The research conducted a comprehensive analysis of the anti-corruption efforts during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari through a comparative lens. Employing the institutional theory as the analytical ...

Nigeria attained independence in 1960, and since then, economic development in the country has undergone several phases. Beginning with an agrarian economy that helped in sustaining and supporting the immediate family, and ...

The pursuit of an Afrocentric foreign policy, to emerge as Africa’s foremost state, has continued to guide Nigeria’s foreign policy aspirations to date. Just like his three predecessors, Buhari effectively utilized Nigeria’s ...

In the current dispensation of democracy, law enforcement challenges persist in Nigeria, particularly concerning police misconduct, corruption, and human rights abuses. Skit making, a form of online advocacy with a hint ...

This study examined the profound impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on political and economic development in Africa. The rapid adoption of ICT has transformed communication, governance, and financial ...

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 ...

Many explanations have been put forward for the progressive decline in citizens’ interest in Nigeria’s political activities, particularly in electoral democracy since the beginning of the Fourth Republic. However, there ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...