Articles | Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.pq61asec

COMPARATIVE STUDY: LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS

Anthonia Chinyere Oloko^*

This comparative study examines community participation in renewable energy projects in Tanzania and Nigeria, evaluating their legal frameworks, challenges, and proposing the Canadian model as a solution. Community involvement is essential for sustainable development and fair benefit distribution in the energy sector. However, most literature emphasises community involvement without detailing the ...

Jun, 2024 pp. 1-20 5 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.q4lcsdeo

A CRITIQUE OF THE HOST COMMUNITIES’ DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND STRUCTURE UNDER THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT, 2021

Iloba Aninye Okechukwu^*, Gospel Adams

For well over 50 years, the Petroleum Act, 1969 principally regulated the Nigerian upstream petroleum industry even though it never made any specific provisions for the development of the host communities. All that existed were just some random provisions that required that some Nigerians should be employed in certain managerial cadres in the industry. It never had any provision that specifically ...

Jun, 2023 pp. 1-29 7 views 3 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.9m5ldom2

VIOLENT SECTARIAN CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA: WHY A SOLUTION SEEMS FAR

Ozurumba Darlingto^*, Judith Nendelmun Eigege, Fatima Alhassan Mohammed

Nigeria has continued to experience violent sectarian conflicts and it is worrisome that it continues to be on the increase. The reason for this cannot be far-fetched as the challenges of preventing such conflicts are enormous. This is especially true because even with the presence of a legal framework for the prevention of such conflicts, Nigeria is still experiencing an increase which poses ques...

Jun, 2024 pp. 21-36 5 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.hn42tqn3

ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NIGERIA: IMPERATIVES FOR LEGAL ENTREPRENEURIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS

Isa Yusuf^*, Adama Ado Muhammad, Amina M. Bello, Adama Usman

The legal profession is like guild. It is a distinct and noble one, and as such a restriction on what a lawyer is allowed to venture into. It is therefore imperative to highlight the opportunities available for lawyers to consider in a changing time of globalization and technological innovation as it relates to our economic social and political changes in Nigeria. Thus, the need to explore entrepr...

Jun, 2023 pp. 30-50 11 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.n4zzzuf6

CREDIBLE ELECTORAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA

Tobias Musa Ngufuwan^*

The overarching goal of this paper is to explore and situate the role of a credible electoral justice system in midwifing and consolidating democracy in Nigeria. Underscoring the importance of elections to democracy, the paper provided a brief conceptual framework on electoral justice and its centrality in building and nurturing democratic ethos and practices in the country. In the main, it discus...

Jun, 2024 pp. 37-54 6 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.n5rl8o6r

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CONFLICTING JUDGMENTS ON THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY: CHALLENGES AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

Yodah Yakubu^*, Yahaya Aliyu Abubakar, Sa’adatu Muhammed Datti

The Nigerian judiciary plays a crucial role in protecting the rights of the citizens and upholding the rule of law. However, conflicting judgments have plagued the judiciary for decades, causing significant challenges and controversies. This paper analyses the impact of conflicting judgments on the Nigerian judiciary, including its adverse effects on the rule of law and the implications for the co...

Jun, 2023 pp. 51-67 7 views 1 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.g6mui1ax

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS IN NIGERIA

Tobiloba Awotoye^*, Ibharalu Emmanuella

Counter-terrorism laws play a crucial role in addressing and preventing acts of terrorism in any country. This paper provides a critical analysis of the counter-terrorism laws in Nigeria, focusing on the effectiveness, challenges, and implications of these laws in combating the growing threat of terrorism in the country. In doing this, the author adopted a qualitative method making use of library-...

Jun, 2024 pp. 55-68 11 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.7orwu28n

APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY IN THE ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN NIGERIA AND GHANA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Fatimat Nene Abubakar^*

The International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court, is clothed with jurisdiction over international crimes which are defined in the Rome Statute. To ensure respect for the sovereignty of States, the Rome Statute has incorporated in it the principle of complementarity giving the national courts of States the opportunity to try and determine ca...

Jun, 2023 pp. 68-85 8 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.rykk53pt

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL REVIEW OF OIL SPILLS REMEDIATION IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION

Empire Hechime Nyekwere^*, Desmond O.N. Agwor

Environmental quality and its sustainability of resources are vital to the general well-being and advancement of the people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. This is credited to the fact that over 70 percent of the people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria rely on the natural environment for survival. The environment serves as a source for agriculture, forest products and fishing. The rivers...

Jun, 2024 pp. 69-88 7 views 2 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.7bfn6z7d

APPRAISAL OF THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF EVIDENCE ACT IN CUSTOMARY AND AREA COURTS IN NIGERIA

Danjuma Gwatana Shigaba^*

By sections 6 (4) (a), 5 (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), States are empowered to establish such other courts as may be authorized by law to exercise jurisdiction at first instance or in appeal on matters with respect to which a House of Assembly may make laws. It is in this regard that by their various laws, the States and the Federal Capital Territory...

Jun, 2023 pp. 86-105 5 views 2 downloads