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Despite United States-Nigeria military cooperation which has provided an opportunity for professional training of the Nigerian military, particularly in the area of 'rules of engagement', there has been series of reported human rights violations in Nigeria. This usually takes place during internal conflicts that necessitate the intervention of the military. There has been non-adherence to international humanitarian law as well as weak enforcement of national legal frameworks pertaining to human rights. The study examined how the U.S. professional training has reoriented the Nigerian Armed Forces regarding respect and protection of human rights in conflict situations. The study adopted 'case study' method that focuses on few cases in order to engage in an empirical analysis. There still existing lacunas in the operations of the Nigerian armed forces regarding protection and respect of the rights of civilians. Thus, there have been widespread and pervasive human rights abuses perpetrated by the Nigerian military which have resulted to arbitrary killings, tortures, rapes and so forth. Sadly, the Nigerian state provides shield to the perpetrators of unlawful acts that pervert the basic rules of engagement. Absence of effective rule of law in Nigeria emboldens the army in particular, to perpetuate colossal human rights violations. The paper argues that the behavioural patterns of the Nigerian military would remain unchanged until the character of the Nigerian state changes. There should be a strong recall of rule of law by establishing strong institutions where the justice system in Nigeria is viable enough to control the state itself.

Nigeria-China trade and investment relations are claimed to move to the advantage of China. Hence, the more their trade relation flourishes, the more Nigeria experiences trade deficits, and the more China records trade surpluses. In this scenario, Nigeria depends more on imports from China than China. That is why Nigerian market is overflowed with Chinese made products such as cell phones, television sets and so forth. The study examined how Nigeria-China relations impact on the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. The study employed secondary source of data collection and relied on 'content analysis' as a technique for data analysis. There has been recorded failure of Nigeria to compete favourably with China in terms of import and export of manufactured products. The manufacturing sector in Nigeria remains far behind to commensurately compete with China's. Over concentration on the oil sector is directly linked to over reliance of the Nigerian economy on oil sector. The study draws a paradigm shift from the argument that China relations with Nigeria is imperialistic, to a hypothesis that the failure of the Nigerian government to adequately reposition Nigerian manufacturing to a globally competitive status through research and development as well as human capacity building, is thus, mainly responsible. The disarticulated economic structures Nigeria is currently maintaining is less capable of guaranteeing the development of the manufacturing sector that can enjoy competitive advantages in the international markets. Policy actions that are geared towards human capacity building and provision of sustainable incentives to local investors are needed.