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Abstract The study is geared towards finding out the  role of mass media in electoral process and coverage of political parties activities in 2015 elections  with reference to four media houses and four political parties i.e Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Gold 95.5 F.M, Ilesa, Osun Defender Newspaper and Nigerian Tribune Newspaper.... Continue Reading

Abstract The emergency and rising of social media otherwise known as citizen media in this digital era have revolutionalised the socio- economic and particularly political development of Nigeria. It offers platform for political debates, political campaign and political mobilization especially in the 2015 General Election in Obabra Local... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION The emergence of the Internet as the new mass medium of the 21st century now changes the mass media substantially. Information can be distributed at high speed, low cost, and broad scope and as a result, there is egalitarian access to the production and the consumption of news (Prat and Strömberg,... Continue Reading

Introduction Political analysts, researchers and communication experts have established that, for the first time in the history of politics in Nigeria; media were used to the fullest especially with proliferation and growth of new media otherwise known as social media. Social media was a major platform for political mobilization, education, debate... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study inquires into, and survey opinions of Nigerians on some of the factors that influences citizens low voters participation and electoral insanity during elections. This study made use of data elicited from... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study inquires into, and survey opinions of Nigerians on some of the factors that influences citizens low voters participation and electoral insanity during elections. This study made use of data elicited from... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract CHAPTER ONE: 1.0 Statement of the Study 1.1 Scope and Limitation of the Study 1.2 Methodology 1.3 Literature Review CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Conceptualizing Electoral Violence 2.2 Remote Causes of Electoral Violence 2.3 Immediate Causes of Electoral Violence... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement  Abstract CHAPTER ONE: 1.0Statement of the Study 1.1Scope and Limitation of the Study 1.2Methodology 1.3Literature Review CHAPTER TWO 2.0Introduction 2.1Conceptualizing Electoral Violence 2.2Remote Causes of Electoral Violence 2.3Immediate Causes of Electoral Violence CHAPTER... Continue Reading

The linkage between the elections and democracy is clear, far, no other method for selecting the leadership of a democratically ruled   society has been proved or crown to be superior but it remain a fact that there is no political system that is conflict free. Even the advanced democracies political participation, citizenship rights, the role... Continue Reading

The linkage between the elections and democracy is clear, far, no other method for selecting the leadership of a democratically ruled   society has been proved or crown to be superior but it remain a fact that there is no political system that is conflict free. Even the advanced democracies political participation, citizenship rights, the role... Continue Reading

An assessment of independent national electoral commission (inec) and the management,  the  2015 general election in Nigeria CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The INEC was established by section 153 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. It is responsible for organizing referendums and elections for president, vice president,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Nigeria is one of the most ethnicallyand religiously diverse country in Africa, and over time ethnic and religious considerationshave been built into the electoral system itself. These factors were overly observed in the 2015 general elections, Monitor (2015)reports that on a geo-political zone basis, the South-Southhad the greatest... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work captioned to explore the effort, role and contributions of youth in electoral process, in Birnin Kebbi metropolis in 2015 general election. The research work examined the factors hindering youth participation in the last general elections where emphases was placed on lack of adequate knowledge and information on... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The real issue in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria was the use of the smart card reader. The smart card reader was a critical component in the elections. It was used for the first time in the electoral process of Nigeria and it remains one of the greatest technological innovations of the 2015 general elections. The smart card reader... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The real issue in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria was the use of the smart card reader. The smart card reader was a critical component in the elections. It was used for the first time in the electoral process of Nigeria and it remains one of the greatest technological innovations of the 2015 general elections. The smart card reader... Continue Reading

Abstract The emergency and rising of social media otherwise known as citizen media in this digital era have revolutionalised the socio- economic and particularly political development of Nigeria. It offers platform for political debates, political campaign and political mobilization especially in the 2015 General Election in Obabra Local... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The desire to research on the independent national electoral commission and democracy in Nigeria stems from the fact that most political crisis in our country since independence was due to electoral malpractices. And as a student of Public Administration I suggest, there is the need for a free and fair election with perspective. Scholarly... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT   The desire to research on the independent national electoral commission and democracy in Nigeria stems from the fact that most political crisis in our country since independence was due to electoral malpractices.   And as a student of Public Administration I suggest, there is the need for a free and fair election with perspective.... Continue Reading

Abstract The study basically examined the influence of social media as tools for political education: a study of Facebook and Twitter in the 2015 Presidential election. The emergency and rising of social media otherwise known as citizen... Continue Reading

Nigeria has earned an appellation for herself as a show case of Africa’s democracy for several score of years. Ironically, every journey towards such democratic process/experience had been laden with electoral violence even since the colonial days. With the rebirth of African liberalism and the wave of democratic consolidation process that swept... Continue Reading

Nigeria has earned an appellation for herself as a show case of Africa’s democracy for several score of years. Ironically, every journey towards such democratic process/experience had been laden with electoral violence even since the colonial days. With the rebirth of African liberalism and the wave of democratic consolidation process that swept... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The emergency and rising of social media otherwise known as citizen media in this digital era have revolutionalised the socio- economic and particularly political development of Nigeria. It offers platform for political debates, political campaign and political mobilization especially in the 2015 gubernatorial election in Kwara state. The... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of social media on political marketing during the 2015 governorship election in Delta State. The research objectives include to determine the determine the political message aspirants share on social media, to ascertain the challenges of political marketing on social media. The survey method was employed... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study examined AUN students’ awareness of the All Progressives Congress, APC,use of the social media in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election. The study sought to gauge how much AUN students know about APC’s use of the social media in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election. The study is anchored on two relevant theories: Media... Continue Reading

Abstract The main objective of this study is to ascertain the effect of inconclusive election on the credibility of electoral process in Nigeria. But for the successful completion of the study the researcher intend to achieve the following sub objective in other to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study           Elections were first organized and conducted in Nigeria in 1922 by the British colonial government in response to the pressures of the nationalists who were agitating for greater participation in the colonial administration (Enojo, 2010). Following the elections,... Continue Reading

THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN  NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE 2011 AND 2015  ELECTIONS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Election is an integral part of a democratic process that enables the citizenry determine fairly and freely who should lead them at every level of government periodically and take... Continue Reading