My Mind On Nigeria

Author : Malcolm Fabiyi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557237319

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My Mind on Nigeria by Malcolm Fabiyi Pdf

Author : Raji, Remi
Publisher : Kraft Books
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789789181162

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Sea of My Mind by Raji, Remi Pdf

Having produced five volumes of poetry, with a vision conscious of nationhood, Raji has become a stable dependable and enduring voice in recent Nigerian poetry. A poet with a consummate political theme, Raji sees versification as an engagement in the socio-political discourse of his land, aimed at forging a just nation.

Author : Bayo Adebowale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040818853

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Out of His Mind by Bayo Adebowale Pdf

Author : Beulah Wood
Publisher : SAIACS Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788187712985

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How I changed my mind about Women in Leadership by Beulah Wood Pdf

Here over twenty Indian Christian leaders, men and women, from north and south, from academia and from mission, reveal their journey away from the traditional teaching that women cannot and should not jointly lead in church or home. For each this is an affirmation or a shift in their personal belief compelled by both life experience and Bible study.

Author : Robert Siller,Bob Siller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781425798642

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A Country Called Nigeria by Robert Siller,Bob Siller Pdf

This story is about an African American businessman who embarked on what he thought would be a promising business trip to Nigeria in 1978. Although that first business trip was unsuccessful, he would eventually make four more trips, with the hope that the next trip would bring him that elusive financial success. I am that African American businessman, and in the process of making these trips, I lived in the country for more than fourteen years. My experiences included living under military rule, a strained union, corruption, and other social problems. Despite these difficulties, I had the opportunity of sharing the warm and friendly relationships with members of the three major ethnic groups (Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba) and some of the over 250 minorities. After witnessing Nigeria's problems for more than fourteen years, it left me with a strong urge to write about their situation in a constructive way. My journey touched on various levels of the Nigerian society, and I would like to share these experiences with you in "It's Time" for A Country Called Nigeria.

Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666900507

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Nigeria in the Fourth Republic by E. Ike Udogu Pdf

Nigeria is a bellwether, in an enormous continent, endowed with natural resources and human capital, whose development and greatness have been marred by political instability since gaining home-rule from Britain in 1960. The contemporary political, economic, and social quandaries that have stultified Nigeria’s growth project flows from difficulties in cultivating patriotic leaders with pluck to enact efficacious policies that will catapult the country to greater heights developmentally. Nigeria in the Fourth Republic: Confronting the Contemporary Political, Economic, and Social Dilemmas, edited by E. Ike Udogu, examines some of the vital issues responsible for the current political malaise and recommends strategies for exculpating the country from her current political quagmires. The contributors to this book argue, inter alia, for the avoidance of false starts reminiscent of the military interventions that aborted the democracy project and advocates the enactment of effective policies to supersede decision dictated by politics. This volume proposes national healthcare strategies to address the country’s healthcare needs and for dialogue to extinguish combustible inter-religious conflicts. The book recommends ways to assuage police highway malfeasance and explains why human rights observance is critical to further national cohesion while creating space for the subalterns to have their voices heard in discourses on how to advance peaceful coexistence.

Author : Professor Humphrey N. Nwosu
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781635682878

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Laying the Foundation for Nigeria's Democracy by Professor Humphrey N. Nwosu Pdf

Laying the Foundation for Nigeria’s Democracy: My Account of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election and Its Annulment is a factual, gripping, and compelling insight into the most authentic analysis and explanation of the nation’s political environment under which the June 12 election was held and how the result was tragically annulled, even as it was accurately adjudged as the freest and fairest in the history of the country. The theoretical thrust deals with the crux of the problems that face the task of nation-building in Nigeria which is legitimacy. Prudently, the author examines how the Nigerian leadership tends to attract legitimacy and its acceptance from the generality of Nigerians. He documents the centrifugal and centripetal forces that combined in the various ways to shape as well as influence President Babangida’s transition program. The program is analyzed and compared with the previous transition program, and the process, its special features like its phased nature and its inbuilt learning process are identified. Professor Humphrey Nwosu concludes the book by stating unequivocally that Nigerians found a great deal of opportunity for real and genuine democracy during June 12 presidential election and they grabbed it. The outcome of the election and its annulment had whetted the appetite of both the majority and the minority ethnic groups of Nigeria. There is therefore a burning desire for equality, fairness and freedom for all Nigerians. Suggesting how Nigerians can solve their present political problems, he reiterates that the June 12 presidential election lays a strong foundation for democracy in Nigeria, and also maintains that June 12, 1993 election was indeed the Real Democracy Day in Nigeria while May 29, 1999 was its offshoot. This broad-ranging book of stimulating account is commended to students of political science, political leaders, democrats, all public office-holders as well as independent readers having the interest of Nigeria’s development at heart.

Author : Ayo Faleti
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471618482

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On the brink by Ayo Faleti Pdf

Nigeria is in the grip of a serious crisis. The country is seemingly incapable of positive traction at all levels. Nigeria's 'hardware' problem is structural and her 'software' problem is that of an incorrigible leadership.

Author : Abi Daré
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524746087

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The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Pdf

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! “Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable.”—The New York Times Book Review “A celebration of girls who dare to dream.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah’s Book Club pick) Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Everygirl, and Read It Forward! The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same. Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world.

Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442206892

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Nigeria by John Campbell Pdf

An updated edition of this book is now available. Nigeria is the African country of greatest strategic importance to the United States. And it is in danger of failing as a state. John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, in Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink, analyzes the hollowing out of Nigerian governance, the insurrection in the oil patch, and religious and ethnic conflict in the North. Looking forward to the elections in 2011, he suggests policy options for the United States to help Nigeria escape state failure.

Author : Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : 9780714631813

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My Vision of Nigeria by Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari Pdf

First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Efua Traoré
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338781946

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Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traoré Pdf

A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing the wealth of culture, traditions, adventure, joy, pride, and love found in Nigeria. In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret. Ajao is nothing like Lagos -- no cells phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what? Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream... right? Wrong. Something isn’t right. Children are disappearing and it’s up to Simi to discover the truth.

Author : Charles Akujieze
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781728386461

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Nigeria: an Experiment in Nation Building by Charles Akujieze Pdf

In this painstakingly updated and comprehensive political masterpiece, Charles Nnaemeka Akujieze explores Nigeria's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial history and current affairs in Nigeria politics and administration and presents a nuanced explanation of events and circumstances that have dangerously flung this complex, dynamic and troubled giant to the brink. It is one of the most updated and comprehensive analysis of Africa's most important and populous nation that has been undermined, in recent decades, by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant corruption and an ailing economy.

Author : Steve Itugbu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786722331

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Foreign Policy and Leadership in Nigeria by Steve Itugbu Pdf

Steve Itugbu, for many years a foreign policy aide to Obasanjo, draws on an extensive corpus of official documents, interviews, unpublished material and first-hand experience to explore the president's multi-faceted personality in depth. In so doing, Itugbu demonstrates that Nigeria's foreign policy has suffered through a combination of personalisation - that is subjugation to the will of Obasanjo - and the failings of bureaucratic structures. The book focuses specifically on Nigeria's decision not to intervene in Darfur in 2004, which is shown to be attributable to Obasanjo's politicking and inherent focus on shoring up his own position. Ultimately, an important opportunity for the African Union to set a precedent for humanitarian intervention was missed - a pattern which has since repeated itself across Africa. Such personalisation is common in the region, and the book therefore acts as a case study for better understanding the problems facing foreign policy making, diplomacy and leadership in Africa. Throughout, Itugbu provides a reasoned and thorough analysis of the complex and interconnected issues facing Nigeria and Africa today, and the prospects of resolving these in the future. This behind-the-scenes account of the mechanics of Nigerian foreign policy is essential reading for all students, researchers and policy makers working on Africa.

Author : Obaze, Oseloka H.
Publisher : Safari Books Ltd
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789785478563

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Prime Witness: Change and Policy Challenges in Buhariís Nigeria by Obaze, Oseloka H. Pdf

This volume of essays on public policy challenges in the Buhari-led Nigeria is a child of necessity. In 2015 and sixteen years after the PDP assumed the leadership reins in Nigeria, it was evident to all, that Nigeria was not enjoying the best form of governance and purposeful leadership. The strength of government was absolutely lacking. Enter 2015 and the grand alliance and vision of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which claimed to be the only credible alternative capable of upending the PDP and providing Nigeria the much leadership change it desired. Hope about Nigeria's prospects soared with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The hope was well founded: it reflected the high expectations generated both by the smooth transfer of power from the Jonathan administration, itself a sign of a maturing democracy, and by the scintillating campaign by candidate Buhari. It did not take long before the Buhari administration confronted the political reality of governance. The governance reality that the Buhari administration faced on assuming the reins of power consisted of his own campaign promises (tackling insecurity, combating corruption, and growing the economy -- with emphasis on reducing unemployment and diversifying the economy); unanticipated crises (resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta and onset of recession); and self-inflicted injuries (delayed appointment of his cabinet, policy somersaults on foreign exchange policy, and poor management of the recession). Prime Witness Change and Policy Challenges in Buhari's Nigeria is essentially a product of the author's observations, exchanges with his various interlocutors in and out of government, and Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike, during the first year of the Buhari administration, 2015-2016. The decision to put this volume together, and indeed, the compelling reason for articulating the policy recommendations, critiques and views herein, derived in his personal belief that as a member of the Nigerian attentive public, we owed it as a civic duty to our posterity to speak up, regardless of whether anyone is listening. Such undertaking will no doubt, enrich our national conversation of critical issues and in the long run, vindicate us in the eyes of our posterity.