Papers by Onyedikachi Madueke
Open Journal of Political Science, 2022
The current corps of Nigerian army are products of top tertiary military and policy institutions.... more The current corps of Nigerian army are products of top tertiary military and policy institutions. They have demonstrated their prowess internationally, especially, in peace keeping and peace enforcement. Forty-four years (44 yrs) after the Nigerian Afro-Beat Maestro (Fela) sang, "…they leave sorrow, tears and blood…", the Nigerian army is still riveted in gross human rights abuses. Recently, it is competing with Boko Haram on who comes first on the list of International Criminal Court's (ICC) human rights abuses. Given that the army is trained to use maximum force and the fact that post-colonial states' crises, especially in Africa, and specifically Nigeria are internal. There has been the debate on the establishment of medium force outfit in Nigeria, which led to the establishment and subsequent disbandment of National Guard in the 1990s. The debate continued to rage in this Fourth Industrial Revolution era. But the cost implication of running such a paramilitary outfit has posed a major hindrance. To fill this gap, this paper joins the debate and argues for the establishment of an Army Constabulary Corp (ACC), a medium force between the army maximum force and the police minimum force. The paper uses the Feaver Agency theory of civil military relation as its theoretical framework. The study collated data through documentary methods. In analysing the data, the qualitative data were transcribed, interpreted, and analysed through systematic logical inductions.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2012
Apologists of colonialism argue that it left in Africa economic legacies with potentials of trigg... more Apologists of colonialism argue that it left in Africa economic legacies with potentials of triggering economic growth; that it laid the foundation for growth by initiating Africa into the international economic order; that Africa’s underdeveloped status lies only in Africa’s post colonial experience. Opposing this predominantly Euro-American view are proponents of the position that colonization is responsible for Africa’s Post colonial underdevelopment. Theirs is that Africa’s underdevelopment derived from historical antecedents of colonialism. Using mostly secondary sources and scholarly analysis of colonial economic data, this paper examines the economic legacies of colonialism and posits that colonial economic legacies are not assets but hindrances to Africa’s economic transformation. It implores African leaders to chart a new course to Africa’s economic development by jettisoning rudiments of colonial economic legacies.
The use of social media in politics has continued to grow in recent times. Since Barack Obama bro... more The use of social media in politics has continued to grow in recent times. Since Barack Obama broke the world record in the history of social media use for political purpose during the 2008 US presidential elections, many nations and politicians across the globe have continued to embrace the platform to mobilise their citizens and candidates towards active participation in the political process. Nigeria had the first real test of social media use for political participation during the 2011 General Elections. This study examines the experiment of social media use for political participation in Nigeria. The study was anchored on the Uses and Gratifications Theory. Findings show that the use social media has grossly affected the participation of individual in the day to day political process. As a developing country, Nigeria must embrace this platform in other to ensure greater participation of her populace in government activities.
Ethnic and religious reasons account mostly for the amorphous and intractable nature of contempor... more Ethnic and religious reasons account mostly for the amorphous and intractable nature of contemporary terrorism. It equally explains the vigour, intensity and determination with which modern terrorists either achieve their objectives or pay the supreme price. Arising from worries on why ethnic and religious elements, rather than accounting for national and international unity have become indoctrinating factors for terrorism. This paper, deploying mostly secondary sources subjected to qualitative analysis, investigates the role of the West in colonial and post colonial Africa with a view to determining the complicities underneath Western colonial and international policies and how these contributed and still contributes to the growth of ethno religious elements as factors for terrorism. It joins in advocacies for redirection of Western disposition to religions; dismantling and readjusting colonial delineations and amalgamations; and revisiting of dispositions towards Arabs in internat...
Open Journal of Political Science
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Papers by Onyedikachi Madueke