Nigeria During the Abacha Years

Nigeria During the Abacha Years

Author: 'Kunle Amuwo

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 0

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The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria's darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very close to the features associated with warlordism. Nepotism, corruption, violation of human rights, procrastination over the implementation of a democratic transition, and the exploitation of ethnic, cultural or religious identities, also resulted in the accumulation of harshly repressed frustrations. In this book, some distinguished scholars, journalists and civil society activists examine this process of democratic recession, and its institutional, sociological, federal and international ramifications. Most of the contributions were originally presented at a seminar organized by the Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire (CEAN) in Bordeaux.


Frank Kokori: The Struggle for June 12

Frank Kokori: The Struggle for June 12

Author: Frank Kokori

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2014-07-17

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9788431712

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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 revalidate 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.


The State and Democracy in Africa

The State and Democracy in Africa

Author: African Association of Political Science

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780865436381

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This book is a study of the issues of democracy and democratization in Africa, with emphasis on the roles of civil society and the state in the democratic transition. After clarifying the meaning of democracy as a universal principle of governance and the applicability of the concept to Africa, the book examines the major problems facing the democratic transition on the continent as a whole.


Nigeria's Aborted 3Rd Republic and the June 12 Debacle: Reporters' Account

Nigeria's Aborted 3Rd Republic and the June 12 Debacle: Reporters' Account

Author: Deba Uwadiae

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2022-03-31

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1669816621

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Let's be clear. “Nigeria's Aborted 3rd Republic and The June 12 Debacle: Reporters' Account” is by no means a definitive account of the controversial transition to civil rule programme of General Babangida or for that matter, that of the annulled June 12 presidential election. But it is a fascinating collection that reminds us about the forces that shaped the past and may be responsible for Nigeria’s present dilemma.


ASIWAJU: The Biography of Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

ASIWAJU: The Biography of Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

Author: Moshood Ademola Fayemiwo, PhD & Margie Neal-Fayemiwo, Ed.D

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1946539503

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Asiwaju Tinubu, national leader, APC, engineered the first takeover of power by the opposition in Nigeria in 2015. He was the only politician standing as governor of Lagos state, southwest Nigeria between 1999 and 2007. This was a period the political blitzkrieg unleashed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo swept the southwest like a tsunami and all opposition governors lost their seats. Tinubu retained his seat and administered Lagos state for eight progressive years without a cent/kobo from the PDP-controlled Federal Government Who is Bolanle Tinubu? Where was he born and how did he grow up? What was his parentage like in the 1950s? What does Tinubu want in Nigeria? This is the first comprehensively researched biography of Jagaban.