Political Science Research Papers/Topics

Role of Political Science Education in Equipping Youth for Community Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study                                                                                           1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                                           1.3    ...

Resource Control Agitation and Political Stability in Nigeria: a Case Study of South-south Nigeria

ABSTRACT  The study examined the resource control agitation and political stability in Nigeria: a case study of south south Nigeria. It explained the concepts and dynamics of the resource control agitation and political stability in Nigeria. The related literatures were reviewed  and Rawls Theory of justice was employed at course of the research. Study made use of secondary sources of data bring to an end, the agitation, for the interest of the whole Nigeria and her international study...

Social Media and Politics in Anambra State (2014-2018)

ABSTRACT The essence of this work is to study social media and politics in Anambra State with the timeframe, 2014 to 2018. The concepts of social media and politics were discussed as well as the relationship between the two concepts. This work basically studied how social media influences the political processes and activities of Anambra State. The effective use of social media on politics and as well the challenges confronting social media deployment in politics. The study was quantitative ...

An Analysis of Technical Education Programmes in Nigeria: A Study of Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia 2001-2007

Since the 80s Nigeria has been struggling to build a solid base for economic development and growth, which has seen little success. Our technical institutions, especially the polytechnics are only for the theoretical training which does not respond effectively to the needs of our socioeconomic development nor our changing national environment. This absence of an indigenous capacity to conduct basic and applied research work in emerging areas of science and technology has continued to engender...

Nigeria-Israeli Economic Relations (1992-2010)

ABSTRACT  The research work examines the economic relations of Israel and Nigeria from 1992 to 2010. In order to ensure an in-depth comprehension of this relationship, in this study, Nigeria’s foreign policy towards Israel relating to foreign investment, bilateral trade, foreign Aid and diplomatic interactions, were reviewed. Undoubtedly, Nigeria’s foreign policy towards Israel was seldom subjected to referendum or public hearing to arrive at a peoples’ oriented resolution and adoption...

Trans-Border Co-Operation and the Enforcement of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

ABSTRACT Trans-border co-operation in the mitigation of maritime insecurity has remained a veritable and time-honoured measure for the control of illicit maritime activities the world over. Essentially, this is because of the trans-boundary character of such criminal activities. The resource-laden Gulf of Guinea region has remained largely under-utilized because of the high incidence of piracy, sea banditry and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing within the maritime domain. Thi...

The Impact of Public Policy on the Education Sector in Nigeria A Study of Kogi State, 1992-2011

ABSTRACT Public policies on education form a framework of the direction governments intend the education sector to take with the view to enhancing the efficiency and productivity of its human resources in order to achieve the nation’s needed development. This is due to the prime place the human capital occupies in coordinating the other factors of production. Therefore, this study sought the impact of public policy on the education sector in Nigeria, with a focus on Kogi state, 1992-2011. ...

International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) and Post Conflict Peace Building Process in Liberia 2003-2013

Abstract Liberia is a country located in West Africa, it has experienced two protracted civil wars, one from 1989 to 1996 and the second from 1999 to 2003. With the end of the first civil war, Charles Taylor emerged as the President of the country. His coming to power nevertheless came with lots of quagmire. However, after the first civil war, many peace building processes have been carried out to arrest the situation of incessant violence in the country, these processes to a relative extent...

Manpower Development and Utilization in the Local Government System in Nigeria: A Case Study of Uzouwani Local Government Area of Enugu State (2002-2010).

ABSTRACT  This study examines manpower development and utilization in organizations using Uzo- Uwani L.G.A as a case study. The importance of personnel training and development in any organization cannot be overemphasize if we recognize the fact that the structure that sustains the organization depends on the individuals that operate it. The major aim for personnel training is to endow the staff with the required knowledge to qualify him for a particular position of employment. The theoretic...

Power Sector Reforms and the Management of Transition Challenges in Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

ABSTRACT  The need to ensure efficiency and enhanced electricity generation and distribution informed the reform of the Nigerian power sector. Successive administrations made the power sector reform a central policy of governance. However, the reforms and unbundling of Power Holding Company of Nigeria generated a lot of interest across the nation in the face of heightened hope for better service delivery. In the light of this, this research therefore, examined Power Sector Reform and the man...

Challenges of Manpower Development and Utilization in the Rivers State Local Government, 1999- 2011

ABSTRACT  This study focused on the challenges of manpower development and utilization in the Rivers State Local Government system. The study was interested in examining the extent inadequate manpower development affected productivity in the Rivers State Local Government system; ascertaining whether manpower development programmes were based on the manpower needs of the Rivers State Local Government system; and determining whether educational training could serve as manpower development stra...

Corruption in the Nigerian Public Service A Study of Imo State Civil Service (1999-2012)

ABSTRACT  One of the fundamental problems of contemporary Nigeria is corruption. It has thrived; progressed and flourished unabated. Corruption has been institutionalized to the point of accepting it as part of our system. This study examined the incidence of corruption in the Nigerian Public Service with particular focus on Imo State Civil Service from 1999 to 2012. Specifically, the study investigated whether motivational incentives provided for civil servants contributes to their greater ...

The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect A Critical Review of the Libyan Crisis

ABSTRACT  There has been an increase in the number of intrastate armed conflicts across the world in the last two decades and this has no doubt generated lots of debates as to whether the international community has a right or an obligation to interfere in the domestic affairs of any state. This has brought into focus the issue of the limits of sovereignty and the justification for external interference in intra-state conflicts. This study focused on the uprising that took place in Libya in ...

Democratization and Post-Election Violence in Nigeria and Ghana, 2003-2012

ABSTRACT  Election is universally considered as the hallmark of democracy, especially since the current wave of democratization in Africa. However, most elections in Africa are characterized by violence particular post-electoral violence. Moreover, the study examined the nexus between democratization and post-electoral violence in Nigeria and Ghana. Though scholars have interrogated democratization and electoral violence yet little attention have been paid to ascertain whether the mode of de...

Fuel Subsidy Removal and National Development in Nigeria 1999 2012

ABSTRACT  Fuel subsidy is critical to the Nigerian economy. It is argued that fuel subsidy for years has remained the only avenue through which the Nigerian government lived up to its socioeconomic responsibility to its citizenry; and the attempt to withdraw this policy has been interpreted as a move by the government to default on its responsibility. This study, therefore, investigates the effects of fuel subsidy removal on national development in Nigeria between 1999 and 2012. The specific...


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