HERDSMEN AND FARMERS CLASHES IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS by ANGELA AJODO-ADEBANJOKO, ROSEMARY IJEOMA NWOFOR

“…This paper examines the national security implications of herdsmen and farmers conflict on Nigerian national security. It provides the necessary recommendations which include developing mediation and conflict prevention capacities of the communities involved and early warning signal as well as training herdsmen and farmers at the local level and within rural community on the need to live peaceful communal life togrther. …”
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THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN PEACE BUILDING: FOCUS ON PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA by TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LEMON BLESSINGS EBENEZER, KAJAN EMMANUEL MINDAT

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NATION BUILDING AND THE DIALECTICS OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY IN NIGERIA’S POLITICS by Clement Odiri Obagbinoko

“… This paper interrogates the interface between politics and religion and the extent to which religion and religiosity has been deployed in Nigeria’s politics to engender societal cohesion within the Nigerian polity. There has been popular advocacy for the deployment of religion in Nigeria’s politics towards an organic society and for the purpose of strengthening national unity. …”
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Urhobo-English Loanwords Coda Adaptation: A Constraint-Based Account by Philip Oghenesuowho Ekiugbo, Cecilia Amaoge Eme

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in a Young African Soldier with Recurrent Syncope by Mohammed Abdullahi Talle, Faruk Buba, Aimé Bonny, Musa Mohammed Baba

“…We report a case of HCM and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome in a 28-year-old male Nigerian soldier presenting with recurrent syncope and lichen planus.…”
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THE ROLES OF CIVIL SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN SUSTENANCE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA by MAS’UD BELLO

“…In Nigeria democratic governance has not produced the expected results of the dreams of Nigerian. Nigeria as a nation has made attempts since 1960 when it attained its political independence to establish durable democratic governance. …”
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR by Efeurhobo Davis Ochuko, Thomastina Nkechi Egbon

“… The basic thrust of this paper is centred on  insecurity  and its adverse implications in  Nigerian educational sector. The paper addressed the following objectives; access the relationship between misgovernance and insecurity in Nigeria, establish the relationship between governance and  insecurity, identify the nature and activities of insecurity, identify the consequences of insecurity  on  education in Nigeria. …”
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Impact of dumpsite compost on heavy metal accumulation in some cultivated plants by Basma T. Abd-Elhalim, Mathew Gideon, Kuzmin Anton, Mercy O. Boyi

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Plea Bargain Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria: Between Punishment and Protection by Olowu Olagunju Folorunso Folorunso

“… Corruption is endemic and it occurred virtually in all the facets of Nigerian life. Consequently, the inability of the plea bargain law to fight corruption holistically in order to enforce deterrence had resulted in increased corrupt cases as corrupt officials escaped commensurate punishment for their offences. …”
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Adapting Yorùbá Epistemology in Educational Theory and Practice in Nigeria by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…In its engagement with Nigerian educational dynamics, the essay concentrates, first, on Yoruba epistemology in its intersection with ethical and metaphysical perspectives from Yoruba thought. …”
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Contemporary Nigeria and the Deficit of Deliberative Democracy: Exploring the Indigenous Value of Àgbájọ ọwọ́ as Collegiality by Ronald Olufemi Badru

“…Third, to address the problem of the research, it is argued that well-meaning, democratically conscious Nigerians should practically embrace the indigenous value of àgbájọ ọwọ́as collegiality to resist electoral choices/candidates of the noted politically influential elites. …”
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A Fibi S’ólóore- A Study of Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ as a Fringe Yorùbá Elite by Oyesola Animashaun

“…The work is examined through the prism of Machiavelli and elite theories.The study revealed that the mainstream Yorùbá elites continually fall prey to Ọbásanjọ́’s devices and concludes that the subject used the Yorùbá ethnic currency as a passport to glory in Nigerian public life at the detriment of his nation. …”
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Retrieving, Translating, and Archiving, Hubert Ogunde’s Aye by Adedoyin Aguoru

“…The significance of Hubert Ogunde’s works as precursor to the Nigerian Operatic Alarinjo (Travelling) theatre can only be preserved in translated forms that makes the performance texts retrievable. …”
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Yoruba Festival and the Dramatist: Satire as Spine in Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests by Olusegun i Olu-Osayomi

“…By vigorously exploiting African (Yoruba) experience, festival motif, and satiric modes, in a manner relevant to the moral development of his world, it will be seen that Soyinka, succeeds in laying the foundation for a truly Nigerian national literature and it is, in fact, on this that his strengths as a satirist playwright lie …”
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DEMOCRACY, POVERTY AND THE SEARCH FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA by Morris K.O. EDOGIAWERIE, E.O. Bello

“…This study will adopt the analytic a priori approach in the exploration of the phenomenon called poverty with a view of determining its cause(s), implications and challenges for the Nigerian state and how to get around this seemingly horrific issue threatening to cripple and tear the nation apart. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Benedict Azu, Ijieh Sunday Okubor

“…Therefore, the aim of this paper is to find out the origin of poverty alleviation programmes in Nigeria, the approaches and strategies that Nigerian government has applied to reduce poverty, the appraisal or outcomes of poverty alleviation programmes and the constraints of the programmes in Nigeria. …”
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IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“…Annual time-series from 2001 to 2022, sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Exchange Group and Securities Exchange Commission, are adopted. …”
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BORDER POROUSNESS AND THE FULANI HERDSMEN VIOLENCE AS THREAT TO NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY (2013-2022): IMPLICATION FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF SDG GOAL 16 (PEACE) by Segun Joshua, Adekunle Olanrewaju, Jeremiah Etuk

“…Relying on the fragile state theory, backed by secondary methods of data collection, the study investigates the challenges of securing the nation’s borders and how the activities of the herdsmen directly affect the national security of the Nigerian state with negative impact on sustainable development goal 16 (peace). …”
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Trace Elements Concentrations in Water and Aquatic Biota from Ase Creek in Niger Delta by CL Overah, CMA Iwegbue, EK Ossa, GE Nwajei

“…Metal concentrations in the fish species and aquatic plants in this study are good indicators for environmental monitoring in Nigerian rivers. Oil explorations, industries and anthropogenic wastes were traceable to the elevated metal concentrations in the Ase-creek. …”
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