Boris Happy Odalonu

• Lecturer at Federal College of Education, EHA-AMUFU

This study examined the gender barrier driving inequalities among the pastoralists of Nigeria's Sahel Region in particular Bauchi and Gombe States. The study aims at identifying the socio-cultural, economic and institutional factors contributing to gender inequalities among the pastoralists. Using a cross-sectional survey design, qualitative data w...

This study examined the socioeconomic effect of banditry in Niger State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The data for the study were collected from primary and secondary sources. The content-analysis technique was adopted to analyze and categorize the data collected into key themes of the study. The study is anchored on situati...

This study examined the implications of increasing banditry on national security in Nigeria. The data for the study were collected using internet material, newspapers, journals, official reports, and books. A content analysis approach was adopted to analyze the study data. Findings revealed that there have been high incidences of banditry attacks o...

Since 2015 Nigerians have been experiencing failure of governance which have manifested in persistent insecurity, high inflation, poor socioeconomic performance, unemployment, hardship, suffering, poverty, low development, and frustrated hope. Currently, the level of poverty has skyrocketed that people hardly provide for one square meal a day. The...

The rate of poverty in Nigeria keeps rising despite the enormous human and natural resources. The apparent disconnection between Nigeria's endowment in natural resources and the level of poverty has become worrisome to all. Currently, Nigeria is ranked amongst the poorest nations in the world. Statistics from a recent survey by the World Poverty Cl...

The governmental framework of the Nigerian state – federalism was officially adopted in 1954. Then it was two levels of government; the federal government and the three regional governments. Previous administrations especially the military regimes tinkered the structure of Nigerian state from the three regions to the present 774 local government ar...

This study investigates the worsening insecurity in Nigeria and its implications on governance and national development. Presently, Nigeria is bedeviled with increasing rate of security challenges. These ranges from militancy, terrorism, Boko Haram insurgency, farmer-herdsmen clashes, communal conflicts and religious crises, armed banditry, kidnapp...

The study examined the factors that influenced voting behaviour and voting pattern in 2021 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study and secondary data from the official election results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reports of Civil Society Organisa...

The entity called Nigeria having a minimum of 250 nationalities is a colonial creation of Britain which emerged through the amalgamation of the southern and northern protectorates in January 1 st 1914 by Lord Lugard. Thus, people of different nationalities, with varying culture, language and religion were joined together without their consent as a...

Obviously the outbreak of COVID-19 crisis has caused unexpected damage to the global economy. African countries, including Nigeria were not spared. The paper examined the impact of corona virus pandemic on political and socioeconomic activities in Nigeria as well as the policy response of the government to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Data...

This study examined election and electoral violence in Nigeria with special focus on the 2019 Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Election. The purpose of the study was premised on examining the factors that influenced electoral violence in 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, to bring to fore the impacts of electoral violence on Bayelsan electorates in...

President Buhari came to power in the 2015 elections and one of his main campaign promises was to fight the corruption that was seen as rife in his predecessor’s administration. However, five years after, corruption still subsists as one of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria. In recent time, public attention has been drawn to the spectacles of...

In a bid to contain the spread of corona virus, all schools were ordered to shutdown from March 23, 2020 by the Nigerian government. However, the closure of schools affected the students, families and educators. It led to learning loss, disruption of school calendar, cancellation of examinations, higher inequality, increased dropouts and cut in edu...

This chapter probed the effectiveness of the oversight functions of the National Assembly in Nigeria between 1999 and 2019. It showed that since the birth of the Fourth Republic in 1999, legislative oversight had been a useful instrument for checking the excesses of the executive and its agencies as well as monitoring the activities of government a...

The study examined the political and socioeconomic effects of farmers-herders conflict in Nigeria with particular reference to Uzo-Uwani local Government Area of Enugu. The study was anchored on climate change theory and survey research design was adopted for the study. The primary data for the study was generated through structured questionnaire a...

Poverty has become an endemic in our society based on certain factors that are human creation. Nigeria has been caught-up in this web due to the nature and character of the state. This paper ex-rayed the relationship between poverty and the emergence of Boko Haram insurgents in the NorthEast region of Nigeria. Secondary data were used for this pape...

This chapter is primarily descriptive in the sense that it will define broad conceptual issues on the role of the legislature and good governance. It is also explanatory as the chapter delve into the functions of the legislature and the effectiveness of this organ of government in ensuring and sustaining good governance in the Nigerian polity. Thus...

Patriarchalism culture and gender discrimination in Nigeria political structure has given concession to under-representation and indolent participation of women in politics. This paper examined the factors militating against women in politics in Benin metropolis. Using cultural lag theory, survey design was adopted and data were collected through t...

This study examined the impact of government policies and programmes on poverty alleviation in Nigeria with special reference to Edo State. The study adopted system theory as a theoretical framework of analysis and survey method was utilized for the collection of data through questionnaire administration in six (6) local government areas among the...

The Nigerian state depends majorly on oil resources for her economic survival. Over 85% revenue generations to the Nigerian government are derived from oil production in the Niger Delta. In spite of this, Niger Delta region illustrates a paradox of poverty in the midst of abundant resources. The region remains one of the poorest and least developed...

Election has become the most acceptable means of changing leadership in any given political system. It evaluates the acceptability of government and political leadership by citizens. Thus, attitude of the voters/electorates during or before any election varies from country to country depending on socio-economic-cum-political characteristics of such...

This study presents the analysis of the impacts of militancy, insurgency and forced displacement on Nigerian economy. The study covered two geo-political zones (South-South and NorthEast) of Nigeria. The objective of the study is to understand and analyze impacts of militancy, insurgency and forced displacement in Nigerian economy. Qualitative meth...

The Amnesty programme for Niger Delta militants was introduced in 2009 to curb militancy, oil theft and insecurity in the Niger Delta region. Five years after, the rate of oil theft and insecurity in the region seems to be on increase which poses serious security challenges on Nigerian state. This paper examines the issues of oil theft and insecuri...

The declaration of amnesty to the Niger Delta militants by the Federal Government was seen as a roadmap to restore peace in the region. Thus, this study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the amnesty programme in restoring and promoting sustainable peace in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study was conducted in four local go...

The proclamation of Amnesty Programme in 2009 was seen as a bold step to curb militancy, oil theft and other criminal activities in the Niger Delta. However five years after, the issue of oil theft in the region seems to have increased more than the pre-amnesty era. This calls to question the rationale and effectiveness of the Amnesty Programme. Th...

This paper examines the rising cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria which has negatively impacted on the Nigerian economy. This is because Nigerian state solely depend oil generated revenues for her economic survival. The aim of this study is to critically examine the methods, actors, causes, impacts of oil theft and the measures...

This paper examined the challenges confronting local government administration in effective and efficient social service delivery at the grassroots. It presents an appraisal on Nigerian experience with the local government administration and the factors militating against local governments in providing social service at the local level. Secondary d...