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Domestic Terrorism, Official Response and the Politics of Black Gold in Niger-Delta, Nigeria
Modern societies are embroiled with varied levels of
conflict. The type and intensity of conflict is often
historically determined and the causative factors are
also closely tied to the social dynamics of the global
community. Many factors tend to account for modern
conflict. Apart from having political, economic, and
environmental causes some are precipitated by sociocultural
and human factors. One area of concern is
the type of weapons and strategies employed in the
furtherance of the various interests of the combatants.
While few socio-cultural groups favor Ghandian
strategy several others adopt violence ranging from
insurrection to terrorism. It is within the purview of
the weapons and strategies employed in modern
conflict that this paper examines the dimension of
conflict along Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. It situates
this dimension within the category of home grown
terrorism in order to establish its criminal burden and
also uses conflict theory to explain its socio-political
relevance. It finally concludes with several alleviating
strategies towards solving the current imbrogli
Ethnicisation of Violent Conflicts in Jos?
For over a decade now, violent conflict has been a
recurring decimal in Plateau State, most especially in Jos the
state capital. However, some commentators have examined
the simmering conflicts in Jos by adopting mono-causal
perspective. Anchored on eclectic model of conflict analysis
and with heavy reliance on secondary data, this study
examined violent conflict in Jos. The study found that conflicts
in Jos and elsewhere are caused by confluence of factors and
as such solutions to conflict should embrace the various
manifestations of conflict so as to proffer workable solutions
Digitalizing Secondary School Activities in Ibadan Metropolitan Secondary Schools, Oyo State, Nigeria
Problems associated with manual school activities prompted an investigation into digitalization of secondary school activities in Ibadan metropolis secondary schools considering stakeholdersâ preparation vide available ICT facilities, administratorsâ and studentâ readiness with a survey sample of teachers and students that consisted of 600 respondents. Data collection instrument is âDigitalizing Secondary Schools Activities Questionnaireâ (DSSAQ) with ârâ-0.80, 0.78 for teachersâ and students respectively. Study results indicate that a significant relationship exist between studentsâ readiness and digitalization of secondary school activities; r = 0.194; p< 0.05, school administratorsâ readiness and digitalization of secondary school activities............Keywords: educational activities, educational stakeholders, digitalizing school activities DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-14-10 Publication date:May 31st 2019
Eco-Conflict Management, Resolution and Prevention in Eco-Poetics: An Interface Between the Natural and The Built Environment
The interplay and the dynamics of human interest: ideology, idiosyncrasy, belief, ethnicity, social stratification, race and language are key factors in the promotion of human conflicts. Conflict management and resolution has often been human-focused while studies that concerns eco-conflict between the natural and the built environment are far between.
This paper intends to explore eco-conflict management, resolution and prevention through selected nature-poems with specific reference to Niyi Osundareâs use of metaphor and imagery in âThe Road crosses the Riverâ and other related nature poems. The paper combines the eco-criticism theory, a critical approach which attempts to find a meeting point between literature and the environment and the theory of conflict management which contends that conflict is a state of incompatibility among values.
We deduced from our findings that man has largely defrauded the natural environment through wanton exploitation, domestication of the natural environment and the consequent depletion of the eco-system in particular. The eco-conflict management, resolution, prevention, the dialectics of sustainability of the natural and the built environments are succinctly resolved through the literary dynamics of eco-poetic
State Failure, Youths Dual Victimization And Unbated Terror Of Internet Crime In Nigeria
This paper examines the impact of the internet technology on the increase in youth 's socio-economic
victimization that is consistently entrenched covertly by the democratic state. The social and psychological
costs of the operationality of this medium remain excruciatingly high in the domain of crime with the
youths always at the receiving ends either as a users or victims. To establish the core o{victimi:::ation as
propelled by the slate, the paper utilizes two models and followed by this is the analys is o{state omissions
that are promoting the vulnerability ofyoulhs in the context of technological relat ed crimes. Finully. the
paper proffers solutions to state induceable factors that are promoting youth 's vulnerability under the
Nigeria 's democracy
Local Elite and Corruption:Revisiting Marginalization of the Niger Delta
The prevalence of contradictions generated by Nigeria's past colonial e:>..perience
sewrally explains major intra and inter-ethnic bickering that followed the nations'
political independence. The centerpiece of these contradictions lie in the themes of
credible agitations represented in the quest for self-autonomy, resource control, spatial
exploitation and a host of others which do not only pitch several ethnic nationalities
against the state but also threatens the corporate existence among major stake-holders.
At post-independence, the nation's environment witnessed the growth of a particular
segment of her population that became the custodian of power structure, the group that
overtly manipulates same to further their interest. Consequently, the actions ofthis group
appear diametrically opposed to the collective good of the mass, which are continually
displaced through scheming engendered· by corruption. When evaluated from an
institutional perspective, the successful encapsulation of the indigenous elite into the
network of world capitalist system by its nature created a lacuna e.,plicable in the duality
of allegiance. This dual allegiance, to a large extent, is tailored towards satisfYing the
h1terest of the elite class on one hand and at the other extreme glossing over the interest
of the ever rampaging marginalized locales or segment. The Niger-Delta predicament
represents one of such contradictions nurtured by corruption and sustained by allegiance
to the hegemonic power of the state, which create the needed interconnectivity between
the ruling elite at the national, state and local government levels. This interconnectivity
intensifies the continued neglect of the Niger-Delta. It is within this framework that this
paper examines the impact of state and local sponsored corruption on the well-being of
the peoples in the Niger-Delta. It also locates the root of corruption in the philosophical
leaning of oil curse paradigm and concludes by proffering solution to the problems that
beset the Niger-Delta Region
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