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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS: LESSONS FOR ENHANCING SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
(Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, 2025-12-31) Olatinwo Khafayat; Amuda-Kannike Abiodun SAN; Akaje Halimat Tope; Oniye Shuaib; Yahaya Ganiyu; Abdulkareem Abdulfatai; Ayinla- Ahmad Bilikis; Eletu Khairat
Undermining the extent to which insecurity has become endemic in Nigeria currently would be tantamount to denial syndrome or refusal to accept reality. It has become a plague in which individuals’ solace for the restoration of peace and security is no longer rested in the government. In other words, citizens do not have confidence in the security system in place in Nigeria for protection of lives and properties. Whilst this is the reality, the bane of ensuring security in Nigeria hugely rests on the government. The Constitution places the duty of ensuring security on the government, and to ensure this, there are several federal security outfits and agencies (Nigeria Police, Army, Air force, NSCDC, SSS, etc.), the State Policing system (like the Amotekun in the south-west zone), and other policies put in place. The questions are, why are these efforts not yielding positive outcomes? Why do the citizens still sleep with an eye open? Why is the level of insecurity still higher than in some other countries when Nigeria is known as the giant of Africa? It is the intention of this paper to analyse and compare the security strategies of some countries with a rather low level of insecurity (having in mind the peculiarity of Nigeria as an African country) with that of Nigeria. The analysis is to reveal whether Nigeria, as a country, can learn from such strategies for the protection of lives and properties in the country. Appropriate recommendations on the better approach by the Nigerian government to curb the incessant killings and kidnappings shall be made.
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR OVEN USING KAPOK WOOL AS INSULATION MATERIAL
(2020-12) A. T. Abdulrahim; S. Abdulkareem; M. Haruna; A. S. Abdulraheem; F. A. Oluwole; G. M. Ngala; U. A. Mukhtar
Solar ovens are among common devices which utilize insulation materials because of their ability to retards heat transfer by acting as barriers in the path of heat flow. Previous solar box cookers have used cotton, saw dust, and fibre-glass as insulation materials but none has used Kapok wool despite its potential. This study is aimed at the performance evaluation of solar oven using Kapok wool as the insulation material. The solar box oven designed is of the size 59 x 56 x 36cm dimensions made of plywood, with an aperture area of 3304cm2 double glass cover and an oven’s floor area of 1225cm2 made of aluminum. Kapok wool was used to line the oven’s walls and floor serving as insulator. The solar box oven was tested at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. It was tested without load to determine its stagnation temperature and to check its endurance under stagnation conditions. Similarly, a water boiling test was conducted to cook rice and beans. The results show that maximum stagnation temperature was 165.1°C and maximum overall daily thermal efficiency of 19.44% was achieved on a clear day test without reflector. The field test of the solar oven demonstrated its ability to cook rice and beans well with 1 kg of rice cooked under 2 hours, while 1 kg of beans was cooked under 1 hour 45 minutes on the same day. This performance demonstrated the suitability of Kapok wool as insulation material for solar ovens.
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DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER AIR-CONDITIONER FOR THE SEMIARID REGION OF NIGERIA
(2007-10) Aji I; ; Balami A.A.; Abdulrahim A. T
The harsh weather condition experienced in Maiduguri between the months of February and June of most years has been a problem to the populace. Buying conventional air-conditioners to ameliorate this problem is difficult for the ordinary people in Maiduguri. In an attempt to lower the temperature of an average 16m2 room, an electrically operated water supply cooling system was designed, constructed and tested and was found to make the room conducive for human comfort. Guard sponge was selected and used out of the existing sponges because it has been found to reduce the ambient temperature better than others. Weather conditions of Maiduguri for the past fifteen years and the unreliability of electricity supply were put into consideration in the design of the water air conditioner. The machine was able to reduce the temperature of an average room (16 m 2 ) by 28% over a period of 42 minutes. The efficiency of the water air-conditioner with respect to the conventional unit is 60%. Seventy five per cent the machine parts were sourced locally, this is to make its production cheap and more affordable to low income earners.
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DEVELOPMENTS IN AUTOMOBILE EMISSION CONTROL
(2004-10) Abdulrahim, A. T; M.L. Usmah; B. Alkali
It is widely acknowledged that automobiles are becoming dominant contributors to atmospheric pollution in most of the world’s cities. Hence, the need to find effective methods of controlling automobile emissions becomes imperative. Available automobile emissions’ control measures which include various legislations and responses to legislations such as improvement in the state of the art controls, greater attention towards automobiles growth, improvement of engine design features, periodic tune-up, the use of alternative fuels and the development of non-fossil energy sources were reviewed in this paper.
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EXPLORING CONSIDERABLE FACTORS TOWARDS CHOOSING A GOOD RESEARCHABLE LEGAL TOPIC
(Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Faculty of Law, Kwara State University, 2025-12-30) Ahmed Abiodun Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Shehu Kazeem Hassan; Kamaldeen O. Salman
Choosing a researchable topic is an inevitable point of call for any intending researcher. It is the foundation that dictates the trends throughout the study. However, the process of choosing a good researchable topic is herculean. This is because an intending researcher cannot afford to undergo certain systematic laid-down procedures. This has made most upcoming academic researchers run away from research activities. Against this backdrop, this paper examines the process of choosing a good researchable legal topic with sole reliance on the doctrinal method of legal research. The paper finds that a good research topic has certain characteristics such as being clear, straightforward, unambiguous and easily comprehensible; being tailored towards areas of interests and competencies of the researcher; not representing a moral, spiritual or esoteric situation etc. The paper finds further that factors for choosing a good researchable legal topic include FINE techniques and FRIENDS modes, amongst others. The paper reveals that generating ideas to choose a good researchable topic could be achieved vide attending viva, conferences, literature reviews, and brainstorming to mention but a few. The paper equally finds that certain tools could assist a researcher to achieve choosing a good researchable legal topic. These tools include selecting appropriate areas of research, replica study of the past related research, studying recommendations for future research etc. The paper finds also that the significance of choosing a good researchable legal topic is deeply rooted in its uniqueness and identity from the previous research in conformity with the rule against plagiarism. The paper finally finds that a good researchable legal topic is susceptible to changes, modifications and amendments depending on the developments and trends in the course of the research. The paper recommends constant and continuous engagement in research activities for the upcoming academic researchers to attain perfection.