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Abstract Colonial rule in Africa is one of the experiences in African history that cannot be easily forgotten with the passage of time.  It was an experience which began with the scramble for,  partitioning and eventual  conquest  of African  societies.  The  study of colonial  interactions  in Africa  has received commendable ...

Abstract The Igbo live in the South-Eastern and some parts of the South-South geo-political zones of Nigeria.   However,   for a number reasons, the people are found all over the  country, and indeed, the world. The emergence of the Igbo in Kano owed much to British colonial policies. The early Igbo ...

ABSTRACT Inter-group relation is not an entirely new field in historiography.  Scholars of different backgrounds have expressed divergent views on changes that have occurred in this area of study.  Investigations   and  findings  on  the  theme  differ   from  epoch  to  epoch. Historically,  social,  political,  cultural and economic considerations,  account for changes ...

ABSTRACT The proliferating rate of and the protraction of many violent conflicts in the world from the 20th century up to the first decade of the 21st  century tend to point towards the inadequacy of the  existing  formal  preventive  and  post-conflict  peacebuilding  mechanisms.   Since  the situation seems to be worse ...

ABSTRACT Local   government   is   the   third   tier   of   government   responsible   for management of the affairs of the rural people.  This tier of government is created to bring development closer to the people.   Such development is expected to prevent rural-urban drift of the youths.  Among the function of the local government ...

ABSTRACT The issue of female Christians covering their heads during worship has been a controversial thing. During the time of Paul, the controversy was there, and the Apostle handled it. Thereafter the matter was laid to rest until the middle of twentieth century when women in the West began the ...

Abstract In spite of the existence of the quarry industry in Abakaliki not much has been written on its history and the contribution of the industry to the people of Abakaliki. The study intends to fill the gap. The work traced the origin of the industry to the Colonial period, ...

Abstract Isuikwuato has continued to turn out many educated men and women, but no serious effort has been made to write the history of the establishment of  Western education  in  Isuikwuato. Much  of  the  documented  data  on Western education in the area of study covered the period from 1914 to ...

ABSTRACT This study examines cattle trade and its place in the development of Maigatari economy in Jigawa  state,  Nigeria  between  1960-2010.It  is  an  important  variable  in  the  country’s development  equation.  It  is  a  trade  dominated  by Nigerians  and  Nigeriens  including  a proportion of the local people. Then government  through the ...

ABSTRACT On assumption of office as president, Obasanjo made diplomatic moves to redeem the battered and  shattered  image  of  the  country  which  was  as  a  result  of  the  unending  transition  to democracy, increase in the abuse of fundamental human rights and the regular killing of innocent citizens in the 1990s. ...

ABSTRACT The  study  examines  the  constraints  faced  by  the  Nigerian  military  in  carrying   out counterinsurgency in the Niger Delta of Nigeria between 1999 and 2009. The study argues that there are significant problems in relying on conventional forces to engage in specialized COIN operations like the insurgency in the Niger ...

Abstract Since the return of power to the civilians by the military in 1999, Nigeria has been conversant with security threats such as militancy, vandalization of government properties, co-joined with private and corporate properties, kidnapping, armed robbery and suicide bombing, etc. up to 2015. Amidst these security challenges, the most ...

ABSTRACT “The struggle for resource control in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, 1800- 2009,” is an account of the age long struggle of the Niger Delta leaders and people to own, control and manage the resource endownment originating from their area without unnecessary interference and intrusion by the European ...

ABSTRACT Steel  is  an  important  element  of  the  industrialization  process.  A  nation  with  a  highly developed steel industry is often characterized by heavy industrial development. Countries like USA, Britain, Japan, China and Russia were known to have particularly paid keen attention to steel development. Using historical method and modernization framework, ...

ABSTRACT The issue of gender in contemporary politics has attracted interests globally, across different endeavours, especially in relation to women. This could be attributed to the fact that politics is a major pillar that upholds any society in the act of governance. Throughout time, the recognition and relevance of women ...

-ABSTRACT- Slowly, researchers have begun to piece together the migration histories of Igbo traders. Throughout the twentieth century, “trade”, an important economic factor in labour migration, has shaped the migration treks of Igbo traders and affected socio-economic conditions in their host societies. Thus, the intermingling of Nigerians who were previously ...

ABSTRACT The focus of this study is to examine and analyze some aspects of the economic reforms of  Olusegun  Obasanjo’s  administration.  The  study  is  organized  into  four  chapters. Chapter one is the introduction, which gives the background, statement of the problem, purpose, scope and significance of the study, as well ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Women’s history deals with the roles women have played in their societies and the effects which historical events have had on women. It focuses on women both as a group and as individuals, and understudies their economic, political, religious and social activities.1  Women ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Uzuakoli is an ancient chiefdom in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. It is made up of five villages: Amamba, Eluoma, Ngwu, Amankwo and Agbozu. It is believed that Ozu had five brave sons whose names were Oma, Ngwu, Mbah, Nkwo and ...

ABSTRACT Within a century of its establishment the Seventh-day Adventist church had spread from America to Europe and to Africa from where it spread to Nigeria and to Igboland in particular and finally began to make an appearance in  Onitsha  in  1958.  From  1958  when  it  made  its  skirmish  appearance  ...