PLURALISM‚ CITIZENSHIP AND ETHNIC CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE BENUE VALLEY NIGERIA:TOWARDS A CIVILIZATION OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE. By Department of Rel. and Philosophy Benue State University‚ Makurdi. Nigeria. alloyihuah@yahoo.com ABSTRACT One of the most complex features of the Nigerian nation is its ethnic composition. Like very other African nation Nigeria labour under triple cultural heritage; euro-Christian tradition‚ arabico-islamic culture and the indigenous Nigeria thought system. These polarities
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University The Adventure to Democracy In the midst of the prevalence of democratic transitions‚ a number of developing countries are seeking to achieve the successful consolidation of civil order in modern days. Among those participants‚ Mexico and Nigeria has been spotlighted for the completely contrastive endings at the end of their long-adventures towards democratization since their independence; Mexico‚ from its independence‚ has maintained the political stability despite the authoritarian single-party
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Recent activities of secret fraternities in Edo and Anambra States of Nigeria have once again brought to focus the impact of the activities of the nefarious groups on the polity. Not too long ago‚ two prominent movie stars were brutally assassinated in Edo State in what was alleged as a frat-related offensive‚ which culminated in the death of about twenty individuals. Most recently inhabitants of Anambra state were terrorised by frat men‚ who held the state capital hostage in a brutal frat war between
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or negative. The Nigeria is said to be morphologically derived from a blend of ’niger’ and ’area’. Nigeria came into exixtence in 1914 as aresult of the almalgamation of the northern and the southern protectorates of the brithish territory around the river niger area. Nigeria is a multidimensional vast: landmass‚ culture‚ population‚ language‚ beliefs‚ tradition and lifestyle practised by different people from different areas and there are about 400 native languages inj Nigeria (bamgbose 1971‚ osayi
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References: Nyong‚ M. O. (1998) Fiscal Federation‚ Revenue Allocation Formula and Economic Development in Nigeria. Nigeria Financial Review‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 3‚ pp.33-54. Nyong‚ Michael (2003) “Fiscal Federalism‚ Revenue Allocation Formula and Economic Development in Nigeria”‚ in Ekpo‚ Akpan H. and Ubok-Udom‚ Enamidem (ed.) (2003) Issues in Fiscal Federalism and Revenue Allocation in Nigeria‚ Uyo: University of Uyo‚ pp.407-445. Obi‚ C. (1998) The Impact of Oil and Nigeria’s Revenue Allocation System:
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Joint Africa Institute Seminar on the Role of Parliamentarians in Promoting Good Public Financial Management and Accountability in Africa Tunis‚ November 19-23‚ 2007 Public Financial Management and Corruption[1] Public Financial Management (PFM) ordinarily covers the management of government revenue‚ expenditure and cash. Corruption defined as the diversion of public resources for private use can affect any of these operations‚ at the level of the national and sub-national administrations. This
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Browse > Area and Ethnic Studies > African Studies View HTMLDownload PDF The African AIDS Epidemic: A History‚ and: AIDS in Nigeria: A Nation on the Threshold (review) Ezekiel Kalipeni‚ Richard O. Djukpen From: African Studies Review Volume 50‚ Number 1‚ April 2007 pp. 197-199 | 10.1353/arw.2005.0113 In lieu of an abstract‚ here is a brief excerpt of the content: These two books are a welcome addition to the growing body of literature that draws attention to the social‚ cultural‚ political
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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW POLITICAL RENEWAL IN NIGERIA Democracy The simplistic definition of democracy ‘government of the people for the people and by the people’ can be cited by any layman but the practical application of those words varies in different forms. Democracy as a model and structure of government has been in use for a long time. It “entails a system of government that allows the citizens freedom to decide their desires. Ancient Greece (Athens in particular) is commonly
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Nigeria: The Unstable Democracy 1999 marked Nigeria’s return to democratic rule. However Nigeria is not a stable democracy. Nigerians are still waiting to see the aspects of a democracy that many stable democracies see today; social welfare programs‚ justice‚ and equal access to resources and power. Corruption in the government‚ lack of human rights‚ increased civil discord‚ and the absence of electoral reform keep Nigeria from becoming a stable democratic country. The oil boom in the late 1970s
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Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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