We study lobbying with information in a setting where politicians are connected through a network describing information flows. There are two opposing lobby groups, who choose which politician to address. The decision depends on the ideological bias of politicians as well as the overall network structure. We show that there is an interplay between the strength of the network, as given by the in...

In our contemporary Nigerian society, the mantle of leadership rests wholly in hands selfish mediocrities. The elites with positive intentions to redeem nation are frustrated politics. shameless mediocrities politics daring and ready maim order achieve their aims hence masses unfortunate watch without action. Emeka Nwabueze, like other concerned Nigerians, believes that trend needs be changed. ...

Historically, the development of social work education in most African countries has been strongly influenced by and modeled upon Western knowledge pedagogy. Social not product a progressive indigenous transformation but rather that foreign practices imposed on societies. This paper, therefore, examines contribution western pedagogy Nigeria. In-depth interviews were used to collect data from ei...

Automation process in Nigerian libraries has been the subject of discussion. this paper discussed the automation process in Nigerian academic libraries in regards to information and communication technologies in libraries, benefits of library automation, automation in library, need of library automation, areas of library automation, scope of system integration, choice of hardware, constraints a...

Today, Nigerian Universities feel pressured to get a portal up and running – dynamic, individualized web systems have become essential for institutions of higher learning. As a result, most of the Nigerian University portals nowadays do not meet up to standard. In this paper, ten (10) Nigerian University portals were selected and their design evaluated in accordance with the international best ...

Social work education in Africa is faced with a myriad of challenges that require immediate attention for sustainable future. If the principles social justice, human rights and respect diversities are central to profession, then practice Nigeria should be culturally relevant engaging people structures address challenges. Participants study included four educators, 10 students practitioners. Fin...

CONTEXT In Nigeria, abortion is permitted only to save the life of a woman. Unsafe abortion is common and is a major cause of maternal mortality, yet policymakers have done little to address the problem. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted in 2008 with 49 Nigerian politicians and officials to assess their awareness of unsafe abortion and its role in maternal mortality, and to determine...