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President Buhari came to power in the midst of challenges ranging from security, economy and international relations. To overcome these challenges, Buhari's government decided to look inward for reforms in the overall security apparatus in order to relate effectively with the outside world for sustainable development in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this paper analyzed Buhari's foreign policy within the first Twelve (12) months of his administration and came to conclusion that, he was a realist in perception using political power for the realization of national objectives.

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE CALL OF DESTINY -- 1: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY -- 2: THE APPOINTMENT -- 3: THE BAPTISM -- 4: THE JOURNEY -- 5: THE BOY FROM NAGAZI -- PART II: THE OPL 245 CONNUNDRUM: THE FULL STORY -- 6: THE FACTS OF THE MATTER -- 7: THE WITCH-HUNT -- 8: THE WITCH-HUNTERS -- 9: THE MISCHIEF -- 10: THE VINDICATION -- PART III: 2015: THE ROAD FINALLY TAKEN -- 11: THE CONSPIRACY OF EVENTS -- 12: THE BUHARI TEST -- 13: THE HISTORIC CONCESSION -- 14: THE AFTERMATH -- PART IV: THE CHALLENGES, THE CONTROVERSIES -- 15: THE IMPEACHMENT MENACE -- 16: THE STATE OF EMERGENCY -- 17: THE JUDGMENT DEBT SCAM -- 18: THE HALLIBURTON SCANDAL -- 19: THE BAKASSI HANDOVER -- 20: A COCKTAIL OF CONTROVERSIES -- PART V: THE FOOTPRINTS -- 21: RECOVERING THE ABACHA LOOT -- 22: THE AJAOKUTA STEEL SETTLEMENT -- 23: REFORMING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM -- 24: THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MAKEOVER -- 25: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- COPYRIGHT.

The present political regime in Nigeria under the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government by General Mohammed Buhari (Retd) has been waging a yeoman war against corruption. The dictionary meaning of Corruption being illegal or dishonest behavior. Buhari having won the election to run for another term of four years has sworn to continue with the battle. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, corruption has become an enormous timber that has branches. Some of these evil branches are dishonesty, immoral behaviors, bribery and all forms of illegalities that you can think of. Corruption has eaten deep into the fabrics of the nation.

This study is determined to compare the effect of integrated psychosocial stimulation, nutritional support, and water sanitation hygiene interventions on malnourished children. An individual randomized trial design comprising weekly home visits for 3 months in four locations of Kanam Local Government Area, Plateau state, was adopted. The eligible malnourished children were identified through a door–to–door survey using standard procedures of anthropometric measurements (weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference) and children with body mass index (BMI) < 16Kg/m2 were selected. A focus group discussion session, follow-up home visitation on weekly and monthly facilitation/support of mother-to-mother, weekly distribution of food supplements, home stimulation environment through the provision of WASH material and age-specific psychosocial stimulation activities were part of intervention strategies adopted for the study. The result shows a significant difference between base-line and end-line data, impacted by integrated package delivery which enhanced and improved nutritional and developmental outcomes of malnourished children over the period of intervention. Furthermore, the findings reveal that there is a non-significant difference among the study groups. However, the observed effect on outcomes based on average BMI indicators is at causal pathways to improve child nutritional status outcomes. The study concludes that the integrated intervention package improved the developmental and nutritional outcomes in malnourished children. Implementation of these integration packages over a longer duration is needed to witness a significant improvement.

AbstractUrothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) is the ninth most common cancer that accounts for 4.7% of all new cancer cases globally. UCC development and progression are due to complex and stochastic genetic programs. To study the cascades of molecular events underlying the poor prognosis that may lead to limited treatment options for advanced disease and resistance to conventional therapies in UCC, transcriptomics technology (RNA‐Seq), a method of analyzing the RNA content of a sample using modern high‐throughput sequencing platforms has been employed. Here, we review the principles of RNA‐Seq technology and summarize recent studies on human bladder cancer that employed this technique to unravel the pathogenesis of the disease, identify biomarkers, discover pathways and classify the disease state. We list the commonly used computational platforms and software that are publicly available for RNA‐Seq analysis. Moreover, we discussed the future perspectives for RNA‐Seq studies on bladder cancer and recommended the application of a new technology called single‐cell sequencing to further understand the disease.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Perspectives on the State, Class, and Community -- Politics -- Capitalist Development -- Organisation -- Notes -- Part One State, Society, and Economy -- 2 State, Society, and Economy: Historical Background -- Federal Structure, Regions, and Unequal Development -- Capital and Class -- Politics and Patronage -- State and Economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part Two Political Development -- 3 Military Government and Politics,1970-1979 -- The Gowon Regime,1970-1975 -- The Murtala Mohammed-Obasanjo Regime: The Return to Civil Rule -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979-1983 -- The National Party of Nigeria -- The Centre and the States -- Corruption -- The 1983 Elections and Their Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The Return of the Military: The Buhari Regime -- Order and Discipline -- Economic Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The Babangida Regime -- The Exercise of Power -- Religious Controversy and Conflict -- The Return to Civil Rule -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part Three Economic Development -- 7 The State, Oil Dynamics, and the Economy, 1970-1979 -- Oil Dynamics, Agriculture, and Industry -- Macroeconomic Management, -- The Growth of Public Expenditure and the Expansion of the Public Sector -- lndigenisation: Foreign and Local Capital -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Civil Rule and Economic Policy, 1979-1983 -- Macroeconomic Management -- Capital Flight, Rents, and Smuggling -- Labour and Wage Policy -- The Public Sector -- Industry and Foreign Investment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 The State and Agriculture in the 1980s -- The Economic Context and Aggregate Performance -- The Evolution of Policy -- The Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs).

Within the period of thirty-nine years, 1960-1999, the Nigerian military ruled the country for twenty nine years in a series of coups and counter coup. These coups brought one military government to replace another. These replacements did not convince anyone that the military was sincere to hand over power to the civilians, even when some military governments promised or began the process of transition. Ironsi government promised but was not even allowed to draw up a transition programme before it was overthrown. Another military, Gowon, promised to hand over government but later postponed indefinitely the transition programme. This shows lack of commitment and insecurity. Mohammed learnt a big lesson from Gowon's failure. He overthrew Gowon and started in earnest the process of transition, but again the Nigerian military over threw him and punctuated the transition. Obasanjo derived so many lessons from all of these occurrences and pursued with vigour his transition programme and headed to a civil rule even if he was not sincere about transition. Again the military over threw the Shagari government. Buhari did not commit himself to hand over power before Babangida over threw him. Babangida tried to transform into civilian president. His attempt failed. But Abacha was not wise enough. After pushing out Shonekan, his attempt to transform into a civilian President was brought to an end by death. Abdulsalami like Obasanjo got the lesson and in a show of determination to prevent another coup, quickly proceeded with transition which brought into power Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of PDP. Thus, circumstances and not sincerity compelled Obasanjo and Abdulsalami to hand over power in 1979 and 1999 respectively.

Within the period of thirty-nine years, 1960-1999, the Nigerian military ruled the country for twenty nine years in a series of coups and counter coup. These coups brought one military government to replace another. These replacements did not convince anyone that the military was sincere to hand over power to the civilians, even when some military governments promised or began the process of transition. Ironsi government promised but was not even allowed to draw up a transition programme before it was overthrown. Another military, Gowon, promised to hand over government but later postponed indefinitely the transition programme. This shows lack of commitment and insincerity. Mohammed learnt a big lesson from Gowon's failure. He overthrew Gowon and started in earnest the process of transition, but again the Nigerian military over threw him and punctuated the transition. Obasanjo derived so many lessons from all of these occurrences and pursued with vigour his transition programme and handed over to a civil rule even though he was not sincere about transition. Again the military over threw the Shagari government. Buhari did not commit himself to hand over power before Babangida over threw him. Babangida tried to transform into civilian president. His attempt failed. But Abacha was not wise enough. After pushing out Shonekan, his attempt to transform into a civilian President was brought to an end by death. Abdulsalami like Obasanjo got the lesson and in a show of determination to prevent another coup, quickly proceeded with transition which brought into power Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as a civilian President under PDP. Thus, circumstances and not sincerity compelled Obasanjo and Abdulsalami to hand over power in 1979 and 1999 respectively. Article visualizations: