For any responsive and dependable political system, the development of the rural areas must be its major concern.
Air Pollution and Health Challenges in the Niger Delta: Desirability of a Collaborative Policy and Action
Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is embroiled and enmeshed in environmental crisis because of the hydra-headed level of pollution, degradation and dislocation that has become common place.
Poverty Reduction and the Attainment of the MDGs in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects
Due to precarious socio-economic ambience and the global publicity it has generated, sub-Saharan Africa has become synonymous with poverty, and Nigeria hosts the largest population of poor people in the region.
Media Strategies of HIV/AIDS Communication for Behaviour Change in South West Nigeria
The Nigerian media are key instruments of HIV/AIDS communication. They use different techniques to influence human knowledge, attitude and practice. Through the qualitative approach, the study identified the media and strategies commonly used for HIV/AIDS behaviour change communication in Nigeria.
Economic Empowerment without the State: Lesson from the Nande
This paper argues that the notion that a strong state is the necessary condition for development is misleading and disproved by Nande traders.
Pan-Africanism and the Challenges of Development in the 21st Century
ABSTRACT Some people maintain that Africa cannot unite because it lacks the ingredients necessary for unity including a common race, culture and language. Yet, the forces that unite Africa greatly outweigh the forces that divide it. In practical terms, this deep rooted unity has been demonstrated in the development of Pan-Africanism and, more recently, in […]
A Critical Analysis of Funding Strategies for Repositioning Higher Education in Nigeria
ABSTRACT There has been continuously declining budgetary allocations to higher education in most countries in the midst of increasing demand and awareness of its important contributions to global competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development. This new trend has remained a contending challenge to educational planners and development economists to develop sustainable strategies and techniques for […]
An African Success Story: Civil Society and the ‘Mozambican Miracle’
Mozambique, described by Former President Bill Clinton in 2000 as the “world’s fastest growing economy,” (Smith, 2000) has come a long way since the end of its fifteen‐year civil war. During the war, Mozambique earned its reputation as the country with the second‐highest infant mortality rate in the world (United Nations, 1995). What is most […]
The Niger Delta in Nigerian Nation-Building, 1960-2005
This work highlights the various methods employed by the Niger Delta peoples in nation‐building. In the First Republic they propounded the twelve states structure of the Nigerian Federation. Then in the civil war period, between 1967 and 1970, they were the cornerstone of the victory of the Federal Troops as well as saving lives in […]
