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The Political Economy of Trauma: International Humanitarian Law, the Commercialization of Mental Health, and the Unaccounted Casualties of Nigeria’s Counter-Insurgency Eni Eja Alobo; Egbe Inyang John; Wekekayo Eteng Ekpe; Aji Elemi Eko; Eko Thomas Alobo
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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This paper proposes a transformative integration of Ubuntu philosophy, captured in the phrase Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu meaning "I am because we are", into the enforcement mechanisms of international humanitarian law (IHL). It argues that the prevailing state centric, individualistic enforcement paradigm faces systemic challenges in contexts of asymmetric warfare, collective violence, and non state actor impunity. Drawing on African communal justice traditions and the theory of Ubuntu Based Collective Responsibility in International Humanitarian Law (UCR IHL), this work explores how principles of communal accountability, restorative justice, and preventive obligations can strengthen global humanitarian governance. Through detailed case studies of African post conflict societies and contemporary asymmetric conflicts, the paper illustrates how UCR IHL can complement rather than replace existing legal frameworks to foster more legitimate, participatory, and sustainable enforcement. Ultimately, it contends that embedding Ubuntu informed mechanisms into IHL enforcement can address persistent gaps in compliance, victim redress, and conflict prevention, particularly in regions where Western legal paradigms lack cultural resonance. The framework represents a significant contribution to the ongoing project of decolonizing international law and making global governance more epistemically inclusive and practically effective.

Security Challenges and the Conduct of Legislative Process in Nigeria: The Case of 8th National Assembly Onyendinachi Iheanacho; Glory Edim Inok; Etim Edet Okon Ubokuloh
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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This study examines the relationship between security challenges and the conduct of legislative processes in Nigeria, with a particular focus on the 8th National Assembly (2015–2019). The paper provides conceptual clarifications of key terms and presents an overview of Nigeria's security challenges before specifically analysing security incidents that confronted the 8th National Assembly and their legal implications. Notable security issues examined include the theft of the Senate mace, the blockade of the residences of the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, and the invasion of the National Assembly complex by operatives of the Department of State Security Services. Furthermore, the study evaluates the challenges of lawmaking in an insecure environment to determine whether the quality of legislation enacted during periods of insecurity is adversely affected. The findings reveal a direct correlation between insecurity and poor legislative outcomes. The paper concludes by recommending that excessive interference by the executive arm in the affairs of the National Assembly should be curtailed. Additionally, the National Assembly security architecture should be restructured to place Special Forces in charge of protecting legislative personnel and facilities.

From International Court to Community Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of the Bakassi Ruling on Inter-Community Relations in the Cross River Estuary Utitofon Victoria Inuaesiet
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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Performance appraisal systems constitute a fundamental component of human resource management in public sector organisations worldwide, serving as the primary mechanism for evaluating employee performance, determining career progression, and identifying developmental needs. In the Nigerian civil service context, however, concerns persist regarding the effectiveness of these systems in actually enhancing employee productivity and service delivery. This study examines the relationship between performance appraisal systems and employee productivity in the Cross River State Civil Service, focusing on selected ministries in Calabar, the state capital. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative survey data from 387 civil servants across five ministries with qualitative interviews of human resource directors, permanent secretaries, and union representatives. The findings reveal significant gaps between the formal design of the appraisal system and its practical implementation, including inadequate rater training, subjective assessment practices, delayed feedback mechanisms, and weak linkage between appraisal outcomes and tangible rewards or consequences. The study further identifies rater bias, inadequate resources, political interference, and low employee trust as key factors undermining the motivational potential of appraisals. Statistical analysis demonstrates a moderate but significant positive correlation between perceived appraisal fairness and self-reported productivity, suggesting that improvements in appraisal system integrity could enhance employee performance. The research contributes to the literature on public sector human resource management in Nigeria by providing empirical evidence on appraisal system effectiveness in a state-level civil service context. Recommendations include strengthening rater training programmes, implementing technology-enabled appraisal platforms, establishing clear performance-reward linkages, and fostering a culture of constructive feedback and continuous performance dialogue.

From International Court to Community Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of the Bakassi Ruling on Inter-Community Relations in the Cross River Estuary Ibiang Okoi; Felix Tabi Okorn
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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The 2002 International Court of Justice ruling on the Bakassi Peninsula, which ceded the territory to Cameroon, represents one of the most significant boundary decisions in post-colonial Africa. While extensively analysed for its geopolitical and legal implications, the ruling's unintended consequences on inter-community relations within Nigeria's Cross River estuary remain inadequately examined. This paper argues that the ICJ judgment triggered a cascade of secondary boundary disputes by fundamentally altering Cross River State's coastal status, creating legal ambiguity around maritime boundaries, and generating resource competition that has manifested in renewed tensions between neighbouring communities and states. Drawing on legal geography and borderland studies frameworks, the paper analyses how an international legal decision, designed to resolve a bilateral dispute, has produced complex local consequences including the Cross River-Akwa Ibom offshore oil wells conflict, heightened inter-community competition over fishing grounds and mangrove resources, and internal political fragmentation within affected communities. The research demonstrates that international boundary adjudication cannot be understood as an isolated legal event but must be recognised as a transformative force that reshapes local spatial realities, often in ways that judicial bodies neither anticipate nor address. The findings contribute to broader scholarly conversations about the relationship between international law and local lived experiences, the unintended consequences of boundary-making, and the limitations of state-centric approaches to territorial dispute resolution.

An Evaluation of the Role of Religion and Politics in the Nation-Building Process in Nigeria Since Independence Effiong Eke Nta; Kedei Iwara Esukpa; Franca Okey Ushie
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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This study examines the role of religion and politics in Nigeria's nation-building process since independence in 1960. It reveals that both religious and political institutions have contributed significantly to Nigeria's nation-building narratives, with effects that have been both positive and negative on the desired outcome of national integration. The study clarifies key concepts, including religion, politics, and nation, while examining the process of nation-building and how religious and political institutions have influenced it in Nigeria. The research employed both primary and secondary data collection methods, utilising a multidisciplinary approach. The study posits that since religion and politics are often described as the "twin towers of identity," which can either provide a strong foundation or, if mismanaged, create deep structural cracks, ensuring they serve rather than subvert the nation-building process requires a shift from identity-based politics to issue-based governance.

When Silence Speaks: Constraint and Resistance in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero and Fatou Diome’s Les Veilleurs de Sangomar Aduh Mary Eleojo
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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In El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero an Diome’s Les Veilleurs de Sangomar, silence is not emptiness but eloquence; a language of survival born in the shadows of patriarchal, political, and linguistic confinement. Drawing on feminist postcolonial theory and Foucault’s concept of discourse, this study examines how both writers construct silence as a site of resistance and agency. Using a qualitative textual analysis, the paper investigates how the protagonists’ constrained voices expose deeper systems of domination that dictate who may speak and who must remain unheard. Silence, in these narratives, transcends its traditional perception as absence; it becomes a charged form of testimony, memory, and defiance. Through strategies such as code-switching, fragmented narration, and the reactivation of oral traditions, El Saadawi and Diome transform linguistic confinement into creative rebellion. Situated within the politics of gender and language, the study argues that both authors expand the boundaries of expression by transforming silence into discourse. Ultimately, the paper contends that these works illuminate the intricate ties between language, power, and identity, where silence becomes not the end of speech, but its most radical form of expression.

Behavioral Drivers of Tax Compliance Among Smes: The Impact of Tax Morale, Perceived Fairness, and Trust in Government Ndahani Ngwasa
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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This research investigated the impact of tax morale, perceived fairness, and trust in government on tax compliance among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with a specific focus on the Kariakoo commercial area. Based on the Slippery-Slope Framework (SSF), which looks at how trust and power affect how taxpayers act, the study used a quantitative research design. Structured questionnaires were used to get information from owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses. Before analysis, the data were checked for linearity, normality, multicollinearity, and homoscedasticity to make sure that the assumptions of multiple regression were met. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the strength, direction, and significance of the relationships between the behavioral drivers and tax compliance. The findings revealed that perceived fairness, tax morale, and trust in government all exert positive and significant effects on tax compliance, with perceived fairness identified as the most robust predictor. The overall model exhibited significant explanatory power, underscoring the essential influence of behavioral factors in promoting voluntary compliance among SMEs. These results confirm the SSF by demonstrating that sustainable tax compliance is influenced not only by enforcement mechanisms but also by psychological and ethical factors, such as fairness, trust, and moral obligation. The study enhances comprehension of SME tax behavior within a Tanzanian context, highlighting the significance of incorporating behavioral insights into tax compliance strategies. Keywords: tax morale; perceived fairness; trust in government; tax compliance

Inheritance Practices and Widow's Economic Vulnerability: A Case Study of Rural Communities in Yakurr Local Government Area Inyang Etim Bassey
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This study examines the relationship between customary inheritance practices and the economic vulnerability of widows in rural communities of Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. Despite constitutional guarantees and international human rights commitments affirming women's equal rights to inherit property, widows in these communities experience systematic dispossession following their husbands' deaths. Employing a qualitative case study design, the research draws on in-depth interviews with thirty widows, focus group discussions with community members, and key informant interviews with traditional rulers, women leaders, and paralegal workers. The study is theoretically grounded in feminist legal theory, the capability approach, and legal pluralism. Findings reveal that inheritance practices in Yakurr operate through patrilineal principles that classify widows as outsiders to their husbands' lineages, rendering them ineligible to inherit land, homes, or productive assets. These practices create severe economic vulnerability manifested in loss of housing, exclusion from agricultural land, depletion of household assets, and increased dependence on extended family networks. The study identifies variations in widows' experiences based on factors including presence of adult sons, duration of marriage, personal agency, and access to external support. Widows navigate these constraints through strategies including appeals to traditional authorities, reliance on children, engagement in precarious livelihoods, and in rare cases, pursuit of statutory legal remedies. The study concludes that addressing widows' economic vulnerability requires interventions that engage with customary institutions while promoting incremental reform, strengthening paralegal support, and building community awareness of women's rights.

Intersection of Artificial Intelligence in a Multi-Religious Nation: A Sociological Perspective Omosomuofa Obruche
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
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Religious belief and practice are among the many facets of human life that artificial intelligence is progressively influencing. Both opportunities and obstacles arise when integrating artificial intelligence with Christian traditions in Nigeria, where religion is strongly embedded in the social and cultural life of the people. With an emphasis on its use in biblical interpretation, sermon preparation, and church practice, this study investigated the sociological ramifications of artificial intelligence for Christian religiosity in Delta State. Using a qualitative design, the study employed sociological and historical methods because they are considered germane for document analysis, thematic interpretation, and semi-structured interviews. Twenty participants, including pastors, lecturers, religious students, and lay members actively utilising artificial intelligence tools, were selected through a purposive sampling process. Secondary literature on artificial intelligence and religion was used to supplement field data. The results showed that artificial intelligence tools, including Bible apps, translation software, and digital concordances, are useful for improving exegesis, sermon preparation, and scriptural accessibility. However, serious theological and ethical issues surfaced. As lay members increasingly consult artificial intelligence tools on their own, respondents emphasised the dangers of plagiarism, an excessive dependence on technology, the distortion of sacred meaning, and challenges to pastoral authority. There were clear generational differences: elder clergy highlighted the limitations of artificial intelligence, especially in areas of spiritual discernment, while younger Christians were more open to the technology. The study concludes that while artificial intelligence can democratise access to the Bible and enhance biblical studies, it must continue to be used in conjunction with divine inspiration and human-centred interpretation. In addition to highlighting more general sociological issues about authority, authenticity, and religion in a quickly digitising society, the study emphasises the necessity of ethical frameworks to direct the use of artificial intelligence in religious contexts. To better comprehend this changing junction, suggestions are given for more extensive comparative studies across Nigerian regions and religious traditions.

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