Nigerian Politics in the Age of Yar'Adua

Nigerian Politics in the Age of Yar'Adua

Author: Bayode Ogunmupe

Publisher: Strategic Insight Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1908064013

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A rare and insightful compendium of essays, articles, and reports spanning 40 years, written by an award-winning journalist, highlights democracy in Nigeria, and what it means to the people and the political leadership of the country.


Governance in Nigeria post-1999: Revisiting the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic

Governance in Nigeria post-1999: Revisiting the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic

Author: Edited by Romola Adeola & Ademola Oluborode Jegede

Publisher: Pretoria University Law Press

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 192053881X

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At the start of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic on 29 May 1999, there was great optimism as to the emergence of a new democratic future representing a significant break from the political undulations of the past. Two decades and four presidential epochs later, there is a prevalent question as to how well Nigeria has fared in governance and human rights post-1999. This book revisits the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic discussing pertinent matters integral to Nigeria’s democratic future post-2019.


Dictators and Democracy in African Development

Dictators and Democracy in African Development

Author: A. Carl LeVan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1107081149

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This book argues that the structure of the policy-making process in Nigeria explains variations in government performance better than other commonly cited factors.


The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

Author: Shepherd Mpofu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-03

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 3030819698

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The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South brings to critical and intellectual attention the role of humour in the digital era in the Global South. Many citizens of the Global South live disempowered and precarious lives. Digital media and humour, as chapters in the volume demonstrate, have empowered these citizens through engagement with power and their peers, enabling a pursuit of a better future. Contributors to the volume, while alive to challenges associated with the digital divide, highlight the potentials of social media and humour to engage and seek redress on issues such as corruption, human rights violations, racism and sexism. Contributors expertly analyse memes, videos, cartoons and other social media texts to demonstrate how citizens mimic, disrupt, ridicule and challenge status quo. This book caters for academics and students in media and communication studies, political studies, sociology and Global South studies.


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.


Understanding Modern Nigeria

Understanding Modern Nigeria

Author: Toyin Falola

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-06-24

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 1108837972

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An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.


Frank Kokori: The Struggle for June 12

Frank Kokori: The Struggle for June 12

Author: Kokori, Frank

Publisher: Safari Books Ltd.

Published: 2014-07-19

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9788431658

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Kokori: The Struggle for June 12 is the candid account of Chief Frank Kokori, former General Secretary of The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). It details the roles he and other individuals played in the quest to re-validate the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was annulled by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The book details, in depth, the events before, during and after the election, up until the incarceration of Chief Kokori as well as the political fall-out which followed.


Daily Graphic

Daily Graphic

Author: Ransford Tetteh

Publisher: Graphic Communications Group

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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Power Politics in Africa

Power Politics in Africa

Author: Olusola Ogunnubi

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-11-09

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1527561941

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This collection of essays examines the subject of power politics in Africa, paying special attention to the interests of African regional powers, as well as their capabilities and strategies in the international arena. It provides a theoretical bridge between concerns for militarised national interest, perpetual distrust and insecurity, struggles for power and hegemony in power politics, and the spirit of pan-African solidarity, brotherhood, consensus, cooperation and integration. It is on these bases that this volume offers rich empirical insight into leading regional powers in Africa with special attention given to Nigeria and South Africa. It serves to contribute African perspectives to the field of International Relations, particularly regarding power politics, which is important in terms of Africanising the narratives of a subject matter that is largely considered as Eurocentric in African and other non-Western societies.