BEYOND THE WEAK STATE: HYBRID SOVEREIGNTIES IN NIGERIA TABLE OF CONTENT Title page i Approval ii Acknowledgement iii Table of content v Abstract xi CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of the study 3 1.2 Statement of problem 5 1.3 Purpose of the study 6 1.4 Significance of the study 7 1.5 Assumption of the study 8 1.6 Research questions 9 1.7 Hypotheses 10 1.8 Definition of terms 11 CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Literature Review 13 2.1 A Brief introduction 13