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Nigeria, under Murtala/Obasanjo regime was widely acknowledged to have adopted an overtly active foreign policy toward the rest of Africa, and particularly, South Africa"s apartheid regime, which was in tandem with her Afro-centric posturing at the time. This multilateral cum bilateral diplomatic relations earned Nigeria the status of a "frontline state" and wider recognition at other multilateral levels, but much animosity from the West. South Africa, under Mbeki regime was acknowledged to have adopted an overtly active foreign policy relation toward the rest of Africa, but covert diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe, which was in tandem with her African-renaissance posturing at the time. This multilateral cum bilateral diplomatic relations earned South Africa the status of a "backline state" and further diminution at the global stage. Nigeria and South Africa are arguably perceived as regional hegemons in Africa, whose national interest vacillate between cooperation and conflict. The fate of contemporary Africa, however, rest on the convergence of these ambivalence of interests. The work adopts the realist framework of analysis to interrogate the permutations of Nigeria and South Africa diplomatic trajectories at the periods under investigation. Furthermore, comparative analysis is applied to the discourse with a view to placing the analysis within theoretical context. The understanding of the diplomatic calculations that governed these two eras and their implications for contemporary Nigeria/South Africa relations vis-a-vis African politics is instrumental. Ultimately, the fact that these diplomatic permutations played out within the context of the international economic capitalism makes the analysis more interesting.

E-Governance basically comprises of the use of communication and technologies such as the internet resources in advancing and enhancing work processes in both the public sector (civil service) and other sectors. With the advent of information and communication technology, government activities have become simple and efficient. This has enabled governments to record remarkable success in service delivery. In developing countries, E-governance is still an emerging innovation. However, as a result of the general clamour to improve efficiency, quality and overall productivity in the public sector, governments all over the globe including Nigeria have embraced the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The trusts of this paper says that the statutory role of the Nigerian civil service as a tool for sustainable development has been that of declining productivity occasioned by the prevailing rot, corruption, inefficiency, lack of transparency, bureaucratic bottlenecks and analogue system of operation. The paper argues that the abnormality can no longer be taken for granted and therefore, highlights various reasons for law productivity in the civil service. Against the backdrop of this inherent low productivity in the civil service as well as the general advocacy to reform and reposition the public sector for better services delivery, the paper further posits that one of the instruments or strategies to improve productivity in the Nigerian civil service is the full adoption or implementation of E-governance system. The paper offers some useful recommendations for a successful implementation of E-governance in the Nigerian civil service. In conducting this research, the method of data collection was mainly from secondary sources and examined through content analysis