Dominant Power Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Zimbabwe Circa 1980-2017
This paper examines issues in principles and practices of democratic consolidation in Zimbabwe. The political system in Zimbabwe theoretically upheld a multiparty system and has held periodic elections since 1980 but undermined reforms that could have put democracy and politics on a progressive trajectory. This is not peculiar to Zimbabwe alone but is a general political culture on the continent. Gleaning on evidence from diverse sources, the paper finds that the separation of powers in Zimba...
Shuaibu Ibrahim: Iconic Years in NYSC
The volume is a narrative of the transformational leadership of Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim as the 18th Director General of the Nigerian National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) since 1973. Arising from his numerous achievements, he remain a timeless icon of the Scheme who set a very high leadership standard for generation of director generals to come.
The Turbaning of Amina Yusuf Garba, MNI as Tambarar Binji: A Gender Narrative of the Episode
It is the story of the first female to be turbaned in recent history of the Sokoto caliphate and northern Nigeria at large. The episode promises great deal to women folks considered to have been held to utmost seclusion since and even before the jihad of 1804 in Hausa land. Amina Yusuf Garba MON, mini therefore, made history on Saturday,26 February,2022 by epic turbaning as Tambarar Binji, Sokoto State Nigeria. The development no doubt would generate robust discussion amongst feminists, schol...
The G-5 and the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria: Personalities, Ideas and Resources
Contents Chapter One: Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives1 Chapter Two: The Personality and Ideas of His Excellency, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko31 Chapter Three: Abdulfatah Ahmed: The Personality and Ideology of a Politician87 Chapter Four: The Personality and Ideology of His Excellency, Rt. Honourable, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi 101 Chapter Five: Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako: The Personality and Ideology of a Statesman 123 Chapter Six: The Personality and Ideology of His Excelle...
Nigeria NYSC and The Gambia NYSS: Narrative of Founding, Partnership and Reciprocity in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Dedicationv Aknowlegementsvi Forewordix Contentsvii Introduction 1 Conceptual Issues 3 Concise Geographical and Historical view of Nigeria and The Gambia 14 Origins and Growth of NYSC Scheme 20 International Engagements of Nigeria’s NYSC Scheme 25 NYSC and the Formation of the GNYSS 36 The Structure of The Gambian National Youth Service Scheme 51 NYSC and GNYSS: Partnership and Reciprocity in Bilateral Relations 59 Conclusion 70 Bibliographical References 73 Index 86
Terrorism and Insecurity in Nigeria: A Historical Criminology Analysis
Table of Contents Dedicationiv Table of Contentsv Forewordix Prefatory Notesxi Chapter One Conceptual Definitions and Theoretical Framework Introduction1 Conceptual Definitions and Clarifications1 Security1 Threat10 Vulnerability 12 Insurgency 12 Terrorism 13 Historical Criminology22 Conclusion24 Chapter Two Terrorism in Nigeria: An Over-view Introduction30 A Historical look at the Global Origins of terrorism in Nigeria31 A Historical look at the internal developments of Terrorism in Nige...
Demilitarizing and Democratizing the Appointment of NYSC Director General: Forging Civil- Military Relations
The paper examines trends and patterns of appointment of Director Generals of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme (hereafter refers to NYSC). The problematic of the paper is anchors on the following posers: could one stretch the history of NYSC beyond the military era of General Yakubu Gowon Retired? Why are army officer usually appointed as Director Generals of the Scheme to the exclusion of Air force and Navy officers? Are there legal provisions or an Acts that provides for perennial ap...
The Unchanging God in the Changing World: Myths and Possibilities of Inter-Faith Harmony and God's protection in the face of the current Pandemic
The considers the possibilities and otherwise of inter-faith harmony in the face of the Covid19 pandemic. It notes that man from the beginning of consciousness has been trapped by one challenges or the other, which his restless struggle gives birth to magic, religion and science. As societies progresses, magic and science remain bastard brothers of religion. This is because when magic and science failed, man turn to religion. It further notes that man's attempt to interrogate the existence of...
Nigeria’s External Image and Global Responses to the Postponing of the 2019 General Elections: A Preliminary Investigation
This paper interrogates the shifting of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and the international responses it elicited. It notes that Nigeria’s national elections were previously postponed in 2011 and 2015. However, the 2019 episode attracted a lot of attention given the growing political consciousness of the electorates, the timing of the postponement and global expectations. In other word, the postponement has far reaching effect on the nation’s external image and draw responses aris...
Interrogating The Pdp And The Rise Of Apc: Issues In The Selected speeches Of Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako
FOREWORD The compilation of the powerful speeches and addresses that make the volume projects His Excellency, Vice Admiral Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako as one of the intellectual backbones of the G-5 struggle that ended in the epic defeat of the ruling PDP in the 2015 general elections. A deep introspection of the argument of the issues raised in the volume which straddled politics, economy, security, religion, geography, health, social welfare, law and history no doubt, pitched Nyako in the ten...
Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps Engagement in The Gambia, 1987-2012: A Neglected Aspect of Nigerian Foreign Relations
Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps (TAC) is one of the major planks of the Nigerian foreign policy constructed to complement the nation’s traditional diplomacy. Under its platform, Nigerian educational and cultural talents have been showcased to the world particularly in the African, Caribbean and the Pacific regions. The chapter falls in love with The Gambia of the West African sub-region due to the under representation of this aspect in the historical narrative of the bilateral relations bet...
Understanding Peace and Security as Critical Factors in National Development
Editor’s Note On behalf of the Editorial Team, I bring to you with great joy the Maiden Volume of the Satiru International Journal of Peace and Security Studies (SIJPSS) of the Department of History, Sokoto State University, SokotoNigeria. For over a decade now the Nigerian State has been seriously engulfed by disastrous internal and external security challenges. The scholarly ideas and debates at the Department on how to unravel the security riddles in 21st century Nigeria were intrumental...
Religious Tolerance in The Gambia, 1965-2016: Lessons for Nigeria
The Gambia christened the “smiling coast of Africa” is home of hospitality and religious tolerance. Arising from decades of peace its ethnic and religious elements enjoyed the country has continued to attract foreigners as tourist state. The concern of this paper is not so much with aquatic status of The Gambia as a tourist state, but how its’ Christian and Muslim groups has been able to maintain peace. The emphasis of the paper is on Christianity and Islam, because African Tradition...
A Neglected Historio-Therapuetic Response to Covid19 Pandemic: African Ebers Papyrus Revisited
Colonialism has grave consequence on Africa given the western values it installed and the dislodging of African values; if not, how could one explain decades of importation of vaccines for treatment of the bulk of African population without looking inward to homegrown remedies. This is what fires the attempt to explore the relevance of Ebers Papyrus that appeared to have been undermined in Africa’s response to Covid-19 pandemic. The paper finds that Ebers Papyrus is one of the oldes...
The Establishment of the Nigerian Sokoto Caliphate: An inquest into the Background History of the 1804 Jihad in Hausa Land, 210 years After
January first 2014, Nigeria became one hundred years after the popular 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates by Sir Fredrick Lord Lugard. The centenary commemoration of the Nigerian State generated very serious scholarly attention than any other issues in the annals of Nigerian history. While scholars channels energy in writing on the 1914 episode or epoch, very little attention have been given to the 1804 Jihad of Sheikh Shehu Usman Danfodiyo which brought ...
