• The benefits of using a community-engaged research approach to promote a healthy lifestyle in three Nigerian urban slums 

  Akinwale, O.P.; Oyefara, J.L.; Adejoh, P.E.; Adeneye, A.A.; Adeneye, A.K.; Musa, A.Z.; Oyedeji, K.S.; Sulyman, M.A. (Taylor and Francis, 2015-07-15)

  Slums are a wide range of low-income settlements with poor living conditions. The quality of the dwellings varies from simple shacks to permanent structures, while access to water, electricity, sanitation and other basic ...

• Feeling of Safety among Residents in Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria 

  Adejoh, P.E. (2019)

  This study examines the social factors that underpin the feeling of safety among residents in metropolitan Lagos. The paper is anchored on the instrumental and expressive theories of fear of crime and feeling of safety. ...

• Prospects of Community Crime Control Initiatives in an Era of Terrorism: Lessons from Lagos 

  Adejoh, P.E. (2014)

  Terrorism has arguably become one of the foremost security challenges besetting Nigeria today. Not only has the country lost so much interms of human and material resources to several terrorist attacks, the social and ...

• Behavioral Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in Three Most Populous Nigerian Urban Slums 

  Akinwale, O.P.; Adeneye, A.K.; Oyefara, J.L.; Adejoh, P.E.; Musa, A.Z.; Oyedeji, K.S.; Sulyman, M.A.; Adeneye, A.A. (2017)

  Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rapidly emerging public health challenges to urban populations in developing countries. The Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys of 1990 and 2003 portrayed a worrisome ...

• Survey of hypertension, diabetes and obesity in three Nigerian urban slums 

  Akinwale, O.P.; Oyefara, J.L.; Adejoh, P.E.; Adeneye, A.A.; Adeneye, A.K.; Musa, A.Z.; Oyedeji, K.S.; Sulyman, M.A. (2013-09)

  Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) exist in slums as the inhabitants adopt an urbanized lifestyle which places them at a higher risk for. Lack of knowledge about the morbidity, complications and the method of ...

• Living conditions and public health status in three urban slums of Lagos, Nigeria 

  Akinwale, O.P.; Adeneye, A.K.; Musa, A.Z.; Ayodeji, K.S.; Sulyman, M.A.; Oyefara, J.L.; Adejoh, P.E.; Adeneye, A.A. (2014-01-18)

  Lagos metropolis, southwestern Nigeria, is faced with environmental problems ranging from slums and informal settlements, to crime and delinquency. The aim of the study was to explore the demographic characteristics, ...

• Colonialism and the military: a discourse on the history of judicial corruption in Nigeria 

  Adisa, W.B. (2016-01-01)

  Since independence, many African countries have suffered and continue to suffer from extremely high levels of bureaucratic and political corruption. Many have linked the problem to colonial rule while others have argued ...

• Judicial Corruption, Institutional Reform and the Electoral Process in Nigeria 

  Adisa, W.B. (2017)

  Shortly after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the demise of several African oneparty regimes, leaders of a number of African countries began the process of reconstructing the postcolonial African state by embarking on ...

• Arms Proliferation, Boko Haram Extremism and Insecurity in Nigeria 

  Adisa, W.B. (Springer, 2019-07-24)

  Armed conflict is opaque in most of the third world, but Boko Haram extremism is a new dimension to the security threats facing the peace and stability of the African continent. The chapter argues that the problem of Boko ...

• Land Use Policy and Urban Sprawl in Nigeria: Land Use and the Emergence of Urban Sprawl 

  Adisa, W.B. (IGI Global, 2020)

  Land use policy is central to the development of urban life and the emergence of cities. In many developed capitalist societies, both the planning and expansion of the cities are usually anchored on sustainable urban land ...

• Measuring Corruption Victimization and Strengthening Corruption Cleanup in Developing Countries: What Has Worked for Anti-Corruption Reforms and What Has Not Worked in Africa 

  Adisa, W.B. (IGI Global, 2020)

  Corruption is one of the greatest challenges of development in developing countries particularly in Africa where the state is run like a personal enterprise. Since the end of the Cold war, the international community has ...

• Sexual and reproductive health behavior and needs of undergraduates in Ghana and Nigeria 

  Kunnuji, M.O.N.; Bammeke, O.; Appiah, S.O.; Funmilayo, G. (2017-10-30)

  Scholars have paid more attention to the sexual and reproductive health needs of out of school adolescents than those of university undergraduates. This is in spite of the risky sexual and reproductive health practices ...

• Adequacy of parental provisions and safe sex practices among young people in Lagos metropolis 

  Kunnuji, M.O.N. (Springer, 2013-01-26)

  Available data on youth sexuality suggest that many young people are sexually active and a significant proportion of them are involved in risky sexual activities such as unprotected sex and multiple sexual partnerships. ...

• The travails and challenges of a post-military state on Nigerian youth 

  Adisa, W.B. (2013-04-01)

  Nigeria attained its political independence in 1960 amidst hope and optimism that, the attainment of the political independence from the British would bring about good governance, engender the rule of law and allow for ...

• The Middle Class and Political Transformation in Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Role of Asuu and Nba 

  Adisa, W.B. (2014-10)

  Since the end of the Cold War in 1989 and the collapse of one-party regimes in the Third World, many African countries have come to the conclusion that, political transformation is an inevitable process of attaining economic ...

• Money-bag Politics, Rent-seeking and Flawed Elections in Nigeria: A Theoretical Statement 

  Adisa, W.B. (2012-04-18)

  The history of Nigerian politics is replete with money-bag politics. Although, there is hardly any country in the world where instances of bribery or political corruption are not present in their national politics, researches ...

• Political opportunism, corruption and underdevelopment in Africa 

  Adisa, W.B. (2013-12-03)

  Barely fifty years after many African colonies gained their independence from the Europeans, every effort to develop in the continent has been constrained by the political opportunism and corruption of African leaders. ...

• Cultural impediments to socio-economic development in Nigeria: Lessons from the Chinese economy 

  Adisa, W.B.; Fadeyi, A.O. (2012-06-28)

  This paper attempts to describe how human environment is an important determinant of socio-economic development. Over the past three decades, Nigeria has been confronted with deep-seated socio-economic crisis evident in ...

• Pronatalism: An Antithetical Value to Nigeria’s Reforms 

  Kunnuji, M.O.N. (2008)

  Inspite of Nigeria’s heterogeneity, certain values are common to all the elements. One of such values is pronatalism which is defined as beliefs and practices that underlie preference for many children. The paper appraises ...

• Does economic growth reduce childhood stunting? A multicountry analysis of 89 Demographic and Health Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Kunnuji, M.O.N. (2020-01-23)

  Abstract Background There is mixed evidence and lack of consensus on the impact of economic development on stunting, and likewise there is a dearth of empirical studies on this relationship in the case of sub-Saharan ...

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