The StarLight #2 Edition July 2022
In conjunction with the Law Students Association of Nigeria, South East Zone, we are pleased to present to you a unique edition of The StarLight Magazine.
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Category: Africa Today
Natural Gas in Nigeria: Legal and Policy Aspects by Peter O. Okediya ACIArb(UK)
In 2021, Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari, took to Twitter to declare the “Decade of Gas” – running from January 1, 2021 till 2030. Prior to this, 2020 was declared the “Year of Gas”. These declarations affirm the government’s goal to increase gas utility in all sectors. The National Gas Master Plan 2008 (“the Plan”) was the terminus a quo that charted Nigeria’s path to becoming a major player in the international gas market as well as laying a framework for gas infrastructure expansion within the domestic market. The overall aim of the Plan was to explicate steps that will assure long term energy security in Nigeria through natural gas.
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Fraud In Electoral Technologies: A Case Study at The Kenyan Electoral Process By Beverly Tracy
Elections are a momentous period in every country, that confronts the power of the people to exercise their sovereignty, whether by devolution or in a centralized system, to democratically delegate that power to representatives assigned to perform constitutionally established mandates. Kenya, therefore, like many countries, is no visitor to democratic elections. However, the conduct of elections in Kenya has not only been a controversial topic in international trends but has seen to it that its history as the first African nation and the third in recent world history to abrogate its presidential election result[i] consequent to September 1, 2017, Supreme Court decision remains a consistent conversation.
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Notable Provisions in Nigeria’s New Rules on Issuance, Offering Platforms, And Custody of Digital Assets by John O. Oladipo
The Security and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (“the Commission”) established a Fintech Roadmap Committee (“Committee”) in November 2018 to explore the impact of financial technology on investments and securities in Nigeria and to properly classify and regulate cryptocurrencies and virtual assets. The Committee recommended cryptocurrencies be classed as securities or commodities, among other recommendations.
Consequent to the Committee’s recommendations, the Commission started creating a framework for a virtual currency in Nigeria, and the released Statement is the first step toward cryptocurrency regulations
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How #HerHonorSettingTheBar is Conquering the African Continent: The Fight for Female Liberation
Strongly believing in this motto, “HerHonorSettingTheBar” campaigned for 9 years and succeeded in ending one form of discrimination against Egyptian women. Even though Egyptian women studied law since 1924/100 years ago, they were banned from applying to the judiciary and be judges like their male counterparts since the establishment of the Egyptian judiciary, in violation of the international conventions, constitution and applicable laws.
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