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• 1. FEDERALISM AND RESOURCES CONTROL IN NIGERIA: PROBLEM AND PROSPECTS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1         INTRODUCTION Federalism has come to be accepted as the most variable formula for coping with the problems associated with multi ethnic state. It is a system of government which presupposes constitutional division of powers among levels of government. Federalism as practiced in Nigeria is at the best nothing more than mere constitutional design (merely division of p...Continue Reading »

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• 2. THE ROLES OF WOMEN IN POLITICS AS WELL AS THE PROSPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS OF THEIR...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1         BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In most societies, women have not been accorded the freedom to such things like attending the same schools as men, owned property or receive equal pay for equal work. Women are look upon as second class citizens, they are often not allowed to participate in decision making even in matters concerning them. Participation i...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCE IN NIGERIA: (2009-2013)

  » Chapter One: General Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Nigeria as a nation state is under a sever internal socio economic and security threat. As a more general level, the threat has social, economic, political and environmental dimensions. Each of these dimensions has greatly affected the nation‘s stability, and can be traced to the ethnic militia armies, ethnic and religious conflicts, ...Continue Reading »

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• 4. DEMOCRACY AND REGIONAL SECURITY IN AFRICA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study It has always been the view of social and political scientists that the concentration of power on any single arm of government breeds dictatorship and destroy the basis of democracy. Thus, democracy is the best and acceptable form of government all over the world. Democracy may be defined as government by elected representatives of the people (U...Continue Reading »

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• 5. MOBILIZING THE YOUTH FOR SELF-RELIANCE: AN ASSESSMENT OF SELF-HELP INITIATIVES

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Self reliance in a general sense is what actually promotes productivity and other economic activities which obviously lead to the development of a country. From time immemorial people have always engaged in different activities such as farming, fishing, hunting, among others, in order to satisfy their basic needs and enhance their social mobility fr...Continue Reading »

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• 6. ETHNICITY AND VOTING PATTERN IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT This research work was conducted to determine the influence of ethnicity on voting pattern in Nigeria with particular emphasis to the 2015 presidential election. To actualize the above, the researcher formulated three (3) research questions, and three (3) research hypotheses. An open ended structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Tables and simple percentages were used in an...Continue Reading »

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• 7. MULTI PARTY SYSTEM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1.          Background of the Study The development of political parties in Nigeria dates back to the days of the struggle for political independent in the late 1940s, when the nationalists were at the pre independence and post independence periods. In the pre independence and the early post independence periods, political parties in Nigeria were not ideologic...Continue Reading »

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• 8. IMPACT OF INTER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 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) formally spect out in constitution.  Intergovernmental relations have been seen as a system of tra...Continue Reading »

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• 9. FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY: AN EVALUATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study Federalism, according to K.C Where, is the method of dividing powers so that the central and regional governments are each, within a sphere, co ordinate and independent. He said that the characteristics of this Federal Principle are the division of powers among levels of government, a written constitution showing this division of powe...Continue Reading »

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• 10. THE MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF W...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF STUDY In all human societies exists marginalization whereby individuals or groups considered undesirable are excluded or removed from the prevalent systems of protection and integration, thereby limiting their opportunities and means for survival (Anupkumar 2008). The question of who is being marginalized often comes to mind as people lay claims to...Continue Reading »

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• 11. ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

  » ABSTRACT This paper examined electoral processes and security challenges in Nigeria with specific reference to the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections. The data for this study were drawn mostly from secondary sources. Systematically, the paper reviewed the conceptions of electoral violence, perspectives on election related violence and security of lives and properties in Nigeria.  The major find...Continue Reading »

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• 12. CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS A BARRIER TO GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study The collective consciousness of women regarding the feminine mystique, which saw women’s identity restricted to the roles of wife and mother are gradually fading off as more women are liberating themselves in the workplace especially in civil and corporate organizations. The social attributes associated with being male and female an...Continue Reading »

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• 13. ELECTIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT Elections in Nigeria prior to 2011, were characterized by high level of propaganda, dissemination of fake and uncoordinated information, scarcity of airtime and space for citizen’s participation and other forms of traditional media fostered electoral prejudices. Electorates were at the mercy of the tradition media; Television, Radio, Newspaper, Magazines, etc. to interact with their can...Continue Reading »

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• 14. KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

  » ABSTRACT The study was set out with four objective: to determine the relationship between kidnapping and national security, to examine the various factors responsible for kidnapping in Nigeria, to determine the implication of kidnapping on national security, examine the challenges of curbing kidnapping in Nigeria and proffer ways of curbing the spread of the menace of kidnapping in Nigeria. The m...Continue Reading »

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• 15. ELECTION MALPRACTICE AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC

  » ABSTRACT The conduct of free and fair elections has become the yardstick for measuring the strength and credibility of a country’s democracy. The absence of free and fair elections has become an almost insurmountable obstacle to democratization in most African countries, especially in Nigeria. The history of the conduct of elections in the country is predominated with the prevalence of electoral...Continue Reading »

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• 16. DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL CRISIS IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION The end of military rule in 1998 in Nigeria ushered in the fourth republic in Nigeria democratic dispensation the return to civil rule brought about an end to arbitrariness and disorder which was a major feature of military rule. Michael (1998) In its wake it obtained high hope and expectations across Sabon Gari and the country at large. Democracy Offers bitter...Continue Reading »

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• 17. POLITICAL ACTION AND SECESSION MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Change in political administration plays a significant role in the proliferation of conflicts in Nigeria; ranging from Boko haram, Niger delta crises and Biafra agitation. Many keen observers of political development in Nigeria will agree to the fact that, one of the greatest challenges the country is currently facing is the seemingly unending s...Continue Reading »

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• 18. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERI...

  » ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of the INEC as an electoral management body on democratic consolidation in Nigeria. This was premised on the observation Nigeria continues to witness with growing disappointments and apprehension as to its inability to conduct peaceful, free, fair and open elections in which results are widely accepted and respected across the country. The objectives of ...Continue Reading »

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• 19. THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT CONFLICT IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In social science no concept has a single definition, because there are converging views of concepts that is, different scholars view concepts base on their personal idiocencracy. Therefore, it is imperative to conceptualize the basic terms which will give us a better understanding of this research study. Democracy and democratization are two differ...Continue Reading »

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• 20. GLOBALIZATION AND NIGERIA’S SOVEREIGNTY

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1       Introduction “Globalization represents the reality that we live in a time when the walls of sovereignty are no protection against the movements of capital, labour, information and ideas nor can they provide effective protection against harm and damage” (Higgins, 1999). This declaration by judge Rosalyn Higgins, the former president of the International Court of jus...Continue Reading »

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• 21. POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICS OF SECOND TERM

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY A political party is an association of people who hold similar views about what should be a community or society’s social and economic priorities and come together to establish these priorities by gaining control of the machinery of government (Derbyshire & Darlyshire, 1991:13a). Modern political parties, whose predecessors were cliques and fa...Continue Reading »

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• 22. ECOWAS: THE IDEALS AND PRACTICE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1              Background to the Study One of the most discussed themes over the past two decades in scholarly studies, political discourse, and international media is regional integration. The extent of the emergence of regional integration remains closely linked to the rise of globalization and the need for countries to negotiate agreements to facilitate ...Continue Reading »

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• 23. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA FOURTH REPUBLIC

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Africa is currently experiencing the paradox of her being. Poverty and squalor are but hallmarks of a great continent that has richly being blessed by nature. A continent that often has been spared of untold natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes (except for few landslides in pockets of places) and the likes. In various states...Continue Reading »

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• 24. PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Corruption is both a major causation of and a result of poverty around the world especially in the third world countries. It occurs at all levels of societies, judiciary functions, civil service commission, large and small business, military and other services. Corruption affects the poorest the most, whether in rich or poor nations (Anup, 2010). In Nigeria,...Continue Reading »

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• 25. YOUTHS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1       INTRODUCTION One of the challenges facing Africa today is how to provide opportunities for the continent’s more than 200 million youths so that they can have decent lives and contribute to the socio economic and political development of their countries (G. Genyi, 2016). According to the United Nations (2010), Africa’s population as of 2011 wa...Continue Reading »

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