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Item Ensuring Better Justice in Settlement of Property Upon Divorce Under Nigerian Law: Lessons from other Jurisdiction(Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies, 2020) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Raji, Barakat AdebisiItem Health Status of Senior Citizens vis a vis the National health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria(Nnamdi Azikiwe University, 2019-04) Raji, Barakat Adebisi; Oladele, Muyiwa; Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Tanimu, Adamu IdrisItem Legal Enforcement of Women's Rights in Nigeria: What Prospect?(Department of Jurisprudence and Private Law, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria., 2020-12) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Raji, Barakat AdebisiThis paper examines the additional benefits of developing a democratic rule of law and fundamental rights based system vis a vis the protection of minorities in Nigerian from an intersectional viewpoint. The constitution and other legal enactments provide for establishment of mechanisms for the promotion and enforcement of the rights of religious minorities. It brings into focus the state of play regarding the main challenges depicting the protection of ethnic, religious minorities in the country in light of existing international and regional legal standards. Minority protection is a major concern in enlargement processes as a conditional criterion to accede to international community. A glance at the accession reveals that the dream is yet to be realised. The diversity of religions has influence the distribution of political positions, infrastructure, and economic opportunities as well as the minorities' rights. Hence, the paper proposes several policy options to address this gap. It also suggests specific ways in which democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, could effectively impacted on minority protectionItem Legal Enforcement of Women's Rights in Nigeria: What Prospects(Department of Jusiprudence and Private Law, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy, Ile-Ife, Osun State., 2020) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Raji, Barakat AdebisiItem Towards the Protection of the Rights of the Child to a Family Environment: An Examination of Custody and Guardianship under the Nigerian Law(College of Law, Novena University, Delta State, Nigeria, 2020) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Nwauzi, L.O.; Raji, Barakat AdebisiThis paper underscores the need to protect the right of the child to belong to u family It posits that a child born to citizens of Nigeria has globally recognized rights commensurate to rights enjoyed by children in other climes, und which rights are to be protected by the bestrumentality of the law. One of such rights which accrue to the child in Nigeria is the right to belong to a family This work further establishes that this right is not dependent on the state of the union be tween the biological father and mother that is whether they are married, sepa rated or divorced nor is it dependent on the factor of the child being wanted by the biological parents or not or on whether the child is a product of rape. This work therefore highlights the importance of providing a home, albeit foster homes for children who have become abandoned for various reasons to protect them from the vagaries of street life Going further, it is established in this work that the non-protection of a child's right to belong to a family by different actors especially the government in Nigeria has increased the incidence of social ills such as child trafficking, child labour, child abuse and increase in child mortal- rate in Nigeria. This paper adopting the doctrinal research methodology examined applicable laws on custody and guardianship of children in Nigeria and concluded that the scope of these laws are inadequate to effectively ensure the protection of the child's right to belong to a family It is also further suggested that improved infrastructural facilities and better social and welfare policies by government would be better guarantees of the protection of this and other rights that concern children in NigeriaItem TOWARDS THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD TO A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP UNDER NIGERIAN LAW(College of Law, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State., 2019) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Nwauzi, L. O; Raji, Barakat AdebisiItem "X-Raying Arbitral Procedures and Practice under the Ogba Customary Law(Department of Jurisprudence and Private Law, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, 2020-01) Akolokwu, Grace Ogonda; Raji, Barakat AdebisiThe Ogba people of Rivers State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria have over the years evolved different strategies for ensuring peaceful co-existence with each other. The Ogba customary law only guides the Ogba people of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It is trite that long before disputes between parties snowball into various court cases they may have been exposed intentionally or otherwise to some forms of arbitral procedures. Arbitration is a viable alternative to litigation in resolving conflicts and disputes between individuals and even groups. The question of whether or not this attempt at resolving issues informally without recourse to law courts are actually concluded and resolutions adhered to; or whether the procedures were actually objective and just are still subjects of debate. They have evolved customary rules engendering unity, forging and maintaining bonds of unity which distinguish them from other groups. What are these strategies? Have they been successful; should they be improved upon and if so, in what areas; are they known and deployable to other regions or should they be jettisoned? This paper x-rays arbitral procedures and practices under the Ogba customary law. It attempts to bring to the fore the some subterranean moves at dispute settlement by different sections of the customary community which are relatively successful; invariably impacting positively on the judicial system which becomes free of such matters amicably resolved upon the intervention of persons not necessarily trained to carry out such functions.