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Item Global Education and Language: Proposing a Universal Variety of English as Medium of Instruction(Global Partners in Education Journal – Special Edition Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015) Chimuanya; Eyisi, Joy; Idaraobong, Joshua; Omunagbe, Dorcas; Ojo, Kanyisola; Demurin, DeborahGlobal Education begins with raising an awareness of global challenges, creating an in-depth understanding of what the challenges entail with the goal of changing people’s thoughts and attitudes, encouraging them to live out their lives to the fullest and play their special parts effectively. To this end, in order to enhance these goals, communication is crucial especially being that it entails making use of an acceptable and intelligible language variety. How can Global Education attain its goals if it does not begin to prescribe and describe for itself, a Global variety of the English language developed just for instructional purpose in the delivery of Global Education? This paper therefore proposes a move towards the prescription and description of a mutually intelligible variety of the English language, to be used just for Global Education. This proposal is born out of our experience during our first collaboration with three other Universities in taking the course ‘Global English Varieties’. One of the major challenges that impeded our flow was the variety barrier. This paper will also ascertain the percentage of Covenant University students confronted with this same challenge by the use of questionnaire. A hundred questionnaires was distributed and analyzed.Item INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE VULNERABLE GROUPS IN THE SUDAN CONFLICT(Covenant University Ota, 2008-03) OGUNSEITAN, DEBORAH OLUWAKEMI; Covenant University ProjectThe rate at which children are involved in armed conflicts has become very alarming. The most common role played by children, among other forms of participation, in armed conflict is the recruitment of underage children as soldiers. However, the international community has come to address this issue and the result has been the establishment and enforcement of various international humanitarian conventions. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child forms the basis of the protection of the child while, the 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child strengthens the protection of children and emphasizes the age at which a person can be recruited into the army. This work reveals and examines the plight of children in armed conflict in Africa (with special focus on the children in Sudan) and gives recommendations on how, both the national and international communities can protect them.Item “Attention Beneficiary…!”: Assessing Types and Features of Scam Emails(IGI Global, 2019) Chiluwa, Innocent E.; Ovia, Ebikaboere; Uba, EmmanuelThis chapter identifies the various types and features of scam emails as a genre of computer-mediated communication. The types identified include money transfer, investment scam, inheritance claim, nextof- kin claim, charity donation scam, foreign aid scam, foreign lottery scam and email account lottery scam. The study also describes the linguistic and discourse features of these types of scam emails and argues that the more knowledge of online financial crimes that is created and disseminated, the more people are informed and empowered to protect themselves against them. This study hopes to contribute significantly to literature on phishing attacks and online financial crimes.Item DANCE OF INTRIGUE: A SEMIOTIC READING OF WOLE SOYINKA’S KONGI’S HARVEST(International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Reviews Vol.6 No.4, 2016-12) Awogu-Maduagwu Edith AbisolaThis paper sets out to examine the importance of quasi verbal elements as dramatic motif in Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest. The plot is informed by the post-colonial leadership of African societies in the wake of the departure of imperialist powers, and dramatizes the conflict between the traditional authorities on the one hand, and the western styled new leaders on the other, as they struggle over the newly independent African countries. Through a semiotic analysis of the text, this paper examines the use of the non-verbal motif of dance as a message medium. The aim is to validate the relevance of non-verbal communication in the construction of African drama and to recommend greater allegiance to the application of traditional elements in the writing of contemporary African dramatic literature. Peirce’s Structuralism theory of semiotics is employed in the analysis of the role of dance and gestural forms. Findings reveal the rich colour which traditional elements such as dance and mime can bring to the understanding of a contemporary play. The work is expected to contribute to the search for a concise dramaturgy of African literature.Item Globalization and Security in Nigeria(Agogo: Journal Of Humanities Vol. 4, 2018) Ovia, EbikaboereGlobalization is the ability by man to crisscross the world irrespective of geographical boundaries. Unhindered movement is an evidence of human development from simple manual efforts at achieving things in ancient times to sophisticated technological means in contemporary times. The free access to other nations is double edged, that is positive as well as negative however. The effect of globalization on the security of Nigeria shall be the focus of the paper. The type of weapons at the disposal of citizens before and after colonialism shall be examined. The sources of such weapons as well as their sophistication shall also be examined.Item “Attention Beneficiary…!”: Assessing Types and Features of Scam Emails(Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online, 2019) Ovia, Ebikaboere; Uba, EmmanuelThis chapter identifies the various types and features of scam emails as a genre of computer-mediated communication. The types identified include money transfer, investment scam, inheritance claim, next-of-kin claim, charity donation scam, foreign aid scam, foreign lottery scam and email account lottery scam. The study also describes the linguistic and discourse features of these types of scam emails and argues that the more knowledge of online financial crimes that is created and disseminated, the more people are informed and empowered to protect themselves against them. This study hopes to contribute significantly to literature on phishing attacks and online financial crimes.Item A Redefinition of Woman, Voice and Development: New Nigerian Novelsand the Burden of Being(XIX ISA WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY, 2018) Omidiora, Oluwasegun; Onwuka, Edwin; Ovia, EbikaboereItem Willy-nilly Future(African First Publishers, 2009) Eyisi, JoyItem Exploring History, Migration and Social Experience in Select Poems of Edward Kamau Brathwaite(Benin Journal of Literary Studies (BJLS) Vol. 1, No. 1, 2019-12) Onwuka, Edwin; Eyisi, JoyThis study examines Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s exploration of migration and social experience in his poetry as a vehicle of appraising Caribbean realities. Brathwaite’s poems will be interpreted using New Historicism as literary tool with a view to highlighting migration/journey motif as fundamental in exploring social realities as well as the human condition in the Caribbean society. This paper is a qualitative and library-based study of Brathwaite’s poems as literary art, focussing specifically on interpretation of their content which explores migration and social experience in the Caribbean world. Four selected poems are engaged in the study for their distinction in reflecting core concerns of the Caribbean enclave specifically dealing with social conditions and migration. These four poems are also used to highlight Brathwaite’s style to enhance the forcefulness of his message in them.Item Causes and Implications of Religious Conflicts in Nigeria’s Political System(International Journal of Finance and Management in Practice, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2017-06) Uwadi, M. E.; Ezebuilo Paul Chibuike; Nwaonu, K. CThe aim of this work is to identify the causes and implications of religious conflicts in Nigeria’s political system as well as proffer strategies to avoid future occurrence. This study adopts the survey research design. The population of the study comprises all Christians and Moslems living in Zaria, Kaduna State in Nigeria. Personal observations and questionnaire were the major means of data collection. Out of the 65 copies of questionnaire engaged in the study, only 56 copies were retrieved and used for the analysis. To achieve the aim of the study, two research hypotheses were formulated. While data collected for the study were presented on tables and responses taking the form of a five point likert scale, the hypotheses were tested using one way analysis of variance. Major findings of the study reveal that the causes of religious conflicts in Nigeria include failure to move with change, conflicting doctrines, methods of conversion, utterances of religious leaders, and clothing of political objectives with religion, among others. The implications of religious conflict as reveal by the study include creation of mistrust among federating units, low productivity, job insecurity, migration, over population. Based on the foregoing, it is proposed that the issue of religious conflicting doctrines should be addressed by religious bodies who should meet on regular bases. Also, government should respond quickly to curtail conflicts and should not ignore any act that might cause conflict