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Item An analysis of patterns of media coverage in Nigeria’s 2015 general elections.(Department of Communications and Language Arts, University of Ibadan. Ibadan, 2018) Aremu, Fatai Ayinde; Bakare, Adebola Rafiu; Abayomi, KolapoStudies have established that the media is one of the core institutions in democratic sustenance. The media also play significant role in determining the voting pattern and electoral outcome which prompted contending political parties and their candidates to shift attention and substantial resources to media campaigns. Thus, the electoral battle is usually fought on the pages of newspapers before the Election Day. Hence, the media is fast becoming an institution worthy of reckon if a country wishes to have peaceful transition and democratic sustenance. It is in light of this that this study attempts to analyze the patterns of media coverage of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria in order to identify the causal factors as well as the loopholes surrounding extant laws and policies guiding the media in the Nigeria democratic regime. The study adopts sequential explanatory strategy of the mixed method research design using both primary and secondary data from four (4) major national newspapers (Nigerian Tribune, The Sun, Punch and Daily Trust). The data were analyzed using content analysis techniques and found that all the media outlets violated the regulatory frameworks to published hate speeches and characters murdering advertorials for political and economic personal gains. The causal factor shows that weak regulatory framework of print media made it susceptible to various forms of inducements, misuse and unethical practices. The study therefore recommends that a strong ethical standard mechanism, backed up with sanction be put in place and periodic sensitizations be done by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and other regulatory agencies on the need to eschew publications capable of undermining the peaceful existence of the country and the survival of the hard earned democracy.Item Asymmetrical dynamics and sub-national legislative-executive relations in Nigeria.(Department of Political Science, Federal University Wukari, 2017) Aremu, Fatai Ayinde; Bakare, Adebola Rafiu; Abayomi, KolapoExecutive-legislative relation is central to the discourse on effective governance and political stability. The dynamics that underpin the pattern of relationship between executive and legislative arms have attracted scholarly attention worldwide. Nigeria's return to democratic governance in 1999 after long years of military dictatorship allowed the discourse to gain greater intellectual traction particularly because the legislature as an institution was the casualty of military rule. Commendable as those intellectual efforts are, there has been yawning dearth of studies on executive-legislative relations at the sub-national level. While national level dynamics are important in yielding broad insights into how governance works (or fails to work) at the aggregate level, sub-national level analysis is necessary for a deeper understanding of how governance play out further down the layer and its potential future trajectory. Besides, the question of how asymmetry of access to certain powers privileges the Executive over the Legislature is often glossed over. In this paper, attempt is made to bring the asymmetrical dynamics to the center of analysis. Thus, this study examines the determinants of stable and cooperative executive-legislative relations under different compositions. Using diverse case selection procedure, the paper categorized the States according to patterns exhibited along the models (typology) formulated in the paper. While acknowledge the fact that Executive-Legislative relations in most advanced democracies could be determined through ideological perspective(s), although one cannot rule out party affiliation from the factors that can make or mar cordial relationship. This paper, however, establishes various models of Executive-Legislative Relations in Nigeria, with political party as a major determining factor.Item Patterns of media coverage of Nigeria’s 2015 general elections(Department of Communications and Language Arts, University of Ibadan. Ibadan, 2017) Aremu, Fatai Ayinde; Bakare, Adebola Rafiu; Abayomi, KolapoStudies have established that the media is one of the core institutions in democratic sustenance. It is in light of this that this study attempts to analyze the patterns of media coverage of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria in order to identify the causal factors and the loopholes surrounding extant laws and policies guiding the media in the Nigeria democratic regime. Employing sequential explanatory strategy of the mixed method research design, data from four (4) major national newspapers (Nigerian Tribune, The Sun, Punch and Daily Trust) were analyzed through content analysis techniques. The media outlets were found to violate the regulatory frameworks on publication of hate speeches and characters murdering advertorials for political and economic gains. The study therefore recommends that a strong ethical standard mechanism, backed up with sanction be put in place and periodic sensitizations be done by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and other regulatory agencies on the need to eschew publications capable of undermining the peaceful existence of the country and the survival of the hard earned democracy