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551) THE ROLE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA/INTERNET ON DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Essential to the people in a democratic society is their freedom of expression, association and assembly, which is guaranteed and protected by the fundamental law of the land. Among other principles of democracy are equality before the law, periodic, free and fair election, majority rule,... Continue Reading

552) CORRUPTION AND ELECTORAL PROCESS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE 2011 AND 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study           Elections were first organized and conducted in Nigeria in 1922 by the British colonial government in response to the pressures of the nationalists who were agitating for greater participation in the colonial administration (Enojo, 2010). Following the elections,... Continue Reading

553) THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA (1999 - 2015) Chapter one 1.1 background of the study In the annals of Nigeria fourth republic, political parties have played crucial role of institutionalizing a sustainable democratic machinery that have continue to elude the country and its people through the feeding of... Continue Reading

554) CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA FROM 1999-2017

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Globally civil society organizations (CSOs) have become active non-state agents of democratic governance saddled with the multifaceted responsibilities of providing social welfare, economic empowerment, humanitarian services, political participation, human capital development and economic... Continue Reading

555) EFFECT OF PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Public policies in Africa have been formulated and implemented over the years with the help of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Some have also been formulated single handedly by African political leaders aimed at achieving radical and... Continue Reading

556) LEADERSHIP AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The socio-economic and political development of any country depends largely on the ability of its leadership to facilitate, entrench and sustain good governance (Afigbo, 2007). However, when there is a culture of impunity in any society and there is a wide spread of lack of leadership by... Continue Reading

557) FISCAL FEDERALISM AND RESOURCE CONTROL IN NIGERIA: THE WAY FORWARD

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Fiscal decentralization has become fashionable regardless of levels of development and civilization of societies. Nations are turning to devolution to improve the performance of their public sectors. Fiscal federalism is essentially about the allocation of government resources and spending... Continue Reading

558) POLITICAL PARTIES AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: 1999-2015

THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA (1999 - 2015) ABSTRACT The problems of political parties in the consolidation of democracy in Nigeria has been of serious concern. In the course of carrying out the research some fundamental objectives were examined, such as: The role effectiveness of political parties in... Continue Reading

559) VOTERS’ BEHAVIOUR AND THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTION PROCESS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Nigeria is one of the most ethnicallyand religiously diverse country in Africa, and over time ethnic and religious considerationshave been built into the electoral system itself. These factors were overly observed in the 2015 general elections, Monitor (2015)reports that on a geo-political zone basis, the South-Southhad the greatest... Continue Reading

560) THE AGITATION AND CLAMORING FOR RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA AS FEDERATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study The rhetoric of restructuring has currently been dominating the public domain for some months  and this topic has been publicized through the use of digital, print and electronic media. From every quarter, what seems like the in-thing now is restructuring. Every newspaper publication, news... Continue Reading

561) THE ROLE OF NGOS IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Democratic governance is a desired system of government that offers the electorates the dividends of democracy. It is a system where the freedom, rights and privileges of individuals are respected and upheld and the nation experiences national growth and development. This study was undertaken to examine the role of Non-governmental... Continue Reading

562) AN ASSESSMENT OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE UNDER GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Corruption has destroyed the basic concept of the Rule of Law in Nigeria. In Nigeria the law has lost much of its operational force as people breach the law with impunity. The concept of the... Continue Reading

563) ECONOMIC CRIMES AND SECURITY CHALLENGES: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIA

Abstract A popular slogan used in various association all over the country say “Unity and Progress” another says “Peace and Unity”. One thing stands out for these two slogans, and that is the fact that the actualization of one thing depends on the other. There... Continue Reading

564) MILITANT INSURGENCY AND OIL EXPLOITATION IN THE NIGER DELTA

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content CHAPTER ONE –INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the study 1.2    Statement of the problem 1.3    Objectives of the study 1.4    Research questions 1.5    Hypotheses of the study... Continue Reading

565) PORT HARCOURT RESIDENT’S PERCEPTION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT 2019 ELECTIONS RESULT

ABSTRACT Social media is recognized as a tool of mass education whether constructive or destructive. Its use has been greatly appreciated on different platforms. This study on the perception of Port Harcourt Residents of the Social Media Report on the 2019... Continue Reading

566) YOUTHS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research work captioned to explore the effort, role and contributions of youth in electoral process, in Kaduna north local government area Kaduna metropolis in 2015 general election. The research work examined the factors hindering youth participation in the last general elections where emphases was placed on lack of adequate... Continue Reading

567) 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... Continue Reading

568) 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... Continue Reading

569) 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... Continue Reading

570) 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,... Continue Reading

571) INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA

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... Continue Reading

572) 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... Continue Reading

573) 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 inNigeria, to determine the implication of kidnapping on national security, examine the challenges of curbing... Continue Reading

574) 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,... Continue Reading

575) 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... Continue Reading
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