Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2019.t68y4xw0

The Decay of Moral values among Nigerian Youths of the 21st Century

CHIOMA PATRICIA ONUORAH^*

The decay of moral values among Nigerian youths in the 21st century is so alarming to the point of attracting attention from all sectors of the Nigerian society. Research has shown that Nigeria as an African society cherish traditional and religious values. Children at the early stage of life are taught the traditional values and the moral virtues. The traditional African societies placed a high p...

Jan, 2019 pp. 9-18

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2022.xp5lgbdy

APPRAISAL OF IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON REFUGEE PROTECTION IN AFRICA

CHRISTY HWYERE- YASHIM^*

This paper appraises the regional efforts on refugee protection in Africa. It specifically examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on regional efforts on refugee protection in Africa, and found, inter alia, that challenges posed are unprecedented and widespread. These challenges resonate in a number of areas of concerns including refugees' right to work, funding of refugee protection, application...

Jan, 2022 pp. 11-21

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2017.74a4n0p7

An Appraisal of the offence of Blasphemy under The Islamic Law in Nigeria

PIWUNA M. G^*, ABDULLAHI M. R.

For Muslim faithfuls at all times and all places, the prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) stands out as a model par-excellence. His life (sira) being the ideal approximate, his sayings (Hadith) to follow and his practice (Sunnah) to emulate. Utmost devotion to love of the prophet has consistently been a prominent trait to every Muslim. According to Islamic injunction to follow the prophet is synonymous with ...

Dec, 2017 pp. 12-18

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2023.8edg1oav

EVALUATING THE SCOPE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES UNDER EXTANT LABOUR REGULATIONS IN NIGERIA

CHRISTY HWYERE- YASHIM^*

This article primarily interrogates the notion of essential services under domestic labour regulations as well as international labour standards which reflects the jurisprudence of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It also espouses the intervention of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which widened the scope of essential services in line with international labour standards and gl...

Jan, 2023 pp. 14-24

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2024.5ujb7a59

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GROWTH OF NIGERIAN ECONOMY (A CASE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN NIGERIA)

AFOLABI FESTUS OLUSHOLA^*, FAITH I. OMOREGE, OLAWALE STEPHEN

Climate change remains one of the focal areas of world leaders for both its global importance, and most especially, its threat to the existence of world's habitants. The study examined the challenges of climate change in Nigeria and its implication on agriculture and food security over a period from 1980-2022.Time series data and econometric techniques were used to analyze the data. Specifically, ...

Jan, 2024 pp. 16-25

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2025.fzwhsw4p

STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE IN NIGERIAN TV ADVERTS

MERCY OJIMA LONGPOE^*, CHRISTIANA DAVID JANGKAM, BUNMWAKAT KATE SAMBO, ONOME OJO

This study investigates the stylistic and linguistic techniques employed in Nigerian television commercials, focusing on their role in audience engagement, cultural representation, and brand messaging. By analyzing a purposively selected sample of 10 commercials across diverse industries, the research explores how advertisers navigate the interplay between global influences and local traditions. U...

Jan, 2025 pp. 18-23

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2021.7e1lx9cg

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF WH-QUESTION IN MÀRGi

HANNATU MAI GADZAMA^*, PHILIP MANDA IMOH, YAKUBU JACOB UMARU

This study examines Wh-questions in Màrg?. Màrg? belongs to Afro-Asiatic under the sub-familyof the Chadic language and it is spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. The study which is a syntactic analysis of the Màrg?wh-questions is essential in view of the role that questions play in the language. The data for this study were collected using interview, checklist and Màr? language books such as the Màrg?...

Jan, 2021 pp. 19-29

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2019.bgiiw3eq

Rhetorical Strategies and Ideology in Nigerian Government Minister-Citizen Interactions

ABAYA HENRY DEMENONGO^*

Government minister-citizen interactions are political discourse events in Nigeria designed to inform people about government policies and appeal for positive responses. Previous studies have looked at political speeches, language of campaigns, manifestoes, and parliamentary debates, with little attention to these political interactions. This study therefore examinesrhetoric and ideology in these ...

Jan, 2019 pp. 19-30

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2017.bbtiq9ka

An assessment of Political Education on participation and Good Governance in Nigeria's Fourth Republic (1999-2016)

DAKYEN M. M^*, DANG U. I, ZUNGDET E. P

This research paper sought to explain the enduring link between political education and the political behaviour of participation of Nigerians in attaining good governance within the democratic space. Relying on secondary sources of information, the paper argues that the end point of political education in Nigeria over the years is the emergence of politically conscious individuals who have effecti...

Dec, 2017 pp. 19-30

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2022.csdl5rui

ARGUMENT MOVEMENT IN KÙCÉ: A MINIMALIST APPROACH

CHINEDU .N. ANYANWU^*

Argument movement is a scrambling operation whose properties have been elucidated and its ramifications explored over the last couple of years within the Generative Grammar model. Nevertheless, this scrambling operation has continued to interest scholars particularly because of many parametric variations that exist across languages. This paper therefore investigates Argument movement in Kùcé, a Ni...

Jan, 2022 pp. 22-29