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  • What does Russia really want from Africa? Interrogating Russia’s re-awakened interest in Africa
    Jideofor P.C. Adibe
    In What Does Russia Want from Africa? Interrogating Russia’s Re-awakened Interest in Africa, Jideofor Adibe, a Professor of Political Science and newspaper columnist, x-rays the historical relations between Russia and Africa. The book, which was the Inaugural Lecture he presented to Nasarawa State University Keffi on October 30, 2024, discusses the emergence of Vladmir Putin as...
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  • Debating Nigeria
    Jideofor Adibe
    In this collection of essays, Jideofor Adibe offers his perspectives on some of the contentious issues in Nigerian politics, governance and economy. The essays, mostly from the author's weekly column in the Daily Trust and contributions on Brookings Institutions’ Africa Growth Initiative’s  blog, reflect on such themes  as Boko Haram,  the upsurge in separatist agitations i...
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  • The Politics and Economics of Removing Subsidies on Petroleum Products in Nigeria
    Jideofor Adibe
    Though the history of hikes in petroleum prices began in 1973 when the military government of Gen. Yakubu Gowon increased the price of petrol to 9 kobo per litre from the equivalent of 8.8 kobo that had prevailed before then, the politics and economics of removal of subsidies on premium petroleum products entered into the national lexicon in 1986 when the military administrati...
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  • The Politics and Economics of Removing Subsidies on Petroleum Products in Nigeria
    Jideofor Adibe
    Though the history of hikes in petroleum prices began in 1973 when the military government of Gen. Yakubu Gowon increased the price of petrol to 9 kobo per litre from the equivalent of 8.8 kobo that had prevailed before then, the politics and economics of removal of subsidies on premium petroleum products entered into the national lexicon in 1986 when the military administratio...
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    36,25 €

  • Negotiating the Nigeria-Nation
    Jideofor Adibe
    In this compendium of essays, Dr Jideofor Adibe discusses the issues around which contestations for state power and Nigeria's quest for development revolve and also interrogates the various desiderata for resolving those issues. The essays, mostly from the author's weekly column in two of the leading newspapers in Nigeria, also cover issues of 'societal beliefs'...
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  • Nigeria Without Nigerians?
    Jideofor Adibe
    Boko Haram has been one of the most important sources of security challenges facing the Nigerian government since the group became radicalised in 2009 following a government clampdown and eventual death of their founder Mohamed Yusuf. The monograph critically interrogates the various explanatory theses for the emergence and radicalisation of the group and concludes that the sec...
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    38,92 €

  • Free Speech V Reputation
    Jideofor Patrick Adibe
    Free speech is increasingly recognised as a universal human value, even though its application differs in different jurisdictions. Free speech is however never absolute, even in jurisdictions like the USA, where the First and Fourteenth Amendments give it special protection. The main reason why free speech cannot be absolute is because it competes with other equally important h...
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    30,10 €

  • Broken Dreams
    Jideofor Patrick Adibe
    Amid the smouldering tension of impending civil war, Pete Ogwu and his wife Teresa are forced to flee their home in western Nigeria, leaving behind a baby son and their housemaid. Adopted by Madam Cash, Femi grows up to be an idealistic socialist writer, convinced that he is destined for greatness. Bimbo, the result of a fetish union between Ogwu and a local madwoman, endures d...
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    19,51 €