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The Challenges faced by Criminal Justice System and the Role Players in Combating Cybercrime in Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Cybercrime is a new wave of criminality confronting the law enforcement clusters of the world. The modus operandi of cyber criminals is different from those of conventional thieves and fraudsters. It is a new area of ... -
Citizen Diplomacy and Development: Re-evaluating Nigeria's Afrocentric Foreign Policies for Sustainable Peace in West Africa
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)Recent events on the African continent show that the Nigerian government has played significant hegemonic roles in the African region without really paying adequate attention to her internal domestic contradictions. To ... -
Citizens’ Lack of Trust in State Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: How does the Legislature bridge the Gap?
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021-01)Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and finding ways out of the crisis. This brief takes a look at what drives the widespread skepticism about government's coronavirus ... -
Climate Governance and Legislation in Nigeria: Matters Arising
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Climate governance in Nigeria is a new entrant to the domain of public interest and attempts at legislating on it through agenda setting in-roads and eventual attainment of the list of state responsibilities for public ... -
Closing the Gender Gap in Nigeria’s Agriculture Sector
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021-02)The agriculture sector plays a crucial role in the Nigerian economy, in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment, household income and poverty alleviation. However, statistics have shown that the sector’s performance ... -
Conducting Scheduled Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States in the Face of COVID-19 National Health Emergency in Nigeria: Possibilities and Options
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This policy paper examines the possibilities and options of conducting the scheduled governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both primary and secondary sources of data, ... -
Conflict and Distortion in Resource Utilization and Peace-Building in Kogi State, Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)Conflict always generates insecurity. Peace scholars recognise conflict as a non-economic factor that impacts negatively on economic growth and development. The conflict escalated by resource control is prevalent partly ... -
Constant Breach of Agreement and the National Reputation: Lessons Nigeria Must Learn from P&ID $9.6 Billion Gas Deal Judgment
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)The main issue addressed in this brief is Nigeria’s disregard for the sanctity of contracts and terms of agreement, and the failure of its representatives to enter into agreements that are in the best interest of the ... -
Constituency Representation in Nigeria: An Assessment of Taraba State Federal Legislators (2013 – 2019)
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)This paper interrogates the representation of Federal legislators in Nigeria using Taraba Federal Legislative Constituencies as the area of study. The objective was to establish coherence between the actions and functions ... -
Constitutionality, Privacy Rights and National Security: Developing a legitimate legal framework for Nigeria
(NILDS, 2017)The right to privacy under section 37 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) is one of the key human rights provisions of the CFRN and is recognised in most jurisdictions. However, the spate and ... -
Counter-Terrorism and Children’s Rights in Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, NILDS, 2021)Protection against violence, abuse, and neglect are few of the cardinal rights of children. Many countries including Nigeria are signatories to the United Nations (UN) Children’s Rights (UNCRC) declaration but these ... -
Crude Oil Politics and Electoral Violence in Bayelsa State, 1999 – 2019
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Since the return to civilian government in Nigeria on May 29th, 1999, elections in Bayelsa state have been characterised by violence. This intensification of the struggle for power often results in election related violence ... -
Database Duplicity in Nigeria: A Quest for Legislative Action towards Data Harmonization Policy
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Nigeria’s lack of good and systematic database has, in no small measure, affected effective national strategic planning and management of migration and crime control. The aim of this brief is to advocate for the creation ... -
Democracy Without The People: Interrogating Low Voter Turnout in Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)This paper examined low voter turnout in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. The paper utilized both secondary as well as primary data sourced through a purposively administered questionnaire on a total of 260 respondents ... -
Democratic Governance, University Education and Economic Development: Rethinking Possibilities
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)This paper presents a strong advocacy for change and advancement. It argues that understanding the extent to which the symbiotic relationship between democratic governance and university education impacts the Nigerian ... -
Development Implications of Morocco’s Membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)The membership application of Morocco to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in February 2017; one month after returning to the African Union (AU) following over three decades, has continued to generate ... -
Dominant Power Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Zimbabwe Circa, 1980-2017 A.D
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)This paper examines issues in principles and practices of democratic consolidation in Zimbabwe. The political system in Zimbabwe theoretically upheld a multiparty system and has held periodic elections since 1980 but ... -
Dynamics of Change in Legislators' Quality and Effectiveness in Nigeria's 4th To 6th National Assembly
(2021-07)Notwithstanding the centrality of the parliament to governance, numerous studies have come to the conclusion that the legislative institution in most African democracies is weak. A report by the UN Economic Commission for ... -
E-Government Implementation in Nigeria: Building a New Paradigm for Public Trust
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)This study investigated how the online delivery of public services (e-government) has impacted public trust in the Nigerian government. This was done using an electronic survey conducted with 13,743 users of online government ... -
Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of 2016 and 2020 Gubernatorial Contests in Edo State
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)Election is one of the vital pillars of democracy and in many African states democracy has become the most sought after. Unfortunately consolidating democracy through elections in Nigeria has been a herculean task. This ...