The Challenges of Democratic Governance in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Stanley Naribo Ngoa, PhD, is a multi-disciplinary academic and a communication theorist with an eye for media in politics. Currently a professor of communication studies at the National Open University of Nigeria, his contributions to theory building include the concept of 'deviant communication' in agenda-setting studies and social/educational propaganda.Farooq A. Kperogi, PhD, is Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at the School of Communication and Media, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. He is also a newspaper columnist whose widely read back-page columns in the Nigerian Tribune and the Daily Trust have shaped Nigeria's national discourse and influenced government policies. He is the author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World (2015); Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation (2020); and Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa (2022). Eghosa E. Osaghae, PhD, is Professor of Comparative Politics and former Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University Okada, Nigeria. He was the 2013/2014 Emeka Anyaoku Visiting Chair of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, UK. Professor Osaghae is presently the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.