. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ISLAMIC BANKING IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study looks at legal and institutional framework for Islamic banking in Nigeria with a view to identifying the challenges in the laws regulating Islamic banking as a part of the banking sector in Nigeria. Islamic banking unlike conventional banking derives its inspiration...
