Old-Age Security Provision and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly in Nigeria
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How security provision impacts on life satisfaction at old age in Nigeria is not well understood. This has become essential in order to improve preparation for old age and to formulate comprehensive social security system for the elderly. Quantitative data was collected through i…
Work Pressure and Employment of Housemaids among Female Bank Workers in Ibadan, Nigeria
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The employment of housemaids to reduce domestic and official work pressure is prevalent among career women in Nigeria, with implications for child socialization and domestic security. Employing the role strain theory, this study examined the coping strategies adopted by married f…
Rethinking deification, gerontocracy and clientelism in the Nigerian political space
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Up until now, blanket respect, loyalty and veneration have been given to ancestors, living elders and godfathers in all cultures in Nigeria and their celebration in politics has become worrisome. These practices derive from deification, gerontocracy and clientelism. Most of the e…
Mulitnationalisation, Globalisation and Internationalisation Breed Diversity: The Nigerian Experience
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PurposeThe study examines how the recent phenomena of multi-nationalisation, internalisation and globalisation brought together people from different cultural backgrounds to work together in the various workplaces.The study further analyses the impact of globalisation and interna…
A Structural Analysis of State Government Finance in the South- West of Nigeria
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The allocation of budget of the defunct South- West Regional Government was used together with those of other sub-national governments in selected countries in Africa and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to assess those of four South- West States of Ni…
International Reserve and Oil Price Movement: Evidence from Nigeria
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The impact of oil price changes 011 aggregate economic activities has been a focal point of research since the 1970s and the research has often produced mixed results. For a small, open oil-exporting country like Nigeria, the effect of oil price changes is expected to be strong o…
Factor Structure and Item Analysis of the Perceived Quality of Life Scale among People Living with HIV
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The controversy on the operational definitions of quality of life has led to the development of a number of measures which in many cases are culture specific. This study assessed the factor structure and item analysis of perceived quality of life (PQOL) among PLHA in Nigeria. Six…
Security and National Development in Nigeria: The Threat of Boko Haram
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One of the major setbacks to development in Nigeria is insecurity. Until very recently, plethora of explanations on the crawling pace of development in Nigeria tends to pay infinitesimal attention to the centrality of security to national development. It is no surprise therefore…
Nigeria - Cameroon Border Relations: An Analysis of the Conflict and Cooperation (1970-2004)
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The object of this paper is an examination of Nigeria – Cameroon border relations with special emphasis on the areas of conflict and co-operation from 1970 – 2004. The paper defines some key concepts like boundary, conflict, and cooperation. The paper traces the origin of the bor…
CONFLICTS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE
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Conflicts and political instability are common phenomena in developing societies like Nigeria, a situation that affects peaceful co-existence and the attainment of sustainable development. Political instability arises as a result of the inability of government and the society in…
NIGERIA'S SECURITY INTEREST IN WEST AFRICA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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The art of external intervention as a strategy for conflict resolution and crisis management has been prominent since the end of the Cold War period in West Africa. This article examines the nature and impact of Nigeria’s led interventions in the internal affairs of Liberia and S…
ELITIST LEGISLATORS' EQUIVOCATION ON "TRANSPARENCY, CREDIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY" OF NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK, NEOLIBERAL-CAPITALIST CONTRADICTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEÎNȚELEGEREA LEGISLATORILOR ELITIȘTI CU PRIV
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Autonomy of national apex has been one of the major strategies of sustaining the hegemony of neoliberalism on global and national economies. The recent and ongoing crises within neoliberal-capitalism (2007-present) has been raised to visibility issues in the nexus of national ape…
Political Parties, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution and the 2011 General Elections
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Given the critical role that political parties play in constitutionalism democratization and development, the proper design and functioning of political parties is crucial as democracy and constitutionalism is deepened in Nigeria.Using the 2011 Nigerian general elections as a fac…
Need for Security Sector Reform: Nigerian Perspective
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Security as a concept is relative; this article dwells on safety of lives and property in Nigeria. The security system in Nigeria has not been enjoying the confidence of the citizens, based on how the sector is conducting its activities which have not in any way reflects professi…
Personality and Nigeria's Foreign Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Obasanjo's Foreign Policy as Military Head of State and Civilian President
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This paper explores personality and Nigeria’s foreign policy: a comparism of Obasanjo’s foreign policy as military Head of State and civilian President. Utilizing Hermann’s Leadership Trait Analysis (LTA) model, the paper tested the influence of Obasanjo’s personality on Nigeria’…
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT
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The paper discusses conceptual and theoretical approaches to African politics such as the Modernization School; Marxian School; and the Statist School of thought vis-a-vis development and underdevelopment paradigm. The paper uncovers critical argument in various schools of though…
APPRAISAL OF PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
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A PH.D THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN NIGERIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D).
Ten Foreign Policy Relationships in China’s New Era
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Five defining dynamics are underpinning this new age. First, emerging big and medium powers, some fourteen or fifteen in number, are on the rise as a group either as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—the newcomer), or as the cluster of VISTA which embraces…
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ÀMÓDI IN IFÁ DIVINATION AMONG THE YORUBA OF SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA
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A THESIS IN AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEM SUBMITTED TO THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
Entrepreneurship Development as a Strategy for Poverty Alleviation among Farming Households in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria
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The emergence of the free market economies globally, has resulted in the development of a new spirit of enterprise and the increased farmer’s need for more responsibility in running their farm business. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select a total of 120 respon…
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