1. AN EXAMINATION OF TWITTER BAN AND ITS IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Background of the study
Transparency and accountability are essential for the effective operation of a contemporary democracy and the promotion of societal well-being. Many powers are allocated to governmental bodies in most countries. The delegators, t...
2. IMPACT OF TWITTER BAN ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Transparency and accountability are critical for the efficient functioning of a modern democracy and for fostering social well-being. In most societies, many powers are delegated to public authorities. Some assuran...
3. ASSESSING MEDIA OBJECTIVITY AND ITS ROLE IN THE COVERAGE OF THE ENDSARS PROTEST
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Objectivity is undeniably one of journalism's most important characteristics. Individual journalists, however, find it difficult to accept journalism's values owing to the many issues they experience in their career due to the nature of the business ( Gold...
4. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA EXPERIENCE
Background of the study
Apart from CEDAW and other international instruments which Nigeria is signatory to laws that forbid violence against women, the Nigeria constitution itself forbids it. The provision in section 42 of Nigeria constitution, guarantees all Nig...
5. IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ON CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT
Background to the Study
One of the major agents of socialization in the family and it’s the smallest unit of the society. The family is the first and most important agent of socialization because that is the place a child has he/her first encounte...
6. EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY: STUDY OF LEKKI ENDSARS PROTEST
Background of the Study
Police Brutality or extreme utilization of power backed up by law is a social infringement involving the use of force by police officers against subjects of a country or specific regional area (Amnesty International, 2014). Utili...
7. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION INTO PIPELINE VANDALISM IN NIGER DELTA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the course of its history, the petroleum sector in Nigeria, which has the bulk of its establishments located inside the Niger Delta Region, has been faced with two issues that have sapped its resources. The predominance of i...
8. EVALUATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ITS IMPACT: THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE
Background of the study
Many women in our culture endure violent treatment from their romantic partners while remaining silent about it. Domestic abuse sometimes results in these women's deaths. Women are essential to the expansion and advancement of every country a...
9. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF ESANLAND PRE-COLONIAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF IRRUA KINGDOM)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IRRUA
In pre-colonial times, the people of Irrua were predominantly farmers due to their fertile soil. There was a significant amount of dense forest in which there was an abundance of timber and palm trees. According to Okonofu...
10. CULT VIOLENCE IN BAYELSA AND RIVERS STATE FROM 2010-2020
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Criminal activities occasioned by cultism are not limited to Bayelsa and Bayelsa and Rivers State, Nigeria. Cultism has become a universal phenomenon. It exists both in underdeveloped and developed countries. In some co...
11. ENDSARS PROTEST AND POLITICAL AWARENESS OF STUDENT (A CASE STUDY OF AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA)
Background of the Study
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, often known as SARS, is a special police force that was founded in 1992 to combat the rising number of armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom committed by criminal groups operating throughout N...
12. ASSESSMENT OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ENDSARS PROTEST)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Police brutality has occurred all across the globe and continues to be a serious worry for society and police agencies. This cruelty includes attacks, deaths resulting from the use of force, harassment, etc. According to Amnesty...
13. AE-FUNAI UNDERGRADUATES STUDENT AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The police are state personnel who are in charge of 'law enforcement and order maintenance' in society. To carry out these dual tasks, the police have the authority to use force, even violence. The use of force or violenc...
14. THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME FOR PEACE BUILDING INITIATIVES IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION
Background of the Study
The Niger Delta is the major hub of the Nigerian economy, but continues to linger in violence occasioned by multifarious social, political and environmental issues. Dudu and Odalonu (2016) confirmed that the Niger Del...
15. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST WOMEN AND IT EFFECT ON CHILDREN’S
Background to the Study
It is the smallest unit of society and one of the primary agents of socialization inside the family. The family is the earliest and most essential agent of socialization since it is the first location a child encounters in life and plays a signif...
16. COUNSELING STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING MILITANCY AND SOCIAL RESTIVENESS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This paper offers a critical account of the amnesty programme introduced by the Nigerian state in 2009. It examines the impact and limitations of the amnesty as an instrument of peacebuilding, and emphasises the need for wider reforms that address underdev...
17. THE NIGER DELTA CRISIS – AN EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AMNESTY OPTION
ABSTRACT
Oil producing communities of Nigeria known as the Niger Delta region has been a region characterized with fierce violent conflict for more than a decade. The conflict is between successive Nigerian governments and their collaborating oil companies, and militant...
18. CRIMINAL TORTURE AND THE NIGERIA POLICE CELL SYSTEM IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS IN NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
In most countries, it has been accepted that democracy is the only system of government<...
19. LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY AND POWER IN NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATION OF ETHNIC INTEREST GROUPS IN NIGERIA
. Background to the Study
The landmark event of January 1, 1914, wherein Lord Frederick Lugard amalgamated what was then the Northern and Southern Protectorates with the Colony of Lagos to form the entity known as Nigeria marked the beginning of coexistence under one political roof of p...
20. A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PRINT MEDIA DEPICTIONS OF INSURGENT ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
It has been observed that studies on insurgency in Nigeria have in the most parts been anchored on politics, law, economy, the environment or religion; highlighting the economic implications of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta and religious crises in the north. Quite a few...
21. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR EX-MILITANTS IN NIGERIA’S NIGER DELTA
ABSTRACT
This study is an assessment of the Amnesty Program for ex-militants in the Niger Delta as a government palliative for Oil Bearing Communities in the region. The study examined the extent to which the Amnesty Program addressed the issues of development of the people of the Niger...
22. A SURVEY RESEARCH TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A CASE STUDY OF BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is defined by the World Health Organization (2007) as “all procedures that involve partial or tota...
