VOL. 6, NO. 1, JUNE/JULY 2024

      This sixth volume of the Journal features 13 articles that talk about the nexus bewteen good governance and social security in Nigeria, food crisis and the developmental challenge of the IDPs in Nigeria, comparative analysis of the western educational system and indigenous educational approach to national development, interrogating leadership and newspaper editorials during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, women enslavement and sociocultural value system in Nigeria, possible models for African development, challenges fo Africa's coronavirus pandemic and China's soft power dynamics, insecurity and development dilemma in Nigeria, the struggle for gender equality in Paulo Freire's pedagogy of the oppressed, COVID-19 pandemic and global health policy, epistemic decentering in Achille Mbembe's philosophy and practice, formation of non-state groups in northwestern Nigeria and China's economic transition and Africa's identity crisis.