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Item ‘Apartheid’ in British Colonial Nigeria: Dynamics of Recurrent Ethno-religious Conflicts in Nigeria(Published by the Faculty of Arts, Business and Science University College of the North Manitoba, Canada, 2022-09) Aboyeji, Adeniyi Justus; Adimula, Ruth Abiola; Aboyeji, Oyeniyi Solomon; Ibrahim, Bashir OlaitanThis paper expounds its thesis, bordering on Nigeria’s balkanisation along regional-cum-ethno-religious divides, using the historical-narrative-cum-analytical approach. Having perceived the sombre religious threat to inter-group relations in northern Nigeria, the British colonialists, beginning with Kano, designated segregated districts: ‘township’ (occupied by the British), Birni (exclusively for Hausa-Fulani Kanawa Muslims) and Tundun-Wada, Gwargwarma and Sabon-Gari (for southern Christian immigrants). The British initiated an ordinance, which birthed the Sabon-Gari settlement system in Northern Nigeria, to prevent contact. This ‘Sabon-Gari’ culture began in Kano in 1911 and gradually filtered throughout Northern Nigeria. Similarly, in southern Nigeria, the Igbo established the ‘Garki’ quarters where the Hausawa were settled. Elsewhere, they were resettled in separate ‘Sabo’ quarters, in tandem with the British ethno-religious segregationist policies analogous to Southern Africa’s apartheid. Health-wisely, certain sanatoria were designated specifically as European or African. This ‘apartheid’ “European Quarters” designation has survived till date as a post-independence legacy, dubbed Government Reservation Areas (GRAs). Conclusively, the divide and rule tactics Britain administered the country with, provoked and strengthened in-group self-consciousness and bonding, and out-group bickering and balkanisation. We recommend, inter alia, a revert of the colonialist divisive ideology, which stirs perpetual division, competition and bigotry between the Muslim-dominated north and Christian-dominant south.Item Multi-disciplinarity and Town-Gown Synergy: Sine qua non for Regional Industrialisation and Economic Transformation(Universites d’Abomey-Calavi Faculte Lettres, Langues, Art et Communication LASODYLA-REYO/UAC –2019, Benin Republic, 2019-12) Aboyeji, Adeniyi Justus; Aboyeji, Oyeniyi Solomon; Adimula, Ruth AbiolaThis paper examines the functionality of West African universities vis-à-vis their tripartite mandate—teaching, research and community service. Given that University research increases the body of theoretical knowledge, its application to societal problems, professional training for high-level jobs, and the education necessary for personality and societal development, this paper establishes the town-gown nexus as sine qua non for West African sub-regional industrialisation and economic transformation. It is scandalous that but for Cape Town University, South-Africa, ranked 200th of the top 1000 universities worldwide, Africa would have been completely missing on the top 200 list, going by the 2019 QS World University Ranking. Only three other (two South-African and one Egyptian) African Universities appear in the top 500. No West African university made that 1000 list. This study attempts an analytical and discussant study approach, utilising available source-materials—books, journals, unpublished theses and careful internet surfing. The business of universities is to identify societal problems and conduct researches to solve them. Findings show that most universities live in relative isolation from the larger society; as mono-causality and poor research dissemination have hitherto crippled the quest for creativity and innovation required to unleash sustainable development. Decrying the dilapidating state of Universities, the hub of structured research, the late Unilorin orator, Professor Shehu Jimoh, observed: “They refer to tertiary institutions, especially Universities as 'Ivory Towers' but I must say, with what is going on in these institutions of learning today, it would appear that the ivory has oozed out of the towers”. Thus, spirited efforts must be launched to restore the ivory to their dilapidating towers. We recommend, inter alia therefore, a paradigm shift from mono-causal to multi-inter-cum-trans-disciplinary research approach, and a proper synergy between the town and the gown as sine qua non for West African regional industrialisation and economic transformation.