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• 1. ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: THE CASE OF ANAMBRA STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The unbridled quest for power by man in his ever unstoppable search for relevance and advantage has indeed, generated so much tensions and hostilities. Thus, for most developing democracies of the Third World especially, Nigeria, electoral violence is not only a recurrent decimal, its frequency, character and dimension are quite frighten...Continue Reading »

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• 2. THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE INNIGERIA: A CASE STUDY O...

  » THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE INNIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF PDP: 1999 2007 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Democratic governance with its ideal of elective representation, freedom of choice of leaders, rule of law, freedom of expression, accountability etc has become the acceptable system of government all over the world. It is a form of government in whi...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN NIGERIA UNDER A...

  » THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN NIGERIA UNDER ABACHA REGIME CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the study Military intervention is a common characteristic in developing countries, it remain a controversial when it happens as well as when it fails.  It can also be said that it is vast among Africa countries. Military interventions can be defined as w...Continue Reading »

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• 4. THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA POLITICS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DOMINATION OF THE MILITA...

  » THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA POLITICS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DOMINATION OF THE MILITARY OF THE NIGERIA POLITICAL SPACE 1999 TO 2015 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1            Background of the study The name “Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of Lord Lugard, the British colonial administrator, on 8 January 1897, which she used as the title of an article in The Ti...Continue Reading »

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• 5. THE INFLUENCE OF SMS POLITICAL ADVERTISING (MESSAGES) ON VOTING PATTERN OF ELECT...

  » THE INFLUENCE OF SMS POLITICAL ADVERTISING (MESSAGES) ON VOTING PATTERN OF ELECTORATES IN THE 2015 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Election is the central institution of democratic representative governments. This is because, in a democracy, the authority of the government derives solely from the consent of the governed. The principal mechanism for translating that ...Continue Reading »

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• 6. THE INFLUENCE OF ENDSARS PROTEST ON POLITICAL INTEREST OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS

  » THE INFLUENCE OF ENDSARS PROTEST ON POLITICAL INTEREST OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the Study The Special Anti Robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS, was established as a special police unit in 1992 to tackle increasing incidents of armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom by criminal elements operating across Nigeria (Vanguard, 23 December 2017). Origin...Continue Reading »

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• 7. THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT CONFLICT IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION

  » THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT CONFLICT IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In social science no concept has a single definition, because there are converging views of concepts that is, different scholars view concepts base on their personal idiocencracy. Therefore, it is imperative to conceptualize the basic terms which will give us a better understanding of ...Continue Reading »

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• 8. THE IMPACT OF PHONE-IN PROGRAMMES IN SENSITIZING THE ELECTORATE

  » THE IMPACT OF PHONE IN PROGRAMMES IN SENSITIZING THE ELECTORATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The need to introduce the effect programmes in sensitizing the electorate as necessitude the writing of this project work. It has been observed that the most broadcasting stations are engaging in some extra curriculum activities such as introducing of interactive programmes that cal...Continue Reading »

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• 9. THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PE...

  » THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE  (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TILL DATE CHAPTER ONE 1.0        INTRODUCTION In all aspects of social life, the onset of a new decade triggers an effort to summarize and charactrized what happened 2 5 years ago, and to look forward to changes. The onset of a new era. The press stands as a bridge between the old and the ne...Continue Reading »

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• 10. THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN...

  » THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Judiciary is the third arm of government. The formation of government is specifically for peace and protection of life and property in the society as well as protection and promotion of democratic dividend. The agreement for the formation of government was...Continue Reading »

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• 11. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

  » GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1Background to the Study Governance, according to the World Bank Report (2010) is the exercise of political power in the management of a nation’s affairs. This definition thus implies that governance encompasses the state’s institutional and structural arrangements, decision making processes and implementation capacity, and ...Continue Reading »

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• 12. GODFATHERISM AND POLITICAL CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: AN OPINION SURVEY OF VOTERS

  » GODFATHERISM AND POLITICAL CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: AN OPINION SURVEY OF VOTERS   CHAPTER ONE 1.1    INTRODUCTION           The human race will never see the end of troubles until political power is entrusted to the lover of wisdom “Plato Republic”. My first approach to the challenge of this topic, is that we have no choice but to seed to return to the basic context in which Nigerians see ...Continue Reading »

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• 13. FISCAL FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA: THEORY AND DIMENSIONS

  » FISCAL FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA: THEORY AND DIMENSIONS 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. In the United States, the central government has turned back significant portions of federal au...Continue Reading »

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• 14. FISCAL FEDERALISM AND REVENUE ALLOCATION FROM FEDERATION ACCOUNT TO STATES EQUIT...

  » FISCAL FEDERALISM AND REVENUE ALLOCATION FROM FEDERATION ACCOUNT TO STATES EQUITABLE AND FAIR CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0     OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY 1.2     STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The return of democratic government is expected to lead to the practice of a more balanced system of fiscal federalism, more transparency, fiscal accountability and more devolution of powers to lower units of g...Continue Reading »

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• 15. FISCAL AUTONOMY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  » FISCAL AUTONOMY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the study Nigeria is a federal state made up of three tiers of governments. Accordingly, the constitutional assignment of responsibilities to each of the tiers in both the exclusive and concurrent lists carries financial burden (Edame, 2004:249). Observably, due to the about eig...Continue Reading »

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• 16. FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLE AND QUOTA SYSYEM IN NIGERIA

  » FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLE AND QUOTA SYSYEM IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study Today in Nigeria the use of federal character and quota system has become an instrument for recruitment into federal, state and local government civil service. In most federal system of government, the major issue is usually that of resources sharing among the federal units at horizontal and ve...Continue Reading »

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• 17. EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT MADE BY MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA P...

  » EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT MADE BY MULTI PARTY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SPHERE   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1              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...Continue Reading »

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• 18. AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY AS A TOOL TO PROMOTE GOVERNMENT POLIC...

  » AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY AS A TOOL TO PROMOTE GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO THE CITIZENRY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0       INTRODUCTION The government as an institution is an organization and can only succeed when it maintains mutual lines of communication between itself and its citizenry. Public relations in government in brief, is the concerted efforts of the government offici...Continue Reading »

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• 19. AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON ELECTORATES IN THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ...

  » AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON ELECTORATES IN THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background To The Study Advertising practice has a long history. Frank (2000.p,31) traced this history to as long ago as the creation of man and the sojourn in the Biblical Garden of Eden. Eve was said to have successfully advertised the forbidden fruit to Adam. Modern advertising h...Continue Reading »

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• 20. AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

  » AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE 1.1     OVERVIEW “The third level of government is the local government. State governments have considerable powers over their local government council, but the functions of local government councils are now separately recognized by the constitution. Oshinsami. The issue of fund availability, utilization and accounta...Continue Reading »

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• 21. AFRICAN UNION AND RESOLUTION OF THE POST 2010-2011 ELECTION CRISIS IN COTE D’...

  » AFRICAN UNION AND RESOLUTION OF THE POST 2010 2011 ELECTION CRISIS IN COTE D’IVOIRE. CHAPTER ONE 1.1. INTRODUCTION African Union (AU) officially came into existence in 2001 to replace the Organization of African unity (OAU).The African Union is a regional organization for economic and political coordination for the continent’s fifty three (53) Nations. The structure consist of the following �...Continue Reading »

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• 22. CRIMINAL PROFILLING AND IT’S RELEVANCE IN THE NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

  » CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL PROFILING 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY “The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case, is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it”1 This statement made by the world‘s famous fictional detective,...Continue Reading »

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• 23. CONCEPTS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT

  » CONCEPT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            Background of the study Good government, according to the World Bank Report (2010) is the exercise of political power in the management of a nation’s affairs. This definition thus implies that governance encompasses the state’s institutional and structural arrangements, decision making processes and implementation ca...Continue Reading »

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• 24. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AN...

  » COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA (1960 2010). CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A very striking feature of every federal state is the existence of diversities. Whether federations are formed by integration of previously independent entities or through differentiation of a single entity into many components, the centra...Continue Reading »

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• 25. BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SYSTEMS

  » BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Political corruption is not a recent phenomenon that per4vades the Nigerian state. Since the creation of modern public administration in the country, there have been cases of official misuse of resource for personal enrichment. Nigeria ranked 139th out of 176 countries in Trans...Continue Reading »

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