Violations of law, human rights abuse, and socio-economic and political grievances are legacies of violence and conflict-affected politics. In recent times, the aggravation of violence and conflict has hindered political ...

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 ...

The phenomenon of armed banditry has been a general trend mostly in Northern Nigeria and one of the greatest security threats to the existence of human life in the country. Despite the efforts of both the federal and state ...

As Nigerians look forward to the general elections in 2023, there is growing concern that the nation’s pervasive insecurity condition could offer a significant barrier, if not an obstruction, to those elections. This is ...

Over the years, extant literature by various scholars has been in existence on the propelling forces of trafficking in persons, however, this study examines globalization as being the catalyst of the illicit trade of Human ...

The delegates system in any democratic setting always helps to nurture good ethics and democratic values that produce credible leadership in the country. The practice however, in Nigeria, has not brought about the emergence ...

This paper examined government by the people and national security in Nigeria: A strategic panacea for good governance. Government by the people is a function of the “will” of the people. This was practiced by people of ...

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 ...

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has successively witnessed decline in voter turnout at elections. This is in spite of the humongous amount of money expended on the conduct of elections in the country. Although authors have ...

The 1990s marked a watershed in the transition to democracy in West Africa. However, after three decades, democracy is yet to be rooted in the region due to frequent military interventions (coup d’états) and the subsequent ...