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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 Alobo, Eni Eja; John, Egbe Inyang; Ekpe, Wekekayo Eteng; Eko, Aji Elemi; Alobo, Eko Thomas
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 Iheanacho, Onyendinachi; Inok, Glory Edim; Ubokuloh, Etim Edet Okon
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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 Inuaesiet, Utitofon Victoria
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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 Okoi, Ibiang; Okorn, Felix Tabi
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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 Nta, Effiong Eke; Esukpa, Kedei Iwara; Ushie, Franca Okey
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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 Eleojo, Aduh Mary
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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.

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