Dele Babalola

Biographic Data

ID2080735
NAMEDele Babalola
GIVEN NAMESDele
FAMILY NAMEBabalola
SIGNATUREBABALOLA D
AFFILIATIONSCanterbury Christ Church University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Organised crime, violent conflicts and the movement towards a dual policing system in Nigeria

    Open AccessDele Babalola, Ebimboere SeiyefaARTICLEThe Round Table2025References: 4

  • Party politics, dearth of political ideology, and the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria

    Open AccessDele BabalolaARTICLEThe Round Table2024Cited by: 3References: 10

  • Ecowas and the challenge of preventing a resurgence of coups d'état in West Africa

    Hakeem Onapajo, Dele BabalolaARTICLESouth African Journal of…2024Cited by: 4

    Since the adoption of the Abuja Declaration of Political Principles (1991) and the Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance (2001) by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional organisation has declared 'zero tolerance' for unconstitutional changes of government, particularly military coups d'état. Despite these declarations, West Africa has continued to experience coups, with a resurgence in the number of…

  • The Challenges of Nation-Building in Nigeria and the State-Building Alternative

    Dele Babalola, Chukwuemeka OkaforARTICLEEthnopolitics2022References: 11

    Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation is plagued by a rise in ethnic nationalism, agitations for self-determination and secession, claims of marginalisation, and ethnic, regional and religious tensions. These issues continually dominate state politics. For some analysts, these problems are symptoms of a lack of oneness among the multiple ethno-linguistic and religious groups that make up the country. They are of the view that the solution to …

  • Restructuring, Political Gimmicks and Elite Manipulation in Nigeria

    Open AccessHakeem Onapajo, Dele BabalolaCHAPTERA Sleeping Giant?2021

  • Nigeria’s 2019 general elections – a shattered hope

    Hakeem Onapajo, Dele BabalolaARTICLEThe Round Table2020Cited by: 7References: 1

    Nigeria’s democratic journey reached another milestone following the successful completion of the general elections in 2019. Given the intense competition that surrounds elections in Nigeria, every

  • Ethno-religious voting in Nigeria

    Dele BabalolaARTICLEThe Round Table2020Cited by: 3References: 2

    This article analyses voting patterns in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election. Its main objective is to gauge continuity or change in ethnic, regional and religious voting in Nigeria’s elections. The paper takes a historical approach in examining voting patterns in the past elections as a background to the examination of the 2019 presidential election. It was discovered that ethnic, regional and religious sentiments were still major factors that …