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• 1. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CROSS BORDER CRIMES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF E...

  »     THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CROSS BORDER CRIMES AND SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ECOWAS MEMBER STATES (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study Over the years various activities across the borders of ECOWAS member states have hindered sustainable economic growth and development in the Union (Orji, 2008 :?) Activities such as bunkering, terrorism, s...Continue Reading »

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• 2. FEDERALISM AND THE VIABILITY OF NIGERIAN STATES

  »   (THE BAYELSA EXPERIENCE)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The termfederalism as practiced in Nigeria is some way below the normal standard for true federalism practiced globally and this has had effect on the viability of the Nigerian state. As the continuous rise in knowledge of the nation’s awareness of its ethnic, its religious, political diversity and corporative exist...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »     (A CASE STUDY OF INEC)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Election in Nigeria  is an important part of any democratic process that enables the citizenry determine fairly and freely who should lead them at every level of government periodically and take decisions that would determine their economic, political and social wellbeing; and in case the elected leaders do ...Continue Reading »

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• 4. AN OVERVIEW OF THE NIGERIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM; ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPE...

  »     (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The judiciary is an arm of government that vested with the power to interpret laws made by the Legislature. Judiciary is a system of courts that interprets and implements laws in a state. They are in charge of providing a system that settles arguments. While in some countries under separati...Continue Reading »

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• 5. IMPLICATIONS OF KIDNAPPING ON NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA

  »     A CASE STUDY OF NIGER DELTA CRISES (1999 2009)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria is a state under perpetual internal security threat from various ethno religious militias or political insurgents. At a more general level the threat has social, economic, political and environmental dimensions. Each of these dimensions, singly and conjointly, greatly affects the natio...Continue Reading »

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• 6. NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC OF ...

  »     (A CASE STUDY OF NTA LAGOS STATE)   ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, which has witnessed four general elections (1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011), is yet to show profound evidence of a growing democracy. All of these elections were marked with controversies, just as their processes and end products encountered credibility and legitimacy crises. Obviously, all of these account ...Continue Reading »

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• 7. AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC OPINION ON PUBLIC POLICY IN NIGERIA:...

  »   AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC OPINION ON PUBLIC POLICY IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF 2010 2012   Abstract   This research work that analysis on the impact of public opinion on public policy in Nigeria from 2010 2012 while narrowing it down to the economic policy of deregulation or fuel subsidy removal of 2012. Broadly divided into five chapters, the work breakdown how governmental...Continue Reading »

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• 8. 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 role of the PDP in governance in the period (1999 2007). The work r...Continue Reading »

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• 9. IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY)     Chapter One  Introduction  Background of the study Terrorism according to lodge is an illegitimate means of attempting to effect political change by the indiscriminate use of violence (Lodge 1988:5). Also Madunagu (2001:51) maintains that terrorism is “the use of violence to achieve political objectives”. The bottom line of the above defi...Continue Reading »

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• 10. IMPACT OF POVERTY REDUCTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »       CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Many people when they hear or read about the word poverty will automatically think and look at poverty as being simply a lack of money. This is partly true but for a better understanding of poverty it is necessary to go beyond this simple or common sense, definition of poverty. Poverty is much more than a simple lack of money. For exam...Continue Reading »

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• 11. IMPACT OF POVERTY AND YOUTH RESTIVENESS IN NIGERIA

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF BOKO HARAM CRISES)   ABSTRACT Over the years, Nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness and blasts ranging from diverse regions and localities. References are; hostage thing in the south south region, the Niger Delta militancy crisis, the Boko Haram crisis in Northern Nigeria (which is the case study of this research work) etc. most restiveness of you...Continue Reading »

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• 12. PARTY SYSTEM AND NIGERIA POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

  »       CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 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 ideologically based. Ra...Continue Reading »

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• 13. AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY OF MILITARY RULE AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN NIGERIA: AN ...

  »     AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY OF MILITARY RULE AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF ABACHA REGIME (1993 1998) ABSTRACT This study analyzes military rule and the political transition to democracy in Nigeria. It enquires into how military intervenes in the Nigerian politics in the recent time. The study also examines how corruption induces military intervention in Nigerian politics du...Continue Reading »

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• 14. AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LABOUR UNREST AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »     Abstract One of the major impediments to development in Nigeria is labour unrest. This is given the fact that no Nation can develop without human resource because they constitute and play very significant role in Nation building and development. The Nigerian case has been so pervasive that labour unrest extends to every situation when the Government takes major public policy decision that s...Continue Reading »

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• 15. AN IVESTIGATIVE STUDY ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF LOCA...

  »       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 »

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• 16. FEDERALISM AND NATIONAL INTERGRATION IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

  »       Abstract   The problem of federalism and the associated crises of national integration in Nigeria raise serious alarm. The situation attracts growing interest and concern. The crises are very severing such that they culminate in a strong force being mounted on the federation with tendency to disintegrate the country. The works addresses this phenomenon by investigating and analysing the...Continue Reading »

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• 17. FEDERALISM AND NATION-BUILDING IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

  » FEDERALISM AND NATION BUILDING IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content CHAPETR ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of problem 1.3 Objective of the study 1.4 Research Hypotheses 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Scope and limitation of the study 1.7 Definition of terms 1.8 Organizat...Continue Reading »

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• 18. AN ASSESSMENT OF CORRUPTION AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF HALLIBURTON)     CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background of the Study A man can be born again; the springs of life can be cleansed instantly…if this is true of one, it can be true of any number. Thus, a nation can be born in a day if the ideals of the people can be changed [William Jennings Bryan]. Nigeria is one of the Countries in Africa that loses billions of dollar...Continue Reading »

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• 19. 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 forces...Continue Reading »

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• 20. 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 include television, radio newspaper magazines ...Continue Reading »

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• 21. 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 loss ...Continue Reading »

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• 22. 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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• 23. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIA

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED VOTERS IN LAGOS) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. 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 information n...Continue Reading »

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• 24. POLITICAL ELITES AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN NIGERIA

  »     (A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN IJAW LGA OF BAYELSA STATE)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Presently, the crisis of development is the most serious problem facing Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This is because the country has remained largely underdeveloped despite the presence of huge mineral and human resources. Several decades after the end of colonialism, most parts of...Continue Reading »

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• 25. PERCEPTION OF UNDERGRADUATES ON CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

  »   (A CASE STUDY OF MADONNA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, OKIJA)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY According to Transparency International (2014), Nigeria is ranked 136th out of 182 countries surveyed in its corruption perception index indicating the level of corruption in the country as compared to other countries. Although this came as an improvement from the previous years, it did...Continue Reading »

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