Nigeria at Fifty: Contribution in peace, Development, and Development address the Nation's promotion of peace, free-dom, democracy and development since Independence. The contributors, examine the country significant foreign investment, analyzing the regional and global benefits- as well as the compromises to Nigeria's own development- of such policies. concrete achievements and persistent challenges are identified and suggestion for a more effective foreign policy in the quest for well defined national interest are presented  

CONTENT
1. Nigeria's Foreign Policy and the Promotion of Peace, Development, and Democracy by Attahiru M. Jega .................................. P. 1
PART 1
- Promoting Freedom and Democracy
2. Nigeria's Role in the Promotion of the OAU/AU and Membership of the Front-line States by Okechukwu Ibeanu ..................................... P. 17
3. Nigeria's Role in the United Nations, the Commonwealth and the Non-Aligned Movement by Okello Oculi .......................................... P. 37
4. Nigeria's Role in Democratisation: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Equatorial Guinea by Eghosa Osaghae ......................................... P. 53
PART 2
- promoting Peace
5. Nigeria's Global Role in Peacekeeping, from the Congo Through Lebanon to Brosnia Herzegovina by Julie G. Sanda......................................... P. 79
6. Nigeria's Role in Peacekeeping in Africa: ECOMOG, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone by Andrew Okolie ............................................................ P. 99
PART 3
- Promoting Regional Integration and Economic Development
7. Nigeria, ECOWAS., and the Promotion of Regional Integration in West Africa by Hamid Bobboyi ..................................................................................P. 127
8. Nigeria, OPEC, and the Middle East by Abubakar Saddique Mohammed. P. 151
9. Prometheus as Good Samaritan: Nigeria's Bilateral and Multilateral Assistance Since Independence by Obadiah Mailafia .............................................. P. 177
10. Multilateral Water Organisations and Nigeria's National Interest: Lake Chad Basin Commission and Niger Basin Authority by Tijjani Muhammad Bande .P. 205
11. Conclusion Defining the Achievements and Challenges of Nigeria's Foreign Policy by Attahiru M. Jega ............................... P. 229
- List of Acronyms .................................. P. 239
- The Contributors .................................. P. 243
- Index ................................................. P. 247
- About the Editors ................................. P. 257