Olasupo O. Thompson

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta · History and International Studies Unit; Department of Communication and General Studies

This study examines the emergence, activities, and some manifestations of indigenous prophets among the Yoruba of south-west Nigeria and how the British colonial administration responded to them. The Yoruba of southwest Nigeria believed in prophets because too many of them, prophets possess the power to heal, deliver people from evil forces, prophe...

Nigeria plays vital roles in regional and global security affairs. Yet, the county faces enormous insecurity challenges. This article examines the numerous security challenges and state response as well as the assessment of the responses in Nigeria. The article relies majorly on secondary sources. The findings of the study are that Nigeria’s spiral...

This article examines the triggers, impacts and why responses to banditry has failed in northern Nigeria. It relied solely on secondary materials elicited from literature, the social media and media reports as well as documents from governmental and non-governmental organisations. The article is limited to the assessment of banditry on the northern...

This article examines the activities of (il)legal online lenders in Nigeria. A qualitative method was adopted in which literature, media reports, commentaries and indepth interviews were deployed. We argue that the insufficient regulatory role of the government, the laxity of laws, a failure to initiate social security, poor access to loan faciliti...

This paper examines two main themes in Africa's culture-Language and Identity and how the disarticulations of both have led to the underdevelopment of the continent. The study adopts a qualitative methodology, using the historical approach and post-colonial state thesis as the basis of analysis. It argued that the underdevelopment of Africa is hing...

Why is it that the traditional rulers, who barely left their territories in pre-colonial African societies, now travel outside their territories and even abroad for health tourism, births, social functions and diplomatic meetings, among other things? The sad stories are some of them 'joining the ancestors-being mummified' in these foreign lands. Wi...

Objectives: The article examined the impact of the currency redesign on maternal healthcare services in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to (i) investigate the impact of naira redesign on maternal healthcare services in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria and (ii) identify the implications of these impacts on maternal healthcar...

Modupe Obi teaches is a teacher in social studies, youth engagement and education. ABSTRACT While many scholarly works have been dedicated to the study of elections in Nigeria, the preparations for and outcome of the 2023 elections have not received adequate attention. This article seeks to address that gap with an assessment of the preparations of...

Illicit drug is not only a social problem but it also poses a global security threat. There is a general consensus that there is a linkage between illicit drugs and insecurity in Africa and on its borderlands. While porous borders across Africa has been identified as one of the major challenges to peace and security on the continent, other factors...

Illicit drug is not only a social problem but it also poses a global security threat. There is a general consensus that there is a linkage between illicit drugs and insecurity in Africa and on its borderlands. While porous borders across Africa has been identified as one of the major challenges to peace and security on the continent, other factors...

This paper examined how the panic created by the advent of corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic led to the search for local cures, the responses and reactions of the government to the local cure as well as why the government preferred Western solution over local cures in spite of its investments and efforts to develop local cures in Nigeria. The study...

Domestic violence is a global phenomenon. Domestic violence has inadvertently led to decapitation, deaths, loss of livelihood, dependents, and the numbers of the vulnerable population particularly women and children. One phenomenon that has exacerbated the problem of domestic violence is the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While a lot of studies a...

Belief in witchcraft is a social problem manifested across the globe. Human and animals have both been abused during this campaign. While emphasis has been paid on human, sufficient scholarly work has not been given to animal. The study examines the beliefs in witchcraft, campaigns against witches and the challenges associated with this belief on b...

With the high level of violence and fraud recorded during different elections held in 2019, Nigeria may have consolidated her image abroad as being incapable of conducting free and credible polls, despite twenty years of uninterrupted civil rule. This culture of electoral fraud is traceable to the actions and inactions of all cadres of stakeholders...

With the high level of violence and fraud recorded during different elections held in 2019, Nigeria may have consolidated her image abroad as a being incapable of conducting free and credible polls, despite twenty years of uninterrupted civil rule. This culture of electoral fraud is traceable to the actions and inactions of all cadres of stakeholde...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed many States, including the superpowers. It has also demonstrated that the inclusion of non-state actors in national development is inevitable. This study analyses the response of the Church in mitigating the economic impact of COVID-19 in Southwest Nigeria. With the adoption of qualitative researc...

This study is an Appraisal of Amotekun Security Corps in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to trace the factors that led to the establishment of the Amotekun Corp, examine its challenges and roles as well as public reaction to the formation of the Amotekun Security Corps. The study adopts Qualitative methodology. Sources...

The novel corona virus (COVID-19) has claimed lives, affected livelihoods and humanity as a whole. In spite of government efforts to tackle the pandemic through public awareness programmes, there seems to be no improvement. The article investigates responses and public reactions to COVID-19 as well as its implications for Abeokuta, southwest Nigeri...

The ethic of care proposed by Carol Gilligan in late twentieth century instantly elicited a wide range of adaptations and elaborations in numerous disciplines, under the banner of ‘relational ethics’. Sally Gadow’s ‘relational narrative’ is one of these adaptations. Like Gilligan, Gadow aims to dismantle ethical rationalism or universalism, wherein...

Corruption is a global phenomenon. Many states have embarked on several crusades to fight the menace, with little to show for these efforts. Using a critical analysis ofliterature, media reports and press releases, this articleassesses the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, 2015-2019. The article argues that in...

Election crises have derailed democratic propensities in developing countries including Nigeria. One of the consequences of electoral crises is its attendant effect on the vulnerable population particularly children and women who are usually the most affected. The article examines how these women deployed non-violent means of undressing as a weapon...

'The World Against Us': The Vulnerable Group, Marange Diamond Mines lì>dates Check for and the Corporate Social Responsibility Question O. O. Thompson, R. R. Aduradola, U. S. Odozor, O. G. F. Nwaorgu, A. S. Afolabi and A. O. Ade-lbijola 1 Introduction Since Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia) got her independence on 18 April 1980, mining has bee...

In spite of the significant roles European women played in the administration of colonial Nigeria, only a handful of them have been given adequate attention. Against this backdrop, the contributions of Miss Jane McCotter to the development of the Egba Healthcare delivery system, were examined. Relying and critically evaluating extant literature, ne...

‘Oku Mi Ko Gbodo Sun Ita’ (Mis)Appropriation of Burial Sites and Public Cemeteries among Indigenous People of Egba, Southwestern Nigeria ABSTRACT Burial of human beings in houses or within residential premises is a common occurrence in developing countries. Despite the negative impacts it has on the social and economic lives of the people and soci...

The activities of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), especially one of its units, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been criticised lately for its conducts with the general public and persons suspected to be criminals. This article analyses developments in the SARS unit of the NPF, focusing on its origin, roles and problems, which are manifest...

Public policies are interventions of the government and its agencies in order to address a problem. However, public policies, as good as they seem, have often failed as a result of so many factors. This study examined the reasons for policy failures in Africa as a whole and Nigeria in particular with focus on the recent policy mandating applicants...

Western Sahara or Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is the only country under colonialism in Africa. Worrisomely, failure to achieve decolonisation of the country can be linked to the activities of her North Africa neighbour, Morocco, backed by some western governments. Although, the international community, regional, sub-regional and global...

Africa, like other developing continents is entangled in one form of conflict or the other. To be specific in Nigeria, one latest conflict that has received recent attention and claimed lives, property and livelihood is the Herder-farmer conflict. The Government has introduced several strategies and policies, yet they have all met brick wall. The r...

Burial of human beings in houses or within residential premises is a common occurrence in developing countries. Despite the negative impacts it has on the social and economic lives of the people and society at large, particularly on public health, this norm has continued. However, this area has not been given adequate attention in recent scholarshi...

Africa, like other developing continents, is entangled in one form of conflict or the other. To be specific, in Nigeria, one of the recent conflicts that has received attention and claimed lives, property and livelihoods is the herder-farmer conflict. The Nigerian Government has introduced several strategies and policies, yet they have all encounte...

The World War II had enormous impacts on all parts of the world. Although scholars have spent some ink in documenting the impact of the war on the social, economic and political lives of states, colonies and people adequate attention has not been given to women in ost British colonies, which contributed to the War efforts. Thus, this study examines...

New threats of fake news and hate speeches are emerging as global threats to democracies across the globe. They have further become very effective due to widespread availability and adoption of information and communication technology tools, especially the social media. However, governments either at the state or Federal levels, have provided sever...

In 2016, the spiritual base of Boko Haram, known as ‘Camp Zero’ was captured. With such success, most had thought that the chicken has finally come home to roost. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Because aside from Boko Haram, the country seems to experience other vagaries of insecurity. This range from kidnapping, cult and ritual groups in the sou...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become one of the most hotly debated issues in the business world. The reason is that while some companies readily fulfill their obligations to society, others either under-declare their profits so as to keep back a substantial part of it, or fail to do so outright, despite reaping so much from their host c...

In developed economies, it is no longer much of a debate whether an organisation owes its host community social responsibility. Current discussion focuses on how to identify the specific and appropriate social engagements that are in line with the policies, goals and aspirations of a corporation, as it strives to impress its shareholders, meet cust...

The development of any society depends on the overall contribution of its entire populace. These include: men, women, elderly and the youths, but specifically both genders, male and female. Unfortunately, while the African society have always honoured and subsequently immortalised the males after their demise as heroes, such gestures are scarcely e...

Health is not just the absence of diseases and infirmities but the physical, mental and psychological wellbeing of a person. While health challenges could create death, sicknesses and other social problems, it could also act as a springboard for forging nationhood. Nation building entails working towards oneness politically and in terms of bureaucr...

The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the globe, especially in developing countries, is increasing on a daily basis. Additionally, the conditions of these IDPs continue to raise questions. Governments across the globe and Nigeria in particular have responded to these challenges, but the situation is far from amelioration. Against...

The multi-dimensional nature of terrorism around the world has created a widespread concern and initiated the need to look deeply at its multiplier effects on the vulnerable groups. Since the beginning of the terror campaign in Nigeria and the north- eastern part of Nigeria, millions of people especially the vulnerable population, mostly women and...

The multi-dimensional nature of terrorism around the world has created a widespread concern and initiated the need to look deeply at its multiplier effects on the vulnerable groups. Since the beginning of the terror campaign in Nigeria and the north- eastern part of Nigeria, millions of people especially the vulnerable population, mostly women and...

Pregnancy; ante-natal and post-partum period are overwhelming times especially for working or career women. Over the years, women have always been at the fore front of taking care of the new born (child) alone although in some societies with the help of friends and families who spend time with the new mother in order to assist. Bearing different na...

Internal threat to Nigeria's territorial integrity is not new to the state but the dimension in recent times has taken the state by surprise especially when the state just survived a supposedly inevitable civil war threat after the famous 2015 general elections. The new drum for secession spearheaded by a faction of the Movement for the Actualizati...

Gender violence in its various forms, is endemic in communities around the world, cutting across sex, class, age, religion, tribe, ethnic groups and boundaries. The exposure to this mournful act significantly increases girls and women's chances of early sexual debut experiencing forced sex, engaging in transnational sex, and non-use of condoms. The...

The exclusion and skepticism of women in politics and governance are not peculiar to Nigeria or Africa alone. It is a general phenomenon. From pre-colonial times, women were seen but not heard, but the few ones who represented the women folks discharged their duties satisfactorily with distinction. And as the colonial marauders came, this did not c...

Since the end of the cold war, analyst thought that the United States was ready to go into retirement from International troubled waters and sleep with two eyes closed, however this is not to be as the most powerful nation was plunged into another conflict which is fought against an unknown enemy within and outside its shores. While some call these...