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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J O Irukwu |
| ISBN: | 9789788431695 9788431690 9788431445 9789788431442 |
| OCLC Number: | 891404318 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (1 PDF (xix, 391 pages)) |
| Contents: | Cover; Title page; Copyright page; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART ONE: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 -- EARLY HISTORY; Colonisation; Amalgamation; Constitutional Development and the Struggle for Independence; CHAPTER 2 -- INDEPENDENCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF NATIONHOOD; The Pre-Independence Federal Elections; Commencement of the Task of Nation Building; Progress and Stability Disrupted by Political Upheavals; Disputed Census and Elections results, 1962-1965; Disputed Western Regional Elections, November 1965. CHAPTER 3 -- MILITARY INTERVENTION IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCEThe Politicisation of the Military; Nigeria and Three Decades of Military Rule; The Pre-1966 Nigeria Inherited by the Military; The Nigerian State Inherited from the Leadership of the First Republic; CHAPTER 4 -- CIVIL WAR AND THE TASK OF RECONCILIATION, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION; Unsuccessful Negotiations to End the Civil War, 1968-1969; The Civil War Ends; The Task of Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction; Lessons of the Civil War. CHAPTER 5 -- BRIEF RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND SHAGARI'S SECOND REPUBLIC CHALLENGES 1979 -- 1983The Government of President Shehu Shagari, 1979 -- 1983; 1979 Second Republic Constitution Departure from Earlier Constitutions; Some Factors that Contributed to the Return of the Military and the Termination of the Second Republic in 1983; Some Notable Highlights of the Second Republic; CHAPTER 6 -- RETURN TO MILITARY RULE; Highlights of the Buhari, Babangida, Abacha and Abubakar Military Regimes, 1983-1999; The June 12 Issue; CHAPTER 7 -- JOURNEY TO DEMOCRATIC REBIRTH. Obasanjo's Journey from Prison to PresidencyNational Reconciliation; Continuing Challenges of Democratic Development; Obasanjo Elected for a Second Term; From Obasanjo to Yar'adua: the Continuation of the Struggle to Entrench Democracy and the Rule of Law; PART TWO: IMPEDIMENTS TO NATION-BUILDING; CHAPTER 8 -- THE LEADERSHIP PROBLEM; Some Essential Qualities of a Leader; Good and Effective Leadership; Political Leadership and the Nigerian Leadership Elite; CHAPTER 9 -- THE ETHNIC FACTOR; Constitution Recognizes the Negative Effects of Ethnicity. CHAPTER 10 -- CORRUPTION AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENTWhy the Leadership Elite is Accountable; Corruption as a National Disaster and Attempts by Different Regimes to Fight It; The First Military Intervention in Governance and the Fight against Corruption; CHAPTER 11 -- THE ADVENT OF THE NIGERIAN DELINQUENTS; The Delinquent versus the Good Nigerian; Attempts by Nigerian Governments to Address the Problem of the Delinquents; Thirty Years After, What Happened?; CHAPTER 12 -- THE INVASION OF NIGERIA'S LEADERSHIP BY DELINQUENTS. |
| Responsibility: | J.O. Irukwu. |
Abstract:
Nigeria at 100 is an attempt to document in modest and constructive language Nigeria''s journey as a modern nation in the past 100 years, highlighting the landmark events during this period. the book is divided into four parts with a total of 22 chapters. The first part, with seven chapters deals with the historical background starting with the early history and covering the pre-colonial years, independence and the challenges of nationhood, military intervention in politics and governance, the civil war, the return to democracy and the continuing challenges of development.
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