Research Interests 🌍
Democratisation in Africa, Comparative Electoral Systems, Comparative Electoral Reform, Governance and Development, Party Politics, Judicial Politics, Political Theory.
Education 🎓
Ph.D. in Political Science (in view) University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Thesis Focus: [Insert Focus Area] Expected Completion: 2022 Master of Arts in Political Sciences University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Dissertation: Political Parties, Candidate, Legal Regulation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999-2019) Year of Completion: 2022. Master of Science in Political Science University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Dissertation: The Politics of Electoral Reform in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999-2015) Year of Completion: 2016. Bachelor of Science in Political Science University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Dissertation: Electoral Malpractice and Judicial Adjudication: A Case Study of 2007 Presidential Election
Year of Completion: 2012
Distinction/Award/Grant 🏆
Certificate of Honour For Participating in an International Declamation Contest by the Pakistani Government Year: 2021. Recipient of the MasterCard Foundation Scholarship. For an M.A. Degree in Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Year: 2020 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Young African Scholars (Fellow) Award Project Title: Electoral Violence And Reforms in Nigeria’s Fledging Democracy Year: 2019-2020 Commendation Letter, College of Education Gombe As an Outstanding Corp Member
Work in Progress 📚
Oligarchisation of Party Primaries in Nigeria: A Theoretical Examination Authors: Ihembe, Martin and Ifeanyi Onwuzuruigbo
Status: Under Review. Accessing the Narrow Corridor: People Agency as a Pathway to a Developed Nigerian State Authors: [Your Name] and Christopher Isike Status: Under Review
Academic Conferences 🌍
Presented a paper titled Assessing the Narrow Corridor: People Agency as a Pathway to a Developed Nigeria Conference: 15th Biennial Conference of South African Association of Political Studies Organizer: Rhodes University Date: August 26-28. Facilitated a 2-Day Conference on The 2019 Elections in Nigeria: Leveling the Democratic Playing Field Organizer: Programme on Ethnic and Federal Studies (PEFS), University of Ibadan
Date: June 25-26, 2019. Participated in the Inaugural Conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy Conference Theme: Government to Work for Development and Democracy in Nigeria: Agenda for Change Organizer: University of Ibadan Date: February 1-2, 2016. Participated in a 1-Day Conference on Xenophobia Beyond the South African Imaginary: Tracking Xenophobia and its Trajectories in Africa Organizer: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan Date: July 6, 2015
Work Experience 👨🏫
Assistant Lecturer Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Duration: 2023 – Present Research Fellow Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Duration: 2022. Tutor MasterCard Foundation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Duration: 2020-2021. Teaching Assistance Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan Dominican University, Ibadan Saints Peter Paul Major Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan Duration: 2018-2021. Research Assistant to Professor Remi Aiyede Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan Duration: 2018-2019 Participated in a Field Work on a Ph.D. Research on Modernity, Chieftaincy Selection Processes and Conflict in Ilaje-Ugb, Kingdom, Ondo State, 1955-2010 Year: 2019