Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Law - Philosophy, History and Sociology of Law, grade: 7.0, , course: Philosophy, language: English, abstract: This work will take a brief look at the struggle for independence, but will focus more on the history of Nigerian political system from the advent of her independence through to the present political system being practiced, with an attempt to expose strengths and weaknesses of the system, and to have a general outlook on Confucian philosophy, with more focus on the political ideology. Finally, to attempt a juxtaposition between the already appraised Confucian political ideology, and the Nigerian political system so as to establish a relationship.