My Nigeria
My Nigeria

Author: Peter Cunliffe-Jones

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2010-09-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0230112609

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His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Sixty years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of its kind in Africa. Four decades later, Peter Cunliffe-Jones arrived as a journalist in the capital, Lagos, just as military rule ended, to face the country his family had a hand in shaping.Part family memoir, part history, My Nigeria is a piercing look at the colonial legacy of an emerging power in Africa. Marshalling his deep knowledge of the nation's economic, political, and historic forces, Cunliffe-Jones surveys its colonial past and explains why British rule led to collapse at independence. He also takes an unflinching look at the complicated country today, from email hoaxes and political corruption to the vast natural resources that make it one of the most powerful African nations; from life in Lagos's virtually unknown and exclusive neighborhoods to the violent conflicts between the numerous tribes that make up this populous African nation. As Nigeria celebrates five decades of independence, this is a timely and personal look at a captivating country that has yet to achieve its great potential.

Contemporary Nigerian Politics
Contemporary Nigerian Politics

Author: A. Carl LeVan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1108569218

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In 2015, Nigeria's voters cast out the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Here, A. Carl LeVan traces the political vulnerability of Africa's largest party in the face of elite bargains that facilitated a democratic transition in 1999. These 'pacts' enabled electoral competition but ultimately undermined the party's coherence. LeVan also crucially examines the four critical barriers to Nigeria's democratic consolidation: the terrorism of Boko Haram in the northeast, threats of Igbo secession in the southeast, lingering ethnic resentments and rebellions in the Niger Delta, and farmer-pastoralist conflicts. While the PDP unsuccessfully stoked fears about the opposition's ability to stop Boko Haram's terrorism, the opposition built a winning electoral coalition on economic growth, anti-corruption, and electoral integrity. Drawing on extensive interviews with a number of politicians and generals and civilians and voters, he argues that electoral accountability is essential but insufficient for resolving the representational, distributional, and cultural components of these challenges.

Adedibu
Adedibu

Author: Lekan Saka

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 9789785806922

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Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria
Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria

Author: S. Adejumobi

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2015-12-09

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781349288434

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This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic consolidation in the country.

The Politics of Bones
The Politics of Bones

Author: J.Timothy Hunt

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1551992639

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On November 10, 1995, Nigeria’s military dictatorship executed nine environmental activists. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa, the charismatic spokesman of the Ogoni people, whose land in the fertile Niger River delta has been grotesquely polluted by the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation. During Ken’s incarceration, his brother, Dr. Owens Wiwa, fought valiantly to save his life. When his quest failed, Owens narrowly escaped Nigeria with his life, first to London, and then to Toronto. His story is a heart-stopping saga of personal courage and official corruption, of individual selflessness and corporate greed.

Political Spiritualities
Political Spiritualities

Author: Ruth Marshall

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0226507149

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After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that “Jesus is the answer.” But if Jesus is the answer, what is the question? What led to the movement’s dramatic rise and how can we make sense of its social and political significance? In this ambitiously interdisciplinary study, Ruth Marshall draws on years of fieldwork and grapples with a host of important thinkers—including Foucault, Agamben, Arendt, and Benjamin—to answer these questions. To account for the movement’s success, Marshall explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Her astute analysis of this religious trend sheds light on Nigeria’s contemporary politics, postcolonial statecraft, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, corruption, and inequality. Pentecostalism’s rise is truly global, and Political Spiritualities persuasively argues that Nigeria is a key case in this phenomenon while calling for new ways of thinking about the place of religion in contemporary politics.

The Conservative and Liberal Political Leaders in Nigeria Politics
The Conservative and Liberal Political Leaders in Nigeria Politics

Author: Omon Egbon

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781718992627

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This book shows the comparison of the Nigerian Political System along with the ancient way of doing Politics. It enumerates how politicians deceive Nigerians with various promises to develop her nation. It shows us that the Political leader's falls into the category of the Sadducees and Pharisees and their belief towards life and how you can know those who really are for the growth of her nation and life after death. It elaborates how to know those who really are for a change and those who are not. Reading this book will tell you of those who are ready to bring down this nation through various unforeseen implementation of project and using it to improve their own personal wellbeing. This book will tell you of who to vote for in the upcoming election in Nigeria base on their belief and ideology towards certain aspect of life and spirituality after death. ABOUT AUTHOR Omon Peris Egbon is young and vibrant individual whose purpose is to correct the indiscipline among youth and the society in general. He is geared towards correcting abnormalities in business, organization and the society at large. He is a graduate of Business Management from Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. He is a leader, writer, trainer, businessman who have been involved in helping others find out the great treasure hidden in them. He is the third of his parents and a junior twin. He is part of a movement of youth that help to raise feeble men to become mighty men of valour called Kingdom Ambassador's Network Intl. He is skilled in putting various intellects together. He is social media manager, business & project manager, consultant, adviser to upcoming businesses and a Kingdom Addict and a member of Believers Loveworld Inc & Wisdom Christian Centre.