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Poverty in Nigeria is a paradox. Nigeria is endowed with rich mineral resources and a large human population capable of making it a wealthy and developed country. However, the inherent potential and opportunities to develop the country and bring the citizens out of poverty have not been achieved, after many decades of independence. Thus, Nigeria is classified as a poor and underdeveloped country. This study, therefore, is an attempt to explore poverty and human capital development correlates in a failed/fragile state, Nigeria. The objective is to identify some of the drivers/causes of the multi-dimensional poverty in Nigeria despite her abundant resources. The methodology adopted is a qualitative research approach that leveraged secondary data gleaned from the literature. This approach helped in descriptively analyzing the quantitative survey data presented on a map and figures to bolster the findings of the study. The theoretical framework employed is resource curse theory. Findings revealed among other things that poverty in Nigeria was deliberately designed and infused into the institutions and structures of governance, as contained in the imbalances in the 1999 Constitution. We recommend economic and political restructuring of the country to pave the way for the human capital development of the citizens and the economy to enable them to live above the poverty lines.

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted all human socio-economic and religious activities. This invariably altered the normal sequence of human life in all spheres/sectors of society, as people were mandated to stay indoors, and consequently abstained from congregating in churches. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between COVID-19 lockdown protocols and the increased church reliance on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications (virtual or e-Worship), as an alternative to physical congregational worship. This article further reviewed the benefits, prospects, and challenges of the e-HR management model during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. The study adopted a qualitative research approach that leveraged secondary data published in peer-reviewed journal articles, textbooks, media reportage on COVID-19 and churches, and government lockdown policy documents to descriptively content analyze COVID-19 and the swift adoption of e-Worship by churches in Nigeria. Drawing from strategic contingency theory that leveraged ICT applications, the article showed how churches could sustain members and remain relevant during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The findings from the article showed that the Church should consolidate its leverage on ICT during COVID-19 to integrate and expand the e-HR management model in its worship and other routine activities, having proved to be an effective and efficient means of managing large congregation during chaos that forbids physical meetings, such as witnessed during the COVID-19 and its lockdown policy measures.

Security and welfare are man’s most fundamental needs; because all other needs of man are dependent on them. The prevailing high rate of insecurity in Nigeria demonstrates the failure of the Government to significantly fulfill its primary duties of protection of lives and property as enshrined in Section 14 Subsection 2(b) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. This paper, therefore, investigates the efforts of the local authorities –such as traditional rulers, communities and town union leaders, and traditional healers/herbalists among others in fighting insecurity in Nigeria, within the context of the countryside. The method used is a qualitative survey, leveraging secondary data to descriptively content analyze the roles played by local authorities in rolling back insecurity in the Northeast and Southeast regions in Nigeria. Group disequilibrium theory was used in analyzing insecurity from the point of organized violent crime originating from group discontentment. It was found that local authorities have played significant roles in combating insecurity in the countryside. We recommended the government recognition and support to boost the efforts of the local authorities, and the democratization of security through decentralizing the security architecture of the country to pave the way for enhanced citizens’ participation in security of the country.

The underdevelopment in Nigeria is largely attributed to the corrupt government officials who loot public funds and other resources meant for the development of the country. To change this ugly narrative and develop Nigeria, the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy aimed at blockading all channels of financial leakages caused by the use of multiple accounts in commercial banks for the collation and disbursement of government revenues and expenditures was introduced. Yet, the looting of the public treasury by the elites continues despite the implementation of the TSA policy. This study, therefore, explores the efficiency of the anti-corruption war in Nigeria by investigating if the TSA policy has reduced looting of public funds by top government officials thereby transparently saving and accounting for funds, and making funds adequately available for the government to develop Nigeria. Qualitative method was used in the study. Secondary data were collected from journal articles, textbooks, Constitution of Nigeria, survey report of findings from reputable international agencies, Nigerian dailies, and thus descriptively content analyzed. White-collar crime theory was employed in the analysis. Findings revealed that the TSA policy influences the economy through its negative impacts on commercial banks. Also, we discovered that the TSA policy has not stopped elite looting of the treasury, and that the acclaimed funds saved through the policy has not been utilized in developing the country, as Nigeria keeps borrowing money abroad. We recommend a revisit of the TSA policy for proper performance evaluation in order to remove the deficiencies sustaining elite criminality in the policy.