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Item BREAKING THE CYCLE OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: THE MYTH AND REALITY(Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS), 2020) Opeyemi Idowu, Aluko,Corruption is been the restriction to legitimacy, democratic stability, socio-economic and political development in Africa and indeed in Nigeria. Several political regimes had contributed to the spread of corruption and its various manifestations in Nigeria. In curbing the menace, several institutional mechanisms were invented by various governments. These instrumentalities have their impacts in Nigeria but there is yet more to be done. Therefore, how can Nigeria be free from wide spread corruption? Prebendal theory is used to explain the trend of corruption in Nigeria. The methodology utilises afrobarometer data to show the reality and the way forward from the menace. The paper concludes that the war against corruption can be successfully fought from both the public (prosecution) and private (psyche) realms.Item VISITING THE HIPPOPOTAMUS: NATIONAL INTEGRATION ISSUES IN NIGERIA(Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2016) Aluko, Opeyemi Idowu; Sayuti, UsmanNational integration is the hallmark of unity and development in any polity. A multiethnic state requires potent integration mechanisms because multi-ethnicity is a potential political ‘time-bomb’ which may explode at any time. There is the need to position integrating mechanisms which will stem the tide of violence, favoritism and nepotism in the polity. Nigeria like many developing countries of the world is a multiethnic state and needs a potent national integrative mechanism. The federal character principle is identified in this paper as a mechanism used in Nigeria. This integrative prowess had caused the country a tempo gusto but to a large extent had been corrupted and rendered less effective by the interplay of the duo of ethnic chauvinism and religious bigotry. Aluko Opeyemi Idowu,