Freedom C Onuoha
Biographic Data
| ID | 193656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Freedom C Onuoha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Freedom C |
| FAMILY NAME | Onuoha |
| SIGNATURE | ONUOHA F C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4321-1065 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
No poor person can afford a 200HP engine’: An Infrastructural Reading of Poverty-Piracy Link
Non-State Armed Groups and the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria
Gendered dimensions of banditry: Women trafficking weapons to armed groups in northwest Nigeria
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Climate change and natural resource conflict in Ecowas and Eccas regions: Implications for state security forces
Climate change has emerged as the imminent threat to national security in many regions of the world. Nowhere is this reality more acute than in West and Central Africa where surging population growth, rising urbanisation, persistent environmental degradation, emergence of violent extremist organisations and weak state capacity have created a perfect storm of insecurity. It is against this backdrop that this article examines the nexus and dynamics…
Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa
Africa’s marine environment and resources that lie beneath it are central to the continent’s sustainable development and actualising the ambitions set out by the African Union in its Agenda 2063, where the oceans are described as the frontier of Africa’s development. The continent’s maritime domain and resources are also attractive to foreign partners relying on its oceans to enhance their economic development and geostrategic interests. Serving …
The Relevance of Sports to Preventing and Countering Youth Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Nigeria’s Northeast
The Nigerian government has relied on a kinetic approach to counter the threat of Boko Haram extremism, registering very little appreciable successes. This has underscored the need for use of soft approaches such as sports as a tool for preventing and countering violent extremism ( P / CVE ) in Nigeria’s northeast. This article examines two cases of community-based interventions involving sports in Borno and Adamawa states to highlight the potent…
Decoding the message: Understanding soldiers' mutiny in Nigeria's counterinsurgency fight
Since the commencement of the counterinsurgency fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Army has been faced with internal crises, such as corruption, poor welfare conditions for soldiers, among others, which have undermined efforts at defeating the insurgents. Military authorities have both down-played and denied these internal challenges. The result is frequent mutiny by soldiers. This paper examines the drivers, dynamics, and responses to mutiny…
Operation Safe Corridor Programme and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria
The devastation of lives, livelihood and property in Nigeria caused by over a decade of insurgency by the Boko Haram terrorists is a subject of security, policy, humanitarian and academic concern. Several counter-measures have been adopted by both state and non-state actors to combat the insurgency with limited successes recorded. Consequently, studies have examined several efforts taken by the Nigerian government toward ending the Boko Haram ins…
Boko Haram's Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria: Contexts, Dimensions and Emerging Trajectories
Women, Intelligence Gathering and Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria: A Postcolonial Feminist Discourse
Within the analytic purview of postcolonial feminist theory, this article investigates how women leverage their intelligence-gathering capabilities in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in Nigeria. Although P/CVE is widely perceived as an androcentric project, the threat posed by violent extremism to global peace and security has heightened the clamor for increased involvement of women in the formulation and implementation of peace a…
Extortionate policing and the futility of Covid-19 pandemic nationwide lockdown in Nigeria: Insights from the South East Zone
The emergence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in November 2019 has nearly brought the world to a halt. Recording her first COVID-19 case on 27 February 2020, the Nigerian government's default response to the pandemic was to lock down major parts of the country, among other measures. Despite the nationwide lockdown, inter-state travel continued unabated as many travellers bribed their way through the different checkpoints mounted by security a…
Militarisation of the 2019 general elections and electoral integrity in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the integrity of elections has been compromised by several flaws, resulting in discredited or contested outcomes. This article investigates how militarisation undermined the integrity of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. It contends that militarisation of elections in Nigeria is inherently connected to the post-colonial character of politics that places excessive premium on state power. In the case of 2019 elections, militarisati…
The political economy of Biafra separatism and post-war Igbo nationalism in Nigeria
The past two decades that coincide with the return of civil rule in most African countries have witnessed the reinforcement of ethnic nationalism and separatist agitations. While scholarly attention has focused on ethnicity to explain the revival of ethnic nationalism, how ethnic and class discourses conflate in the pursuit of ethnic nationalism remains understudied. Using a qualitative-dominant approach, this article interrogates how the Igbo pe…
The Abuja bombings: Boko Haram's reaction to President Buhari's actions
Since his inauguration on 29 May 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken several practical, policy and diplomatic actions aimed at defeating the six-year long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria. These actions have started to have a modest positive impact on reclaiming the territories previously held by the terrorists. Boko Haram has reacted by ramping up its attacks on soft targets and communities in the north-east. This article fo…
Boko Haram and the evolving Salafi Jihadist threat in Nigeria
Over the last three years, Boko Haram has evolved from a sect that waged poorly planned hit-and-run attacks on state security establishments to one that increasingly mounts audacious attacks on diverse military and civilian targets. To reduce its operational capability, the Nigerian government has adopted several counter-insurgency measures. Notwithstanding the government efforts, the sect has continued to mount deadly (sometimes suicide) attacks…
The evolving menace of baby factories and trafficking in Nigeria
Trafficking in persons in Nigeria has largely targeted adults and children, particularly women and girls. Of growing concern, however, is the recent emergence and growth of sophisticated and syndicated groups involved in baby 'factories' and trafficking in Nigeria. This article examines the nature, actors, modus operandi and motives behind this emergent dimension of human trafficking in Nigeria. It concludes that if concerted efforts are not made…
Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea: Trends, Concerns, and Propositions
The outbreak of piracy off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea has long been overshadowed by Somali piracy, which has seized the attention of the international community in recent years. With the number of recent incidents of piracy in the region overtaking the number of attacks in the Horn of Africa, this article examines the dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea in the last two decades. It finds that between 1991 and 2012, a total of 734 pirate …
Piracy and Maritime Security off the Horn of Africa: Connections, Causes, and Concerns
In the wake of the 21st century, Africa's waters have now overtaken traditionally dangerous areas such as the Strait of Malacca in the Southeast Asia in terms of visibility in the global map of piracy. The recent increase in the frequency and range of pirate attacks around the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa has become a subject of growing concern to states and other stakeholders, especially in the shipping industry. …
The Islamist challenge: Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis explained
This article examines the Boko Haram crisis of July 2009 in Nigeria. It probes the historical evolution of the radical sect, highlights the impact of the uprising, and reflects on the contentious issues stemming from the uprising. Although the general opinion is that radical sects in Nigeria are unlikely to turn into sleeper cells for global terrorism, this article contends that the fact that some of the sect's members had received training in fa…
The Geo-strategy of Oil in the Gulf of Guinea: Implications for Regional Stability
This study highlights the security implications of the rising geo-strategic prominence of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea (GG) oil, deriving from the security calculus of the major oil-consuming countries. It argues that the extension of the traditional militaristic approach to energy security by major oil-consuming countries, particularly the US, to energy affairs in the GG will reignite the global arms race involving other major oil consumers incl…
Sea piracy and maritime security in the Horn of Africa: The Somali coast and Gulf of Aden in perspective
Keywords: Gulf of AdenInternational Maritime Bureaumaritime securityNigeriapiracySomalia
Why the poor pay with their lives: Oil pipeline vandalisation, fires and human security in Nigeria
Since its discovery in Nigeria in 1956 crude oil has been a source of mixed blessing to the country. It is believed to have generated enormous wealth, but it has also claimed a great many lives. Scholarly attention on the impact of oil on security in Nigeria has largely focused on internal conflicts rather than on how disasters associated with oil pipeline vandalisation have impacted on human security in terms of causing bodily injuries and death…
Petroleum Product-induced Disasters and Human Security: An Enquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Kerosene Explosions in the Rivers and Delta States of Nigeria
By constitutional provision in Nigeria, the primary purpose of government is to ensure 'the security and welfare of the people'. However, it is ironic that despite Nigeria being the eighth-largest oil producer, and having the sixth-largest deposits of natural gas in the world, adulterated kerosene has become a recurrent source of mortality and fatal injuries in the country. This article examines the factors responsible for the recent kerosene exp…
The Islamist challenge: Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis explained
This article examines the Boko Haram crisis of July 2009 in Nigeria. It probes the historical evolution of the radical sect, highlights the impact of the uprising, and reflects on the contentious issues stemming from the uprising. Although the general opinion is that radical sects in Nigeria are unlikely to turn into sleeper cells for global terrorism, this article contends that the fact that some of the sect's members had received training in fa…
Operation Safe Corridor Programme and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria
The devastation of lives, livelihood and property in Nigeria caused by over a decade of insurgency by the Boko Haram terrorists is a subject of security, policy, humanitarian and academic concern. Several counter-measures have been adopted by both state and non-state actors to combat the insurgency with limited successes recorded. Consequently, studies have examined several efforts taken by the Nigerian government toward ending the Boko Haram ins…
The political economy of Biafra separatism and post-war Igbo nationalism in Nigeria
The past two decades that coincide with the return of civil rule in most African countries have witnessed the reinforcement of ethnic nationalism and separatist agitations. While scholarly attention has focused on ethnicity to explain the revival of ethnic nationalism, how ethnic and class discourses conflate in the pursuit of ethnic nationalism remains understudied. Using a qualitative-dominant approach, this article interrogates how the Igbo pe…
Sea piracy and maritime security in the Horn of Africa: The Somali coast and Gulf of Aden in perspective
Keywords: Gulf of AdenInternational Maritime Bureaumaritime securityNigeriapiracySomalia
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Women, Intelligence Gathering and Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria: A Postcolonial Feminist Discourse
Within the analytic purview of postcolonial feminist theory, this article investigates how women leverage their intelligence-gathering capabilities in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in Nigeria. Although P/CVE is widely perceived as an androcentric project, the threat posed by violent extremism to global peace and security has heightened the clamor for increased involvement of women in the formulation and implementation of peace a…
Why the poor pay with their lives: Oil pipeline vandalisation, fires and human security in Nigeria
Since its discovery in Nigeria in 1956 crude oil has been a source of mixed blessing to the country. It is believed to have generated enormous wealth, but it has also claimed a great many lives. Scholarly attention on the impact of oil on security in Nigeria has largely focused on internal conflicts rather than on how disasters associated with oil pipeline vandalisation have impacted on human security in terms of causing bodily injuries and death…
Oil pipeline sabotage in Nigeria: Dimensions, actors and implications for national security
If situated within the Cold War era conceptualisation of national security, oil pipeline sabotage does not seem to fit in properly. However, when viewed from a new paradigm of national security, recent manifestations of oil pipeline sabotage and its implications hold out serous threats for national security in Nigeria. This paper examines the three main dimensions of oil pipeline sabotage in Nigeria, namely oil bunkering, pipeline vandalisation /…
Militarisation of the 2019 general elections and electoral integrity in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the integrity of elections has been compromised by several flaws, resulting in discredited or contested outcomes. This article investigates how militarisation undermined the integrity of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. It contends that militarisation of elections in Nigeria is inherently connected to the post-colonial character of politics that places excessive premium on state power. In the case of 2019 elections, militarisati…
Piracy and Maritime Security off the Horn of Africa: Connections, Causes, and Concerns
In the wake of the 21st century, Africa's waters have now overtaken traditionally dangerous areas such as the Strait of Malacca in the Southeast Asia in terms of visibility in the global map of piracy. The recent increase in the frequency and range of pirate attacks around the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa has become a subject of growing concern to states and other stakeholders, especially in the shipping industry. …
Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa
Africa’s marine environment and resources that lie beneath it are central to the continent’s sustainable development and actualising the ambitions set out by the African Union in its Agenda 2063, where the oceans are described as the frontier of Africa’s development. The continent’s maritime domain and resources are also attractive to foreign partners relying on its oceans to enhance their economic development and geostrategic interests. Serving …
The evolving menace of baby factories and trafficking in Nigeria
Trafficking in persons in Nigeria has largely targeted adults and children, particularly women and girls. Of growing concern, however, is the recent emergence and growth of sophisticated and syndicated groups involved in baby 'factories' and trafficking in Nigeria. This article examines the nature, actors, modus operandi and motives behind this emergent dimension of human trafficking in Nigeria. It concludes that if concerted efforts are not made…
The Geo-strategy of Oil in the Gulf of Guinea: Implications for Regional Stability
This study highlights the security implications of the rising geo-strategic prominence of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea (GG) oil, deriving from the security calculus of the major oil-consuming countries. It argues that the extension of the traditional militaristic approach to energy security by major oil-consuming countries, particularly the US, to energy affairs in the GG will reignite the global arms race involving other major oil consumers incl…
Poverty, Pipeline Vandalisation/Explosion and Human Security: Integrating Disaster Management into Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
This paper interrogates the common official refrain to attribute vandalisation-induced pipeline explosion to poverty in the country. It argues that although poverty has explanatory relevance in terms of the ubiquity of oil pipeline explosion, such attribution conceals more than it reveals: it clearly shows that the poor are the direct and hardest hit in oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria, but conceals the fact that rich vandalisation barons are be…
Decoding the message: Understanding soldiers' mutiny in Nigeria's counterinsurgency fight
Since the commencement of the counterinsurgency fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Army has been faced with internal crises, such as corruption, poor welfare conditions for soldiers, among others, which have undermined efforts at defeating the insurgents. Military authorities have both down-played and denied these internal challenges. The result is frequent mutiny by soldiers. This paper examines the drivers, dynamics, and responses to mutiny…
Extortionate policing and the futility of Covid-19 pandemic nationwide lockdown in Nigeria: Insights from the South East Zone
The emergence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in November 2019 has nearly brought the world to a halt. Recording her first COVID-19 case on 27 February 2020, the Nigerian government's default response to the pandemic was to lock down major parts of the country, among other measures. Despite the nationwide lockdown, inter-state travel continued unabated as many travellers bribed their way through the different checkpoints mounted by security a…
Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea: Trends, Concerns, and Propositions
The outbreak of piracy off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea has long been overshadowed by Somali piracy, which has seized the attention of the international community in recent years. With the number of recent incidents of piracy in the region overtaking the number of attacks in the Horn of Africa, this article examines the dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea in the last two decades. It finds that between 1991 and 2012, a total of 734 pirate …
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
The Abuja bombings: Boko Haram's reaction to President Buhari's actions
Since his inauguration on 29 May 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken several practical, policy and diplomatic actions aimed at defeating the six-year long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria. These actions have started to have a modest positive impact on reclaiming the territories previously held by the terrorists. Boko Haram has reacted by ramping up its attacks on soft targets and communities in the north-east. This article fo…
Poverty, Pipeline Vandalisation/Explosion and Human Security: Integrating Disaster Management into Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
This paper interrogates the common official refrain to attribute vandalisation-induced pipeline explosion to poverty in the country. It argues that although poverty has explanatory relevance in terms of the ubiquity of oil pipeline explosion, such attribution conceals more than it reveals: it clearly shows that the poor are the direct and hardest hit in oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria, but conceals the fact that rich vandalisation barons are be…
Petroleum Product-induced Disasters and Human Security: An Enquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Kerosene Explosions in the Rivers and Delta States of Nigeria
By constitutional provision in Nigeria, the primary purpose of government is to ensure 'the security and welfare of the people'. However, it is ironic that despite Nigeria being the eighth-largest oil producer, and having the sixth-largest deposits of natural gas in the world, adulterated kerosene has become a recurrent source of mortality and fatal injuries in the country. This article examines the factors responsible for the recent kerosene exp…
Oil pipeline sabotage in Nigeria: Dimensions, actors and implications for national security
If situated within the Cold War era conceptualisation of national security, oil pipeline sabotage does not seem to fit in properly. However, when viewed from a new paradigm of national security, recent manifestations of oil pipeline sabotage and its implications hold out serous threats for national security in Nigeria. This paper examines the three main dimensions of oil pipeline sabotage in Nigeria, namely oil bunkering, pipeline vandalisation /…
Sea piracy and maritime security in the Horn of Africa: The Somali coast and Gulf of Aden in perspective
Keywords: Gulf of AdenInternational Maritime Bureaumaritime securityNigeriapiracySomalia
Why the poor pay with their lives: Oil pipeline vandalisation, fires and human security in Nigeria
Since its discovery in Nigeria in 1956 crude oil has been a source of mixed blessing to the country. It is believed to have generated enormous wealth, but it has also claimed a great many lives. Scholarly attention on the impact of oil on security in Nigeria has largely focused on internal conflicts rather than on how disasters associated with oil pipeline vandalisation have impacted on human security in terms of causing bodily injuries and death…
Piracy and Maritime Security off the Horn of Africa: Connections, Causes, and Concerns
In the wake of the 21st century, Africa's waters have now overtaken traditionally dangerous areas such as the Strait of Malacca in the Southeast Asia in terms of visibility in the global map of piracy. The recent increase in the frequency and range of pirate attacks around the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa has become a subject of growing concern to states and other stakeholders, especially in the shipping industry. …
The Islamist challenge: Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis explained
This article examines the Boko Haram crisis of July 2009 in Nigeria. It probes the historical evolution of the radical sect, highlights the impact of the uprising, and reflects on the contentious issues stemming from the uprising. Although the general opinion is that radical sects in Nigeria are unlikely to turn into sleeper cells for global terrorism, this article contends that the fact that some of the sect's members had received training in fa…
The Geo-strategy of Oil in the Gulf of Guinea: Implications for Regional Stability
This study highlights the security implications of the rising geo-strategic prominence of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea (GG) oil, deriving from the security calculus of the major oil-consuming countries. It argues that the extension of the traditional militaristic approach to energy security by major oil-consuming countries, particularly the US, to energy affairs in the GG will reignite the global arms race involving other major oil consumers incl…
Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea: Trends, Concerns, and Propositions
The outbreak of piracy off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea has long been overshadowed by Somali piracy, which has seized the attention of the international community in recent years. With the number of recent incidents of piracy in the region overtaking the number of attacks in the Horn of Africa, this article examines the dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea in the last two decades. It finds that between 1991 and 2012, a total of 734 pirate …
Boko Haram and the evolving Salafi Jihadist threat in Nigeria
Over the last three years, Boko Haram has evolved from a sect that waged poorly planned hit-and-run attacks on state security establishments to one that increasingly mounts audacious attacks on diverse military and civilian targets. To reduce its operational capability, the Nigerian government has adopted several counter-insurgency measures. Notwithstanding the government efforts, the sect has continued to mount deadly (sometimes suicide) attacks…
The evolving menace of baby factories and trafficking in Nigeria
Trafficking in persons in Nigeria has largely targeted adults and children, particularly women and girls. Of growing concern, however, is the recent emergence and growth of sophisticated and syndicated groups involved in baby 'factories' and trafficking in Nigeria. This article examines the nature, actors, modus operandi and motives behind this emergent dimension of human trafficking in Nigeria. It concludes that if concerted efforts are not made…
The Abuja bombings: Boko Haram's reaction to President Buhari's actions
Since his inauguration on 29 May 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken several practical, policy and diplomatic actions aimed at defeating the six-year long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria. These actions have started to have a modest positive impact on reclaiming the territories previously held by the terrorists. Boko Haram has reacted by ramping up its attacks on soft targets and communities in the north-east. This article fo…
Militarisation of the 2019 general elections and electoral integrity in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the integrity of elections has been compromised by several flaws, resulting in discredited or contested outcomes. This article investigates how militarisation undermined the integrity of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. It contends that militarisation of elections in Nigeria is inherently connected to the post-colonial character of politics that places excessive premium on state power. In the case of 2019 elections, militarisati…
The political economy of Biafra separatism and post-war Igbo nationalism in Nigeria
The past two decades that coincide with the return of civil rule in most African countries have witnessed the reinforcement of ethnic nationalism and separatist agitations. While scholarly attention has focused on ethnicity to explain the revival of ethnic nationalism, how ethnic and class discourses conflate in the pursuit of ethnic nationalism remains understudied. Using a qualitative-dominant approach, this article interrogates how the Igbo pe…
Boko Haram's Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria: Contexts, Dimensions and Emerging Trajectories
Women, Intelligence Gathering and Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria: A Postcolonial Feminist Discourse
Within the analytic purview of postcolonial feminist theory, this article investigates how women leverage their intelligence-gathering capabilities in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in Nigeria. Although P/CVE is widely perceived as an androcentric project, the threat posed by violent extremism to global peace and security has heightened the clamor for increased involvement of women in the formulation and implementation of peace a…
Extortionate policing and the futility of Covid-19 pandemic nationwide lockdown in Nigeria: Insights from the South East Zone
The emergence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in November 2019 has nearly brought the world to a halt. Recording her first COVID-19 case on 27 February 2020, the Nigerian government's default response to the pandemic was to lock down major parts of the country, among other measures. Despite the nationwide lockdown, inter-state travel continued unabated as many travellers bribed their way through the different checkpoints mounted by security a…
The Relevance of Sports to Preventing and Countering Youth Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Nigeria’s Northeast
The Nigerian government has relied on a kinetic approach to counter the threat of Boko Haram extremism, registering very little appreciable successes. This has underscored the need for use of soft approaches such as sports as a tool for preventing and countering violent extremism ( P / CVE ) in Nigeria’s northeast. This article examines two cases of community-based interventions involving sports in Borno and Adamawa states to highlight the potent…
Decoding the message: Understanding soldiers' mutiny in Nigeria's counterinsurgency fight
Since the commencement of the counterinsurgency fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Army has been faced with internal crises, such as corruption, poor welfare conditions for soldiers, among others, which have undermined efforts at defeating the insurgents. Military authorities have both down-played and denied these internal challenges. The result is frequent mutiny by soldiers. This paper examines the drivers, dynamics, and responses to mutiny…
Operation Safe Corridor Programme and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria
The devastation of lives, livelihood and property in Nigeria caused by over a decade of insurgency by the Boko Haram terrorists is a subject of security, policy, humanitarian and academic concern. Several counter-measures have been adopted by both state and non-state actors to combat the insurgency with limited successes recorded. Consequently, studies have examined several efforts taken by the Nigerian government toward ending the Boko Haram ins…
Climate change and natural resource conflict in Ecowas and Eccas regions: Implications for state security forces
Climate change has emerged as the imminent threat to national security in many regions of the world. Nowhere is this reality more acute than in West and Central Africa where surging population growth, rising urbanisation, persistent environmental degradation, emergence of violent extremist organisations and weak state capacity have created a perfect storm of insecurity. It is against this backdrop that this article examines the nexus and dynamics…
Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa
Africa’s marine environment and resources that lie beneath it are central to the continent’s sustainable development and actualising the ambitions set out by the African Union in its Agenda 2063, where the oceans are described as the frontier of Africa’s development. The continent’s maritime domain and resources are also attractive to foreign partners relying on its oceans to enhance their economic development and geostrategic interests. Serving …
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Gendered dimensions of banditry: Women trafficking weapons to armed groups in northwest Nigeria
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