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• 1. OIL GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AND MARITIME SECURITY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA, 2010-2014

  » OIL GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AND MARITIME SECURITY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA, 2010 2014       ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between the contradictions of rentier oil governance in Nigeria and their implications for maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Specifically, the study examined the effect of the security leakages in the management of oil resources in Nigeria; the prol...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,798 engagements | 

• 2. MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIG...

  » MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA, 1996 2006       ABSTRACT This thesis examined the manpower development programmes and policies in the Anambra State Civil Service between 1996 and 2006, and their impact on the performance of civil servants in the state. The specific objectives of the study were: to find out whether manpower development p...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  56 pages |  4,654 engagements | 

• 3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AN...

  » COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA (1960 2010)         ABSTRACT The history of mankind in all generation has been a struggle dominated by the need to enhance his material condition either as an individual or as a collectivity. The struggle for material condition has led to the evolution of different types of political systems, which i...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,072 engagements | 

• 4. BRAIN DRAIN AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »       ABSTRACT The thrust of this work is the evaluation of the expropriation of Nigeria’s vital human resources through the brain drain and its implications for its overall development. Nigeria has been adjudged a top emigration country on account of the continuous efflux of its human resources to all parts of the world. Despite the lack of agreement about the exact migrant stock of Nigerian...Continue Reading »

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• 5. PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND THE WORKING CLASS IN NIGERIA

  »     ABSTRACT This work is intended to explores privatization of public enterprises and its impact on the working class in Nigeria. It contends that privatization has negative implications on the labour force and on the poor in Nigeria. The Marxist political economy was adopted as the theoretical framework. Privatization of public enterprises is nothing but a political agenda of the capitali...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,593 engagements | 

• 6. MANPOWER TRAINING AND UTILIZATION IN THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, CALABAR CO...

  » MANPOWER TRAINING AND UTILIZATION IN THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, CALABAR COMMAND, 1999 2014.       ABSTRACT This study evaluated manpower training and utilization in the NigeriaImmigration Service, Calabar Command between 1999 2014.The objectives of the study are: to evaluate if the manpower training in the Nigeria Immigration Service has enhanced the adequate protection of the Nig...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,523 engagements | 

• 7. ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA:THE CASE OF ANAMBRA STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS ...

  »       PREFACE The research work examined the concept of Electoral Violence as perceived by some analysis of democratic elections. It traced the history of Electoral Violence in Nigeria. It also examined Electoral Violence during Governorship Elections in 2003 and 2007 with particular reference to Anambra State in the South Eastern Nigeria geo political zone. The factors responsible for the ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  56 pages |  4,852 engagements | 

• 8. FOREIGN AID AND IT IMPACT ON SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPU...

  » FOREIGN AID AND IT IMPACT ON SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC     CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study Developing countries are characterized by resource starved economies, specifically capital related. Capital to boost economic growth and welfare is largely inadequate domestically, which consequently warrants the need for external capital. The ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  57 pages |  8,336 engagements | 

• 9. THE RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL RULERS IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA’S GOVERNANCE

  »   ABSTRACT Prior to 1861 when Britain annexed Lagos, governance in what is known as Nigeria revolved around Traditional rulers.  There is no doubt that traditional rulers in Nigeria have witnessed the erosion of their powers.  This political scenario had elicited so many arguments among stakeholders and traditional rulers on their role and relevance in the emerging political arrangement.  It i...Continue Reading »

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• 10. THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PEACE BUILDING IN MAIDUGURI

  »     THE ROLE OF NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PEACE BUILDING IN MAIDUGURI (A CASE STUDY OF ACTION AID INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA)   CHAPTER ONE 1.1.INTRODUCTION Highest on the list of prime value for Maiduguri a town in Bornu state, Nigeria, is peace. Peace is the most valuable public commodity, yet the most elusive (Francis David, 2006). These four years (2009 2014) of Insurgency has brought lo...Continue Reading »

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• 11. THE ROLE OF TELEVISION IN POLITICAL PERSUASION

  »     THE ROLE OF TELEVISION IN POLITICAL PERSUASION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Mass communication is defined as message directed towards a large group people using a mass medium. It involves disseminating information to a large and widely dispersed audience mass communication is made possible through the help of mass media. That is to say mass media makes mass communication a reality mass media inc...Continue Reading »

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• 12. UN PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA: EFFECTIVENESS AND PROBLEMS

  »       CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The UN Security Council authorizes peace operations by an affirmative vote of nine of the fifteen members without a veto from the five permanent members: the United States, China, France, Russia, the UK. The Security Council has authorized more than fifty peace operations in the years since the Cold War. The UN deploys peacekeeping forc...Continue Reading »

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• 13. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON VOTER BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIA

  »   [A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED VOTERS IN LAGOS]     CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The advent of internet and technology has exposed majority of the global population to different interactive platforms on which different kinds of information is exchanged which might significantly have effect on human behaviour, decision and judgment (CES, 2012). Social media are new informa...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  5,067 engagements | 

• 14. AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF LOC...

  »       Abstract Intergovernmental relations is associated with states having a federal administrative system where the relationship between the federal, central or national government and major sub national units (province, region or state) are formally spelt out in the constitution. This seek to promote peace and harmony among the levels of government which are the federal, state and local gov...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  4,434 engagements | 

• 15. THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY ...

  » THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF PDP: 1999 2007   ABSTRACT There is a profound paradox about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. The party, which earned the respect and admiration of most Nigerians, in the period between 1999 2007 due to its politics and policies. This work based on direct study and use of secondary data examines the ro...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  5,019 engagements | 

• 16. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS

  »       CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Public relations were brought into existence by the ever increasing complexity of economic, social and political problems. Public relation has to be recognised and accepted as the useful tool of any organised society in conducting a peaceful election. Public relations were used many centuries ago in England, where the King made use of the...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  5,484 engagements | 

• 17. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON VOTER BEHAVIOUR

  »     [A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED VOTERS IN LAGOS STATE]   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The advent of internet and technology has exposed majority of the global population to different interactive platforms on which different kinds of information is exchanged which might significantly have effect on human behaviour, decision and judgment (CES, 2012). Social media are ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  4,930 engagements | 

• 18. GENDER INEQUALITIES AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS

  »       CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Gender inequality has been an issue for several centuries, the world over. Though history has it that fewer women have been in power even before colonialism. Instances are the Queen of Daura, the Sarauniya of Zazzau in pre jihad, the Angwu Tsi who was almost the counterpart of the King, with her own Palace, in the middle belt, Iyayun the Q...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  6,127 engagements | 

• 19. AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA

  »       CHAPTER ONE 1.0       INTRODUCTION One of the primary purposes of every government is to improve the welfare of its citizenry. The basic idea of welfarism encompasses all concerted efforts directed towards the betterment and the improvement of the living standard of the people thereby achieving economic development.  Nigeria is a country endowed with abundant human, material and n...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  9,224 engagements | 

• 20. VOTER BEHAVIOUR AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN NIGERIA

  »   ABSTRACT This study inquires into, and surveys opinion of Nigerians on some of the factors that influence low voters’ participation and apathy in the Nigerian electoral process. This study made use of data elicited from respondents’ of the three Senatorial Districts of Edo State, Nigeria. The exercise was undertaken against the backdrop of common desire of Nigerians for the attainment of c...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  8,272 engagements | 

• 21. POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

  »   CAUSES AND PREVENTION, USING THE WORK OF SELECTED ACTIVISTS AND WRITERS IN NIGERIA     CHAPTER ONE 1.0   INTRODUCTION          Nigeria’s political problems sprang from the carefree manner in which the British took over, administered, and abandoned the government and people of Nigeria. British administrators did not make an effort to weld the country together and unite the heterog...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  6,663 engagements | 

• 22. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN 2011 GENERAL ELECTION

  »     CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Public relations were brought into existence by the ever increasing complexity of economic, social and political problems. Public relation has to be recognised and accepted as the useful tool of any organised society in conducting a peaceful election. Public relations were used many centuries ago in England, where the King made use of the Lo...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  4,522 engagements | 

• 23. COMBATING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

  »     A CASE STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION        Nigeria became an independent nation on the 1st of October 1960.        A country richly endowed with monumental geographical and diverse natural resources ranging from crude oil to gas (natural), coal al, et.        Nigeria possesses potential market ability for rapid ec...Continue Reading »

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• 24. POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »     AN OPINION SURVEY OF THE THREE SENATORIAL DISTRICTS OF EDO STATE, NIGERIA (1999 – 2012)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF STUDY The history of political party in Nigeria can be situated within the context of the two party and multi party political system (Adejumobi, 2007), which can be traced to the development of nationalist consciousness, awareness and political...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  21,419 engagements | 

• 25. RESOURCE CONTROL AGITATIONS POLITICAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF SOUTH SOUTH)     CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: To highlight some significant events and developments in response to a review of Nigeria as a federal structure, it is intellectually pertinent to present a brief survey of the past to understand the distinct phases through which the nation passed to arrive at its present political state and economic condition vis a vis revenue allo...Continue Reading »

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