Emmanuel O Ojo

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• Ph.D
• Professor at University of Ilorin

This paper is basically an application of the famous elite perspective to the Nigerian government and politics to test whether it is a theory that can be confirmed or infirmed. The observable phenomenon which is similar to virtually all regions and climes of the world is the emergence of very few people circulating in the political space over time....

This paper is basically an application of the famous elite perspective to the Nigerian government and politics to test whether it is a theory that can be confirmed or infirmed. The observable phenomenon which is similar to virtually all regions and climes of the world is the emergence of very few people circulating in the political space over time....

Undoubtedly, the twin problems of African politics for ages reared their ugly heads in the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. Thus, the thrust of this paper is basically to empirically demonstrate the manifestations of ethnicity and religion in the election. With the official results from the Election Management Body (EMB) that is Independent E...

The collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the disintegration of the former Soviet Union led to the end of ideological rivalry between the West and the East. With the end of the cold war, democracy has continued to spread as a ‘universal necessity’ and as a pre-condition for good governance, prosperity, freedom and development among nations. Two d...

Sem dúvida, as sucessivas eleições gerais na Nigéria estão muito abaixo do padrão mínimo internacionalmente aclamado para uma eleição livre e justa. Considerando que, a democracia que é o desejo dos nigerianos sobreviverá apenas se suas regras básicas e elementares - eleição livre e justa para os cidadãos - em termos de um-homem-um-voto para que os...

Nigeria, like several other plural and deeply divided societies, is a federation. The choice of federalism for Nigeria is a function of both historical antecedents combined with her peculiar existential realities. The ultimate aim of the founding fathers was definitely to weld together the disparate ethnic groups that constitute the federation. It...

This study analyses the nexus between religion and political behaviour in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election, and the effect on voting behaviour and patterns across the country. The extent of religious cleavages remains substantial and has not diminished over the years. These cleavages follow the Christian/Muslim divide, aside from the denominati...

This paper has two focal points. It undertakes a critical review of Nigeria's 2011 general elections vis-a-vis manifestations of violence across all the regions and zones of the country. It also attempts an in-depth and dispassionate overview of the nexus between democracy and violence. The paper infers that Nigeria is currently operating an 'insec...

The basic thrust of this article is an in-depth analysis of the established proposition in the existing literature on civil–military relations (CMR) that the military or instrumentality of force is a sine qua non to the formation and consolidation of the state. From that premise, the article considers the views of the founding fathers of CMR and wi...

After over five decades of planning and budgeting, no doubt, Nigeria is at acrossroad in terms of infrastructural development. Basic things of life which couldmake life abundant and tolerable are conspicuously lacking. So many reasons havebeen adduced for the stark reality; but the focus of this paper is an in-depthanalysis of the variables which m...

Nigeria, like several other countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, depicts the picture of a ‘Praetorian state’ or what Leo Dare called the ‘Praetorian trap’. The reason for this nomenclature is not farfetched. The polity alternated between civilian and military administrations since its ‘flag independence’ in October 1960. The only respite so...

The mass media are no doubt a political resource. In a plural and deeply divided society like Nigeria, its role is even more imperative in achieving national cohesion, integration, and stability. The snag however in Nigeria is that the mass media – both publicly and privately owned – are more or less ethnic jingoist. This research note takes a curs...

The majority of the world's population resides in rural areas without access to basic surgical care. Taraba State in North-Eastern Nigeria consists of rural communities where approximately 90% of the State's population resides. This was a prospective study of patients whose surgical conditions were treated during surgical outreach program in rural...

After over five decades of planning and budgeting, no doubt, Nigeria is at acrossroad in terms of infrastructural development. Basic things of life which couldmake life abundant and tolerable are conspicuously lacking. So many reasons havebeen adduced for the stark reality; but the focus of this paper is an in-depthanalysis of the variables which m...

Surgical training involves acquisition of knowledge and skills. The district hospitals are known to play complementary role in surgical training in many parts of the world; it is time to evaluate for the possible role Federal Medical Centers (FMC) in Nigeria can play to complement the training of urologists. Against this background, we retrospectiv...

There is an increase in the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) over the last six decades, probably as a result of higher longevity and lifestyle changes witnessed in the years following World War II. Though earlier studies mainly from Southern Africa suggest abdominal aortic aneurysms as uncommon amongst black Africans, recent reports fro...

No doubt, food is life; hence, food has become an instrument of national power. It iswithin that imperatival need for food that this paper takes a cursory look at the issue inall its ramifications. The paper with a comprehensive review of Nigeria’s agriculturalpolicy noted that much still needs to be done if the crisis in the sector will not escala...

The purpose of this analysis is twofold. First, it undertakes a critical review of Nigeria’s performance within the five decades of its nationhood. Second, it compares its performance vis-à-vis a number of new states which started almost at the same time in both Africa and Asia using basic economic and political indicators. The article, however, in...

The mainstay of prevention of occupationally-acquired HIV infection is compliance with universal precautions. Appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis is an integral part of prevention, control and workplace safety. This study was undertaken to assess the level of knowledge of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

One of the problems facing the nascent democracy in Nigeria which is morepressing than economic development is the high rate of brazen corruption invirtually all facets of the polity’s national life. Thus, the thrust of this paper isa review of the recent ‘WAR’ against corruption in Nigeria. The papersurveys a number of manifestations of corruption...

At the root of the dilemmas of national integration in Nigeria is the country's search for a lingua franca. No doubt, in a plural and deeply divided society like Nigeria, a national language is seen as unifying symbol. The thrust of this paper therefore is an in-depth analysis of the politics of using language as mechanism for national integration...

The form and character of Nigeria's state vis-à-vis extra-judicial killings is the thrust of this paper. The fall out arising from the recent Boko Haram crisis that resulted into the loss of lives and properties with displacement of hundreds of citizens no doubt deserves in-depth study. This paper discovers that major suspects that were given summa...

The thrust of this paper is to account for the gap between mere aspirations and actual practices vis-à-vis the management of Federalism in Nigeria. The paper begins with the plural character of Nigeria in all its ramifications which makes federalism compelling. The second part which is the theoretical anchor is an in-depth discussion of the general...

Of all new states in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, Nigeria qualifies as one that has suffered recurring praetorianism. Nigeria was under firm military autocracy and absolutism for a longer period than civil rule. It is against this background that transitions from the military to civil rule in 1999 made the polity heave a sigh of relieve. Howeve...

There is a kind of consensus in the extant literature on democracy, democratization and democratic consolidation generally that maintenance of law and order is a sine qua non to the stability of any polity in all regions and climes. All societies require a body of men and women whose sole occupation is that of protecting them from the dangers of ex...

Undoubtedly, one of the major absurdities of Nigerian federalism well noted in the extant literature which has also been responsible for her convoluting character is structural imbalance. This paper took a cursory look at this anomaly in line with Mill's law of federal stability. The paper reviewed all previous attempts at both state and locality c...

The concern for human rights is as old as humanity itself. In fact, the expression ‘human rights’ as term or art is of recent origin, but the idea of the inalienable rights’ of man predates the very political system, which produces the law-making institutes, as we know them today. The thrust of this paper, however, is to fill the yearning gap in th...

This article is an in-depth analysis of civil-military relations in Nigeria's nascent democracy. It chronicles the factors responsible for the Nigerian army's descent into the abyss—once a professional body—shortly after political independence in 1960. The author argues that much still needs to be done to effectively tame the military, which has in...

On 29 May 1999 Nigeria went from military autocracy and absolutism to civil rule. Since then Nigerians have focused on the challenges of nurturing and consolidating the nascent democracy. However, as crucial as the mass media is in all regions and climes vis-a-vis democratic processes, not much attention has been paid to the inhibiting factors in t...

The problem of democratization in Nigeria is so daunting that virtually all democratic struggles and transition grograms have been futile. It is also a well known fact that Nigeria's march to constitutional democracy has been a chequered one marked by anti-colonial struggles, crises, coups, and a thirty-month agonizing civil war. It is against this...

By May 2009, Nigeria's nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus, the thrust of this paper is an in depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The paper, however, takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges ahead and infers that unless the government increases social expenditure and tru...

The study examines the spate of ethno-religious crisis in Nigeria's nascent democracy. The paper highlights a number of factors responsible for the malady which ranges from weak state status of Nigeria to corruption cum religious intolerance and problematic citizenship as the bane of the polity. Between 1999 when civil rule was inaugurated till dat...