J Shola Omotola
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 91997 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J Shola Omotola |
| PRENOMES | J Shola |
| SOBRENOME | Omotola |
| ASSINATURA | OMOTOLA J S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Redeemer's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4715-8273 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
It’s Just 16, Not 60
This paper interrogates the rise and fall of the PDP as a once political hegemon in Nigerian politics under the fourth republic. This is done against the backdrop of the party’s exaggerated prophecy of a 60-year uninterruptible hold onto power, which ended abruptly after just 16 years (1999–2015). Specifically, we examine the factors that precipitated the failure of these projections and the eventual fall of the party in Nigeria. Drawing data fro…
Electoral Violence in Nigeria
There is a popular assumption that off-cycle subnational elections should be better governed and more peaceful than general elections. This position is premised on the notion that limited geographical and demographical scope of such elections offers the national electoral body, security agencies and other key actors in electoral governance the opportunities to concentrate resources and energies in a given jurisdiction for maximum efficiencies. Th…
The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria
Fake news and Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election
Ethno-religious Conflicts and the Challenges of National Security in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
The threats of ethnic, religious, and ethno-religious conflicts have endured in Nigeria and become increasingly alarming in the fourth republic, which started in 1999. Ethno-religious conflicts are hostile engagements where actors and their motivations reflect a combination of ethnic and religious interests. These conflicts are deeply rooted in colonial legacies, ethno-religious-based distributions of power and resources, and failure of the post-…
Violence in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta
Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta: managing the complex politics of petrol violence, edited by Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad, Uppsala, Nordic Africa Institute and London, Zed Books, 2011, x + 2
Third-Term Politics and the De-Institutionalisation of Power in Africa
Mechanisms of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies
This article examines the crucial issue of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies. Specific attention is devoted to core mechanisms evolved to address electoral corruption and attendant conflicts, notably constitutional frameworks for electoral justice, power-sharing devices, and electoral reform initiatives. The article also evaluates the effectiveness or otherwise of these mechanisms. Though not totally without some cos…
Elections and democratic transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic
This article analyses the impact of elections and particularly their administration on Nigeria's democratization process. It argues that elections under the Fourth Republic (1999–2007) were characterized by ineffective administration at all stages and levels (before, during and after), resulting in damagingly discredited outcomes. This was due in large part to the weak institutionalization of the primary agencies of electoral administration, part…
Garrison’ Democracy in Nigeria
This paper undertakes a critical analysis of the 2007 Nigerian general elections, with emphasis on the ‘garrison’ process and its implications for the consolidation of democracy. It is argued that garrisoned electoral processes represent a powerful source of democratic instability that can threaten the consolidation of democracy. The paper illustrates these processes and concludes that much, however, will depend on how ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ mana…
Liberation Movements” and Rising Violence in the Niger Delta
The contest for the ‘soul’ of oil and its revenues in Nigeria have thrown up several actors representing diverse interests, most notably the stale, oil multinationals and oil-hearing communities. This paper is primarily concerned with what it called the new contentious site of oil and environmental polities in the Niger Delta. The contention revolves mainly around the interpretations ascribed to the current but unprecedented wave of violence in t…
Dissent and State Excesses in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
The collapse of the informal alliance between the Federal Government and ethnic minorities of the Niger Delta brought significant changes in their modes of power relations. The alliance had developed as a form of buffer against Igbo hegemony and domination over these minorities. The passing of a vote of no confidence on the alliance by the minorities was largely connected, then, as now, to oil and environmental politics and attendant distributive…
Votes, Money and Violence
Following the (re-)introduction of multiparty systems in Africa in the early 1990s, third and fourth elections in Africa's new democracies and hybrid regimes are now being seen. Although there is a large and growing literature on democracy and elections in Africa, parties and party systems have hitherto not been the focus of research, which may be surprising given their central role in a liberal democracy. The early works from the 1960s and 1970s…
Under the Tree of Talking
Foreign aid, debt relief and Africa's development
In recent years, the Paris club granted a number of African countries, including Nigeria, debt relief. This elicited widespread celebration in the capital cities of affected countries, where it was portrayed as a veritable launch-pad to Africa's development. This paper takes a critical look at the debt relief, with emphasis on its problems and prospects for Africa's development. It is argued that while debt relief does offer some prospects for de…
Political Globalization and Citizenship
This article analyses the interface between political globalization, citizenship and security threats in Africa. Political globalization is assumed to be capable of engendering inclusive citizenship; in the same way, citizenship is considered to be central to the national question in Africa. It is around citizenship that most issues of human rights revolve, both at individual and group levels. The article argues that political globalization in Af…
Combating Poverty for Sustainable Human Development in Nigeria
Poverty is by all standards a condition of deprivation that impedes human development. Given Nigeria's vast resource base, she ordinarily should have no business with poverty. In fact, she should rank among the richest countries of the world. Ironically, the reverse has so far been the case. This article critically engages the perennial problem of poverty in Nigeria with emphasis on its impacts on human development. The article argues that the pe…
Can Nigeria get a UN Security Council seat
This paper analyses the prospects and problems of Nigeria's aspiration for a seat on an enlarged UN Security Council. Some of the factors that strengthen the country's candidacy include its past experience, e.g. its service as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for three terms, its impressive peacekeeping profile at multilateral and bilateral levels, and its unparalleled African leadership role. The return of the country to the path o…
Violence as Threats to Democracy in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2005
The Debt Trap In Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Charles C. Soludo and Mansur Murtar (eds), The Debt Trap in Nigeria: towards a sustainable debt strategy. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (hb price not stated – 1 59221 000 7; pb £17.99 – 1 59221 001 5). 2003, 280 pp. - Volume 77 Issue 2
From the Ompadec to the NDDC
This article evaluates state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta. It analyzes the performance of the OMPADEC and the NDDC as the most outstanding institutional responses to a deepening crisis and contradictions of the delta by the federal government of Nigeria. Its central finding is that, though these responses have moderated the crisis, they remain inadequate and ineffective, epitomized by increasing environmental degradati…
The Limits of Election Monitoring
Elections and democratic transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic
This article analyses the impact of elections and particularly their administration on Nigeria's democratization process. It argues that elections under the Fourth Republic (1999–2007) were characterized by ineffective administration at all stages and levels (before, during and after), resulting in damagingly discredited outcomes. This was due in large part to the weak institutionalization of the primary agencies of electoral administration, part…
Garrison’ Democracy in Nigeria
This paper undertakes a critical analysis of the 2007 Nigerian general elections, with emphasis on the ‘garrison’ process and its implications for the consolidation of democracy. It is argued that garrisoned electoral processes represent a powerful source of democratic instability that can threaten the consolidation of democracy. The paper illustrates these processes and concludes that much, however, will depend on how ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ mana…
Liberation Movements” and Rising Violence in the Niger Delta
The contest for the ‘soul’ of oil and its revenues in Nigeria have thrown up several actors representing diverse interests, most notably the stale, oil multinationals and oil-hearing communities. This paper is primarily concerned with what it called the new contentious site of oil and environmental polities in the Niger Delta. The contention revolves mainly around the interpretations ascribed to the current but unprecedented wave of violence in t…
Dissent and State Excesses in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
The collapse of the informal alliance between the Federal Government and ethnic minorities of the Niger Delta brought significant changes in their modes of power relations. The alliance had developed as a form of buffer against Igbo hegemony and domination over these minorities. The passing of a vote of no confidence on the alliance by the minorities was largely connected, then, as now, to oil and environmental politics and attendant distributive…
Violence in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
Combating Poverty for Sustainable Human Development in Nigeria
Poverty is by all standards a condition of deprivation that impedes human development. Given Nigeria's vast resource base, she ordinarily should have no business with poverty. In fact, she should rank among the richest countries of the world. Ironically, the reverse has so far been the case. This article critically engages the perennial problem of poverty in Nigeria with emphasis on its impacts on human development. The article argues that the pe…
Can Nigeria get a UN Security Council seat
This paper analyses the prospects and problems of Nigeria's aspiration for a seat on an enlarged UN Security Council. Some of the factors that strengthen the country's candidacy include its past experience, e.g. its service as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for three terms, its impressive peacekeeping profile at multilateral and bilateral levels, and its unparalleled African leadership role. The return of the country to the path o…
Electoral Violence in Nigeria
There is a popular assumption that off-cycle subnational elections should be better governed and more peaceful than general elections. This position is premised on the notion that limited geographical and demographical scope of such elections offers the national electoral body, security agencies and other key actors in electoral governance the opportunities to concentrate resources and energies in a given jurisdiction for maximum efficiencies. Th…
Foreign aid, debt relief and Africa's development
In recent years, the Paris club granted a number of African countries, including Nigeria, debt relief. This elicited widespread celebration in the capital cities of affected countries, where it was portrayed as a veritable launch-pad to Africa's development. This paper takes a critical look at the debt relief, with emphasis on its problems and prospects for Africa's development. It is argued that while debt relief does offer some prospects for de…
The Limits of Election Monitoring
Mechanisms of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies
This article examines the crucial issue of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies. Specific attention is devoted to core mechanisms evolved to address electoral corruption and attendant conflicts, notably constitutional frameworks for electoral justice, power-sharing devices, and electoral reform initiatives. The article also evaluates the effectiveness or otherwise of these mechanisms. Though not totally without some cos…
From the Ompadec to the NDDC
This article evaluates state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta. It analyzes the performance of the OMPADEC and the NDDC as the most outstanding institutional responses to a deepening crisis and contradictions of the delta by the federal government of Nigeria. Its central finding is that, though these responses have moderated the crisis, they remain inadequate and ineffective, epitomized by increasing environmental degradati…
Fake news and Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election
Violence as Threats to Democracy in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2005
The Limits of Election Monitoring
Violence as Threats to Democracy in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2005
The Debt Trap In Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Charles C. Soludo and Mansur Murtar (eds), The Debt Trap in Nigeria: towards a sustainable debt strategy. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (hb price not stated – 1 59221 000 7; pb £17.99 – 1 59221 001 5). 2003, 280 pp. - Volume 77 Issue 2
From the Ompadec to the NDDC
This article evaluates state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta. It analyzes the performance of the OMPADEC and the NDDC as the most outstanding institutional responses to a deepening crisis and contradictions of the delta by the federal government of Nigeria. Its central finding is that, though these responses have moderated the crisis, they remain inadequate and ineffective, epitomized by increasing environmental degradati…
Political Globalization and Citizenship
This article analyses the interface between political globalization, citizenship and security threats in Africa. Political globalization is assumed to be capable of engendering inclusive citizenship; in the same way, citizenship is considered to be central to the national question in Africa. It is around citizenship that most issues of human rights revolve, both at individual and group levels. The article argues that political globalization in Af…
Combating Poverty for Sustainable Human Development in Nigeria
Poverty is by all standards a condition of deprivation that impedes human development. Given Nigeria's vast resource base, she ordinarily should have no business with poverty. In fact, she should rank among the richest countries of the world. Ironically, the reverse has so far been the case. This article critically engages the perennial problem of poverty in Nigeria with emphasis on its impacts on human development. The article argues that the pe…
Can Nigeria get a UN Security Council seat
This paper analyses the prospects and problems of Nigeria's aspiration for a seat on an enlarged UN Security Council. Some of the factors that strengthen the country's candidacy include its past experience, e.g. its service as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for three terms, its impressive peacekeeping profile at multilateral and bilateral levels, and its unparalleled African leadership role. The return of the country to the path o…
Garrison’ Democracy in Nigeria
This paper undertakes a critical analysis of the 2007 Nigerian general elections, with emphasis on the ‘garrison’ process and its implications for the consolidation of democracy. It is argued that garrisoned electoral processes represent a powerful source of democratic instability that can threaten the consolidation of democracy. The paper illustrates these processes and concludes that much, however, will depend on how ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ mana…
Liberation Movements” and Rising Violence in the Niger Delta
The contest for the ‘soul’ of oil and its revenues in Nigeria have thrown up several actors representing diverse interests, most notably the stale, oil multinationals and oil-hearing communities. This paper is primarily concerned with what it called the new contentious site of oil and environmental polities in the Niger Delta. The contention revolves mainly around the interpretations ascribed to the current but unprecedented wave of violence in t…
Dissent and State Excesses in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
The collapse of the informal alliance between the Federal Government and ethnic minorities of the Niger Delta brought significant changes in their modes of power relations. The alliance had developed as a form of buffer against Igbo hegemony and domination over these minorities. The passing of a vote of no confidence on the alliance by the minorities was largely connected, then, as now, to oil and environmental politics and attendant distributive…
Votes, Money and Violence
Following the (re-)introduction of multiparty systems in Africa in the early 1990s, third and fourth elections in Africa's new democracies and hybrid regimes are now being seen. Although there is a large and growing literature on democracy and elections in Africa, parties and party systems have hitherto not been the focus of research, which may be surprising given their central role in a liberal democracy. The early works from the 1960s and 1970s…
Under the Tree of Talking
Foreign aid, debt relief and Africa's development
In recent years, the Paris club granted a number of African countries, including Nigeria, debt relief. This elicited widespread celebration in the capital cities of affected countries, where it was portrayed as a veritable launch-pad to Africa's development. This paper takes a critical look at the debt relief, with emphasis on its problems and prospects for Africa's development. It is argued that while debt relief does offer some prospects for de…
Mechanisms of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies
This article examines the crucial issue of post-election conflict resolution in Africa's ‘new’ democracies. Specific attention is devoted to core mechanisms evolved to address electoral corruption and attendant conflicts, notably constitutional frameworks for electoral justice, power-sharing devices, and electoral reform initiatives. The article also evaluates the effectiveness or otherwise of these mechanisms. Though not totally without some cos…
Elections and democratic transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic
This article analyses the impact of elections and particularly their administration on Nigeria's democratization process. It argues that elections under the Fourth Republic (1999–2007) were characterized by ineffective administration at all stages and levels (before, during and after), resulting in damagingly discredited outcomes. This was due in large part to the weak institutionalization of the primary agencies of electoral administration, part…
Third-Term Politics and the De-Institutionalisation of Power in Africa
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta
Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta: managing the complex politics of petrol violence, edited by Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad, Uppsala, Nordic Africa Institute and London, Zed Books, 2011, x + 2
Violence in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
Ethno-religious Conflicts and the Challenges of National Security in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
The threats of ethnic, religious, and ethno-religious conflicts have endured in Nigeria and become increasingly alarming in the fourth republic, which started in 1999. Ethno-religious conflicts are hostile engagements where actors and their motivations reflect a combination of ethnic and religious interests. These conflicts are deeply rooted in colonial legacies, ethno-religious-based distributions of power and resources, and failure of the post-…
The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria
Fake news and Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election
It’s Just 16, Not 60
This paper interrogates the rise and fall of the PDP as a once political hegemon in Nigerian politics under the fourth republic. This is done against the backdrop of the party’s exaggerated prophecy of a 60-year uninterruptible hold onto power, which ended abruptly after just 16 years (1999–2015). Specifically, we examine the factors that precipitated the failure of these projections and the eventual fall of the party in Nigeria. Drawing data fro…
Electoral Violence in Nigeria
There is a popular assumption that off-cycle subnational elections should be better governed and more peaceful than general elections. This position is premised on the notion that limited geographical and demographical scope of such elections offers the national electoral body, security agencies and other key actors in electoral governance the opportunities to concentrate resources and energies in a given jurisdiction for maximum efficiencies. Th…
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