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• 1. DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigerian state assumed a new governance status in 1999 following the demise of authoritarian regime in the country. Military dictatorship was replaced by representative democracy with the hopes and aspirations of good governance much higher than what the seemingly collapsible democratic institutions could fulfill. The source and nature of tr...Continue Reading »

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• 2. CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Corruption is unarguably one of the most topical issues in the discourses of the deepening crisis and contradictions of post independence Nigeria. The level of attention devoted to it ·may not only be due to its rapid and unprecedented expansion to all facet of human Endeavour and its menacing consequences, but also because of the seeming f...Continue Reading »

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• 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN SOUTH -WE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1         Background to the study In this era of globalization, entrepreneurship has an important role to play in employment generation. The experiences of developed economies in relation to the roles played by entrepreneurship buttresses the fact that the importance of entrepreneurship cannot be over emphasized especially among the developing countries.  The qu...Continue Reading »

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• 4. NON -VIOLENT REVOLUTION AS A MEANS OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN AFRICA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study The history of the 20th century is full of examples that demonstrate that violence resistance against unjust power systems, dictators or external occupation is likely to generate further violence as was seen for example, in the Russian and Chinese revolutions and decolonization wars in Africa and Asia (Alexander, 2010). But it has also been characte...Continue Reading »

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• 5. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF STATE CREATION IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of  the study Nigeria is a plural society with different cleavages in terms of ethnic, religious, cultural, linguistic, as well as geo political, social and economic development, but ethnic heterogeneity is inarguably, the most pervasive of them all (Vande, (2012). The development of Nigerian Federalism as a dynamic process can best be understood with...Continue Reading »

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• 6. APPLICATION OF THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISM OF ECOWAS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study Africa has been the most vulnerable and most externally threatened region in the world. She has experienced brutal, exploitative and oppressive form of colonialism; and this has left negatively impacting legacy on the African continent. Since the 1990s, the sub region West Africa has become home to some of the bloodiest and deadliest c...Continue Reading »

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• 7. EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA’S FOUR...

  » CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Governance is imperative for the social, political and economic progress of every country and is indispensable for the achievement of the noble objectives of a state (Fabbrini, 1995; Oburota, 2003; Ogundiya, 2010). Governance is viewed in terms of process and structure. Thus, Gill (2002) views it as the processes, structures and organizational tra...Continue Reading »

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• 8. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

  » CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1              BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY             While in theory the nexus between FDI and growth (in terms of output and productivity) is in general positive, the empirical literature is far less conclusive. Some studies find positive effects from outward FDI for the investing country (Van Pottelsberghe and Lichtenberg, 2001; Nachum et al....Continue Reading »

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• 9. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIP IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1             BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE STUDY The concept of intergovernmental relations is associated with states having a Federal Administration system where the relationships between the Federal, Central or National Governmental and major sub national unit (province, region or state) is formally spelt out in the constitution.  Intergovernmental relation...Continue Reading »

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• 10. PARTY POLITICS AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of The Study The rise of political parties as an instrument of national intergration has captured the attention of many scholars in recent times. Their common purpose enables Appadorai (2004:537) to formulate his classical definition of political party as “A political party is more or less organized group of citizens who act together as a political u...Continue Reading »

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• 11. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Political participation refers to the direct or indirect involvement of the citizens of a country in the governance of their country. Political participation can be broadly divided into two, namely, conventional and unconventional political participation (Efemini 2013). Conventional political participation is concerned with one’s inv...Continue Reading »

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• 12. ASSESSMENT OF THE 2014 EKITI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Participation in election is more than just a voter turnout statistic, but in a deeper level, it has something to do with democratic countries‟ political, social and cultural conditions. This active participation is surrounded by issues such as the question of the legal and factual limitations to voter enfranchisement of peasants, women and...Continue Reading »

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• 13. NIGERIA POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE IMPACTS OF ETHNICITY

  »   CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria has witnessed the transition from the military regime for a quite long time to a democratic system of government since the year 1999, Nigeria failed to resolve its ethnoreligious and political violence which contributed to the weakening of democratic governance and national integration. As a multi ethnic nation, with ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON NATIONAL SECURITY: NIGERIA’S PERSPECTIVE

  »   CHAPTER ONE 1.0       INTRODUCTION 1.1        BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY National security borders on incidence that endangers human existence or welfare (Ali, 2013). Nigeria’s national security means the protection of the lives, rights, dignity and property of its citizens (Ibagere, 2010). It is also the protection of its resources, cultural integrity, territory, sovereignty and lawf...Continue Reading »

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• 15. GOOD LUCK JONATHAN‟S TRANSFORMATION AGENDA AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria‟s president won the 2011 federal government election on the ground well of popular support, and the promise of a transformation agenda. There have been a number of visions and policies pursued by previous Heads of Governments of Nigeria, either under the Military or Civilian regimes in the recent past. Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who was ...Continue Reading »

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• 16. RUGA SETTLEMENT INITIATIVE: A PANACEA FOR CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS ...

  » 1.1 Background of the Study Since the Fourth Nigerian Republic’s founding in 1999, farmer herder violence has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more (Ahmed, 2015). It followed a trend in the increase of farmer herder conflicts throughout much of the western Sahel, due to an expansion of agriculturist population and cultivated land at the expense of pasture la...Continue Reading »

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• 17. AN APPRAISAL OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE GOODLUCK JONATHAN ADMINISTRATI...

  »   ABSTRACT   This study appraises the foreign policy thrust of Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, 2011 – 2015. It queries the contributions and failures of the administration in the economic development of Nigeria with the instrument of foreign policy. Guided by the Systems theory, and Pluralist interdependence model, it argues that though the administration made some achievements that it l...Continue Reading »

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• 18. DEMOCRATIZATION AND MILITARIZATION IN WEST AFRICAN SUB-REGION

  »   ABSTRACT       The study is basically a qualitative research method relying mainly on secondary sources of data from internet sources, official documents and country websites as the method of data collection. We made use of qualitative descriptive analysis as our method of data analysis, that is, documentary studies of official document and other materials in analyzing the secondary data. Th...Continue Reading »

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• 19. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN ELECTION OBSERVERS IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

  »   ABSTRACT   This paper is about the role of foreign election observers in democratic elections in Nigeria: a case study of the 2015 presidential elections. The conduct of the 2015 Presidential election in Nigeria recorded mixed outcomes. Although fears that Election Day would be marred by serious violence were allayed to a large extent, some instances of technical hitches, vote buying and other...Continue Reading »

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• 20. ETHNIC MILITIA AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA

  »   ABSTRACT       This research is on the issue of Ethnic Militia and National Integration in Nigeria with the activities of the movement for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra as a study case. The issues of ethnic Militancy and National Integration have become subject of recurring decimal since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999. Prior to this period, successful admini...Continue Reading »

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• 21. GLOBALIZATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »   ABSTRACT    This study examined the globalization and the problems socio economic development in Nigeria. The researcher therefore, reviewed the existing literature on the implications of globalization on the socio economic development of Nigeria. Thus, the concept of globalization as well as some components of Nigerian’s developmental strides and its impact on the third world economy was c...Continue Reading »

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• 22. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

  »   ABSTRACT   This research studies Good Governance and conflict resolution in Anambra state with focus on the Umuleri and Aguleri communities’ experience. Both communities were engulfed in intractable conflicts over the ownership of Otuocha land. Aside the contest over land, both communities have been engaged in the reconstruction of their history with each claiming to be the direct descendant...Continue Reading »

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• 23. SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

  »   ABSTRACT    This study analyzed how online news media covered the 2015 presidential election in Nigeria. The aim is to establish the level of attention different parties received, portrayal of the parties and direction of reports. Three online media Viz: Sahara Reporters, Scan news and Premium Times were purposively selected. The period of the study was 1st January to 27th March 2015. A total...Continue Reading »

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• 24. INEC AND THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA: A PROGNOSTICATION

  »   ABSTRACT   The INEC, as an instrument of processing democratic ideals and structures, is hopefully, expected to be a truly independent body that personifies the ideals of transparency, impartiality, accountability and responsiveness. This worldwide trend known as democratization has made the issue of election a crucial political imperative. Nigeria's experience with electoral politics has over...Continue Reading »

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• 25. FOLLOWERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AS A MEANS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1   Background to the Study           Leadership and followership are mutual activities of great influence to national development in all parts of the world. In Nigeria, after her independence in 1960, Nigeria moved from Parliamentary system of government to Presidential system of government, she has experienced both civilian and military regimes yet, ...Continue Reading »

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