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Issue 1, 2026

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Issue 1, 2026

Issue 1 of Volume 1 of the Global Insights Law Journal (GILJ), published on 9 January 2026, represents the inaugural issue of the journal and introduces a platform dedicated to quality legal research, critical analysis, and scholarly engagement. The issue contains insightful contributions on contemporary legal and societal issues, reflecting the journal’s commitment to academic excellence, research integrity, and the advancement of legal scholarship and legal development.

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1
Year
2026
Published
January 9, 2026
Articles
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Original Article January 9, 2026

The Legal Regime and Trend of Political Defections in Africa: A Doldrums

Oluwafemi Emmanuel Olowononi, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed

The paper is an investigation into the practice of party defections and political instability, which is one of the major challenges to democracy in Nigeria and Africa in general. Politicians in Africa have continued to lay claims to their fundamental rights to freedom of associat...

Trend Political Defection Doldrum
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Case Comment January 9, 2026

An Examination of the Sphere of Power of the State and Federal Legal Adviser under the Nigerian Party System: A Review of Akawo v PDP & Ors

Benson Ayodele Oloworaran

The validity of the constitution and guidelines of political parties necessary for their internal governance and party structure is constitutionally recognised. Such constitutions and guidelines regulate their domestic affairs, ensure internal democracy and preserve the federal c...

Examination Power Legal Adviser Party System
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Original Article January 9, 2026

Court Congestion and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Cancerous or Curable?

Omoniyi Bukola Akinola, Faith Modupe Akinola

The menace of court congestion is one of the challenges bedeviling the Nigerian Judicial System that calls for concerted efforts among stakeholders in tackling the adverse effect at all levels. Many scholars, judges, lawyers as well as litigants have decried the malady of this ca...

Access to Justice Court Court Congestion Judiciary
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Original Article January 9, 2026

An Analysis of the Public Officers Protection Act: A Critical Examination of Immunity, Accountability and Governance

Oteyi Kpomasiruchi, Great Simeon Kinikachi

This comprehensive study delves into the complexities of the Public Officers Protection Act, a legislation that has far-reaching implications for governance, accountability, and the rule of law. The research undertakes a critical examination of the Act's provisions, exploring the...

Public Officer Immunity Accountability Governance
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Case Comment January 9, 2026

Parental Order as an Affirmation of Legal Percentage in Gestational Surrogacy Cases-A Review of Re: Olatunde

Amarachi Chizaram Okonkoh, Martina A. Ebikake-Nwanyanwu

On 29 November 2021, a Nigerian Court in the matter of Re: Olatunde, delivered judgment conferring parental rights in respect of a child born pursuant to a gestational surrogacy arrangement, on the intending parents. The decision in Re: Olatunde is perhaps the only known case whe...

Surrogacy Parental Order Legal Parentage Assisted Reproductive Technology
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Original Article January 9, 2026

The Practice of Casualisation and Outsourcing of Labour in the Banking Sector

Martina A. Ebikake-Nwanyanwu, Nwokolu Atejimah

Over the past few years, the Nigerian labour industry has evolved greatly, with a shift from the standard form of employment to a more flexible pattern. The trajectory of the labour market and its move towards flexibility has rather made the practice in the labour industry compli...

Casual labour Outsourcing Labour law Trade Union Collective bargaining
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Original Article January 9, 2026

The Legal framework for Political Party Representation under the Nigerian Law

Uchechukwu Esther Oloworaran

Political party representation is not only an imperative in any egalitarian society; it is one of the hallmarks of democracies. Such representation is largely determined by party structure, political ideologies, the degree of control exerted by party leadership and such intricaci...

The Legal framework for Political Party Representation under the Nigerian Law
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Original Article January 9, 2026

Is there Gender Justice within Political Parties? A Case for Participatory Politics and Revolutionary Compromises

Hildagard C. Desmond-Ihekaire Ph.D,MCArb, Jessica A. Ajonumah Andrew-Jaja, ACIArb (UK)

This discourse exposes the queer conditioning of women as routine followers within political spaces: a politically inherited pre-colonial compromise that has suppressed women’s legal rights in political parties. The paper embraced a doctrinal methodology within a social and histo...

Women Political Participation Feminism Political Party
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