Vol. 7 Issue 10 [Oct 2021]
Critical Success Factors (CSF) in the Implementation of Public Infrastructure Projects under Nigeria’s PPP Legal Framework
The paper examines the challenges in some of the existing PPP projects in Nigeria as well as reviews the doctrinal and empirical studies on the identification of Critical Success Factors (CSF) to determine the factors and sub-factors that ensure the success of any public infrastructure project under the existing legal framework on Public Private Partnership
The Unsustainability of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria in Light of Present-Day Realities
The presidential amnesty programme introduced at the peak of the militancy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria was instrumental in the resulting placidity in the region. The programme was set up in 2009, and has been in effect till date. Its continuity is however uncertain as it was not set up to run without
Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to Contemporary Armed Conflicts in Nigeria: Highlighting the Legal Uncertainties of IHL
This paper examines the legal uncertainties surrounding the applicability of International Humanitarian Law with particular respect to the conflict situation in Nigeria, which includes the agitations from the Independent peoples of Biafra; Fulani Herdsmen crisis and the Boko Haram insurgency. International humanitarian Law is the branch of Public international Law with the purpose of mitigating
Res Gestae and the Strict Contemporaneity Test: Beddingfield laid to Rest
The principle of res gestae is a common law doctrine applicable as one of the exceptions to the hearsay rule. The English case of R v. Beddingfield is the locus classicus on the application of the principle of res gestae. The case of R v. Beddingfield established the strict contemporaneity test for the rule to
Contributions of the Judeo-Christian Jurisprudence of War to International Humanitarian Law
The concept of humanitarian law is rooted in many religious cultures, chief among which is the Judeo-Christian. Therefore, this paper focuses on the contributions of the Judeo-Christian Jurisprudence of war to International Humanitarian Law, and discovers that contemporary International Humanitarian Law owes most of its development to the influence of that jurisprudence, as embodied in