COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PEACEBUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S OIL-PRODUCING COMMUNITIES

Objective: This paper examines the shift from top-down security systems to community-driven mechanisms for peace-building and assesses their relevance to sustaining human security in the Niger Delta. Method: Using ideas from human security and bottom-up peacebuilding, the paper adopts a qualitati...

Community-Driven Development Conflict Resolution Peace Building Social Conflicts Security Sustainability
A STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF I’JAZIL QUR’AN AND ITS FUNCTION IN REVEALING THE SPECIALITY OF THE QUR’AN HOLISTICALLY

Objective: This study aims to examine the conceptual framework of Iʿjāz al-Qur’an and to explain its function in revealing the distinctiveness of the Qur’an from multiple dimensions, including linguistic, stylistic, structural, scientific, and epistemological aspects. Method: Emplo...

Iʿjāz al-Qur’an Qur’anic studies Inimitability of the Qur’an Islamic epistemology
THE KUPATAN TRADITION IN TIRTA MULYA VILLAGE IN THE FORM OF A DOCUDRAMA FILM

Objective:  The objective of presenting the Kupatan tradition through a docudrama film format is to disseminate information and encourage community reflection on the practice. Method: The selection of a docudrama as the medium is predicated on its capacity to visually and audibly depict communal ...

Kupatan tradition Javanese ethnicity Docudrama film
STRENGTHENING CHILD CUSTODY LAWS DUE TO DIVORCE IN BIREUEN REGENCY

Objective: This study examines the strengthening of legal protections for child custody and maintenance following divorce in Bireuen Regency. The research aims to identify the factual outcomes of the Bireuen Syariah Court rulings, analyze obstacles to the enforcement of child maintenance, propose...

Legal strengthening Child maintenance Divorce Child support
IRAN’S STRATEGIC NARRATIVE AND DEFENSIVE POSTURE IN THE U.S.–ISRAEL CONFLICT: PERCEPTIONS, JUSTIFICATIONS, AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Objective: This paper explored the Iranian strategic discourse and defensive stance in relation to the U.S.Israel war, and how perceptions, reasons and implications in the region influenced its actions. Method: Based on the Realist theory and the principle of a security dilemma, th...

Iran Strategic narrative Defensive posture U.S.–Israel conflict Security dilemma
NATIONAL-CULTURAL MARKEDNESS OF COLLOQUIAL VOCABULARY

Objective : The given article deals with the problem of national-cultural markedness of colloquial vocabulary as a functional-semantic and culture-specific, linguistically conditioned phenomenon reflecting the collective experience, social norms and culturally specific modes of conceptualization....

Colloquial Vocabulary National-Cultural Markedness Linguoculturology Pragmatic Meaning Contemporary English
BRAIN DRAIN: THE BANE OF AFRICAN UNDERDEVELOPMENT

Objective: Brain Drain is defined as the large scale emigration of highly skilled and educated individuals from developing nations, remains a critical factor contributing to Africa’s underdevelopment. The paper examines how the persistent loss of talent weakens key sectors including healthcare, e...

Africa Brain Drain Human Capital Bane Underdevelopment
AFRICAN VOICES AND DEMANDS ON THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY @80

Objective: The article evaluates the voices and demands of African leaders on the United Nations General Assembly @80. The paper focuses on African leader’s unified, assertive demands for a fundamental restructuring of the global order. Method: The study selected the demands of some African leade...

Selected Organisation demands sustainable global affairs
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: ANALYSIZING THE CONVERGENCE OF SECULAR AND ISLAMIC LAW IN NIGERIA’S JUSTICE SYSTEM-A STUDY OF SUNDAY JACKSONS’ CASE (2015-2025)

Objective: This study explores the synthesis between secular and sharia law in Nigeria’s justice system: A study of Sunday Jackson’s trial of (2015-2025), it further explores how these legal traditions interact and sometimes conflict in practice. Using Jackson’s case as a focal point, it examines...

Nigeria’s justice system Secular law Islamic law Sunday Jackson case Legal convergences and pluralism
FOREIGN AID AND THE STABILITY OF WEST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS AND MILITARY COUPS: THE BURKINA FASO'S EXPERIENCE

Objective: This paper explored how foreign aid influences the stability of the West African governments and military coups with specific reference to Burkina Faso. The research thus sought to explore the question of whether foreign aid had empowered the institutions of governance or led to politi...

Foreign aid Government stability Military coups Dependency theory Terrorism
REVERSE ENGINEERING SACRACY: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF REPOSITIONING THE TOTALITY OF TRADITIONAL ARTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIGITAL COMMUNAL RESISTANCE

Objective: This study examines the challenges arising from the encounter between the sacred totality of traditional art and the logic of virtual infrastructure, which drives the process of sacrality reengineering. This process involves the deconstruction of the inseparable unity of ritual, art, c...

Reverse Engineering of Sacredness Totality of Traditional Arts Virtual Infrastructure Digital Communal Resistance
CULTURAL ECOLOGY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: ANTHROPHOLOGY OF THE INDONESIAN ART SPECTRUM IN THE GRIP OF TECHNOLOGICAL EXTENSION AND ARTIFICIAL NARRATIVES

Objective: This study originates from a fundamental issue concerning the wave of technological extension infiltrating the core of traditional Nusantara arts, generating tension between preserving cultural authenticity and the inevitability of digital adaptation. Simultaneously, it introduces non-...

Cultural Ecology Technological Extension Artificial Narrative Indonesian Arts
PROFESSIONALLY INFERRED TRUST: HOW TRUST DEVELOPS IN TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS

Objective: Trust is widely recognised as a critical determinant of team effectiveness, collaboration, and organisational performance. However, most trust research has focused on stable, long-term teams where relationships develop through repeated interaction over time. Far less is known abou...

Trust Leadership Temporary teams Team effectiveness Business psychology Qualitative research Project teams Professionally inferred trust
THE EXTENT OF USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING METHODS

Objective: This research highlights the impact of integrating modern technology, specifically Artificial Intelligence (AI) and interactive learning tools, into teaching methods, and their direct role in elevating the quality of higher education. The research problem stems from the continued relia...

Teaching Methods Modern Technology Artificial Intelligence Interactive Learning Quality of Education Flipped Classroom
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE FOR WOMEN SURVIVORS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA, 2015-2025

Objective: This study examines gender based violence and justice for women survivors in Rivers State, Nigeria from 2015 to 2025. The research aims to identify the key obstacles that prevent women survivors of gender based violence in Rivers State from obtaining effective legal support. ...

Gender-based violence Justice Women survivor
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY IN DEVELOPING CRITICAL READING SKILLS AMONG FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF LAW

Objective:  This study aims to identify the effectiveness of the cooperative learning strategy in developing critical reading skills among first-year students at the College of Law, Al-Ayen Iraqi University. Method: Cooperative learning is considered a modern teaching strategy based on posit...

Cooperative learning Critical reading Law students Higher education Critical thinking
INSECURITY IN IMO STATE NIGERIA: A DIAGNOSIS OF THE CAUSES, ENABLERS AND PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN THE STATE

Objective: This study diagnoses the security situation in Imo State, identifying the causes and enabling factors that sustains insecurity in parts of the state since 2020. The study was motivated by the need to complement government efforts in peace building and security, which is currently yield...

Insecurity Security Peace Diagnosis Causes Enablers Pathways Sustainable peace