THE EVOLVING DYNAMICS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA by Toye Manuwa

“…It also explores the strategies and policies that the Nigerian government and civil society have adopted to cope with the effects of globalization and to enhance their participation in the global arena. …”
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Demographics and the Irony of Existential Profiling in Yorùbá Thought: Policy Considerations for Nigeria by Wale Olajide

“…I then argue that if Nigeria’s lackluster policy on population is taken into consideration, the implications of the Yorùbá, as well as other ethnic groups’, population philosophy will not only aggravate the Nigerian postcolonial predicament, but will eventually explode the population time bomb already ticking in Nigeria. …”
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ON APPROXIMATION OF SUM OF CONVERGENT SERIES by Daya Ram Paudyal, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra

“… The paper has given a clear opinion on the progress of environmental protection and sustainability in the Nigerian context. The environmental regulations scenario in the country is marred by malpractices and corruption more stringent policy enforcement will help in the achievement of environmental protection.  …”
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NATIONAL SECURITY: A RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH CONCEPTS, STRUCTURES, AND PLANS by Ochoga Edwin Ochoga, Binta Sidi

“… The paper  has demonstrated how Nigeria national security strategy was militarily in the past and how the amended  Nigeria national security strategy under the President Buhari’s administration brought human security to it which is  in line with global best practices.   Legally, the Nigerian constitution puts security in the Exclusive List which gives the Federal Government the exclusive jurisdiction to legislate on national security matters. …”
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‘We are all Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn’: Insecurity, Ethno-regional Hegemony and Resistance in Southwest Nigeria by Babajide Olusoji Ololajulo

“…Although created to address insecurity, the shared meanings that grow out of Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn emphasize more complex significations: Yorùbá trailblazing tradition, succor from the suffocating silence and inactivity of the Nigerian state, possibility of political restructuring, and more importantly, resistance of ethno-regional hegemony. …”
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LEADERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by ADENIYI ADEKUNLE

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EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY AND STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Ahmed Oluwatobi ADEKUNLE

“…Hence, the study recommends that dollarization of stock market transactions and operations in the Nigerian stock market should be discouraged. …”
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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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