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Early literature on the Chimurenga II in Zimbabwe has been conspicuously silent on the contribution of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) commando unit called the ‘Crocodile Gang’. Later literature on the same pointed to the Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 as the harbinger to Chimurenga II. This article rewinds the clock backward to 1964 and argues that the...
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Authors Baxter Tavuyanago
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Page No. 27 to 36

Purpose-Ethics has captured the attention of many today for a variety of reasons as well as in urban issues, has been applied the phrase “ethical space”, including moral experiences of the world around us. How much our urban spaces contribute us to accumulate right experiences following that right knowledge about the world. That means ethical space should mot...
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Authors Aynaz Lotfata
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Page No. 21 to 26

Contrary to long held erroneous notion that women leadership in Muslim society is anathema, it has been conclusively proved that this is false. Women leadership, particularly in traditional society, has been in existence in northern part of the country from time immemorial. As a result of our more than five years intensive research into this area, we can now prove with exactitude that fe...
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Authors F.A Olasupo
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Page No. 11 to 19

State formation in Hausaland was on course in precolonial Nigeria in the context of geographical proximity, biosocial relations and cultural contiguities before the development was impeded by the Fulani overlords in the Usman Danfodio led jihad (1804-1817). During the jihad, the populations of the Hausa (Habe) states were spontaneously disaggregated and later, re-aggregated to establish ...
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Authors Lenshie, Nsemba Edward, Ayokhai, F.E.F.
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Page No. 1 to 10

Local Democracy Revisited
Published In: GJHSS Part: F: Political Science Volume: 13 Issue: 3
The reform of institutional arrangements at the local level, especially the personalisation of executive power and the implementation of new options to participate, was expected to reinforce local democracy. However, there were doubts from the start as to whether this goal could be achieved, because institutional reforms were combined with the implementation of New Public Management. Aft...
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Authors Dr Hiltrud Nassmacher
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Page No. 55 to 65

The paper examines the issue of youth restiveness and insecurity in the Niger Delta as a whole and Delta State in particular. Youth restiveness and insecurity began with agitation and demands by the youths in the Niger Delta societies for their rights (economic, political and environmental rights), crystallizing into the inducement of the evolution and activities of youth restiveness and...
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Authors Dr. Patrick Oromareghake, Dr. (Mrs) R.O. Arisi, Osah Mark Igho
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Page No. 47 to 54

This paper analyzes the diversified set of forms of participation of civil society organizations within the environmental policy during the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva between 2003 and 2008. It takes into account aspects of effectiveness of participation and the democratization of debates on environment. It is based in qualitative research, with documental sources and intervi...
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Authors Cristiana Losekann
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Page No. 19 to 30

The reputations of politicians as well as other popular figures depend on public perceptions and once reputations are threatened, images repair becomes vital. This paper focuses on the image repair strategies used in the public letter of apology (30 November 2011) by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai released shortly after divorcing his wife Lorcadia Karimatsenga. The major concern is to ...
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Authors Advice Chimbarange, Clemenciana Mukenge, Francisca Kombe
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Page No. 31 to 36

This paper attempts to look at the Niger Delta Crisis from a socio-politico-ecological perspective. By way of deductive reasoning premised on the theory of existentialism, the paper observes that the restiveness, violence as well as criminality of the people of the Niger Delta represent their desperate struggle for self-preservation and ‘selfdetermination’ ...
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Authors Okoli, Al Chukwuma
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Page No. 37 to 46

Behaviours in organizations can either be adjudged to be unethical and even criminal or being above board. Criminal and unethical issues are one of the most difficult to handle in organizations; and they pervade all levels and activities in the organisation. Specifically however, this article examines and discusses the following critical criminal and unethical concerns which include corr...
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Authors Maicibi, Nok Alhas, Yahaya Salisu Abdullahi
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