Azeez Olaniyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 211339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Azeez Olaniyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Azeez |
| FAMILY NAME | Olaniyan |
| SIGNATURE | OLANIYAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ekiti State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2084-5508 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mortal 'mistakes', fatal consequences: Understanding Nigeria's mis-targeted counter-insurgency airstrike fatalities
Since 2009, the Nigerian military has engaged in counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram and other extremists groups in Northern Nigeria, making extensive use of airpower. In such operations, the seeming casual and indiscriminate airstrikes have produced unfortunate scale of collateral damage to both civilians and its own personnel. This paper examines Nigeria’s recurring mis-targeted airstrikes against the backdrop of the country’s protr…
A bad child has his own day: Gwama Boys and post-conflict peacebuilding dilemma in oil-bearing communities of Ondo state, Nigeria
Gwama Boys is one of the ethnic militias in the oil-bearing communities of Nigeria. But while others militias in the area have been subjected to research, little is known of Gwama Boys. Yet its emergence and continued existence constitute a major dilemma in the post-conflict peace-building process of the area. Specifically, Gwama Boys emerged among the Ilaje ethnic group in their war against Ijaw group in the late 1990s over issues concerning lan…
When two elephants fight: Insurgency, counter-insurgency and environmental sufferings in northeastern Nigeria
The consequences of Boko Haram insurgency on the Nigerian state has enjoyed robust interrogation. However, most of the studies have concentrated on human and material losses to the neglect of the environment. Yet, the activities of the insurgents as well as the counterinsurgency strategies of the Nigerian armed forces, have negatively affected the environment. This study interrogates the impacts of the insurgency on the environment, using cases s…
Election sophistication and the changing contours of vote buying in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
The phenomenon of vote buying at every round of elections in Nigeria since 1999 has attracted the attention of scholars. This has given rise to a plethora of insightful analyses. In these studies, vote buying was seen mostly as a pre-voting matter. However, the 2019 elections witnessed the entrenchment of a pattern of vote buying known as ‘see and buy’, in which voters display their votes before proceeding to money collection points, often discre…
Violence in African Elections: Between Democracy and Big Man Politics
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results
Foliage and violence: Interrogating forests as a security threat in Nigeria
The discourse on security challenges in Nigeria has generated much scholarly insight. What is yet to be sufficiently interrogated is the place of forests in the problem. Situating the problem within the context of global occurrences, the study explores security threats posed by the poor management of some Nigerian forests, which has resulted in invasion and exploitation by criminals who engage in militancy, kidnapping, ritual killing, armed robbe…
In the Cesspool of Corruption: The Challenges of National Development and the Dilemma of Anti-Graft Agencies in Nigeria
Most theoretical and analytical discourse on national development identified the virulent nature of corruption as development curse. In Nigeria, as in many other soft states, the epidemic nature of corruption and its destructive impacts on the national development has received wider attention in both national and international mass media. Similarly, scholarly literature on the culture of sleaze in many of these countries revealed the depth of the…
Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria
Most commentators on political and development crises in Nigeria have identified corruption as the prime factor. A number of factors have been adduced as responsible for the prevalence of corruption in the country. However, the aspect of culture is yet to be adequately captured. Yet, the place of culture in the high incidence of corruption as well as the constraints to its entrenchment cannot be underestimated. While the culture of the people abh…
Cows, Bandits, and Violent Conflicts: Understanding Cattle Rustling in Northern Nigeria
Cattle rustlings have become a major crime in Nigeria recently, with the northern region being the hardest hit. In the past few years, rustling activities have resulted in the theft of a huge number of cows, deaths of people and destruction of property. Daily reports across the northern region have confirmed that cattle rustlings have significantly contributed to the increasing security challenges facing the Nigerian state and seem to have become…
Boko Haram: The Socio-Economic Drivers
Boko Haram Insurgency and the Widening of Cleavages in Nigeria
The Boko Haram terrorist group’s philosophy and activities have been subjected to different interpretations among the Nigerian populace. Such interpretations follow traditional lines of ethnic, regional, cultural, and religious cleavages in Nigeria. Some perceive it as war by Muslims against Christians, some as a sponsored conspiracy against the Muslim North, and others interpret it as the Northern war against the emergence of President Jonathan …
International
From July 15 to 27, APSA launched the fifth annual Africa Workshop in partnership with the faculty of social sciences at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. The program is part of a multiyear initiative to support political science research and teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa through a series of residential political science workshops at African universities and research institutions. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Africa Works…
Cows, Bandits, and Violent Conflicts: Understanding Cattle Rustling in Northern Nigeria
Cattle rustlings have become a major crime in Nigeria recently, with the northern region being the hardest hit. In the past few years, rustling activities have resulted in the theft of a huge number of cows, deaths of people and destruction of property. Daily reports across the northern region have confirmed that cattle rustlings have significantly contributed to the increasing security challenges facing the Nigerian state and seem to have become…
Violence in African Elections: Between Democracy and Big Man Politics
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results
Foliage and violence: Interrogating forests as a security threat in Nigeria
The discourse on security challenges in Nigeria has generated much scholarly insight. What is yet to be sufficiently interrogated is the place of forests in the problem. Situating the problem within the context of global occurrences, the study explores security threats posed by the poor management of some Nigerian forests, which has resulted in invasion and exploitation by criminals who engage in militancy, kidnapping, ritual killing, armed robbe…
Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria
Most commentators on political and development crises in Nigeria have identified corruption as the prime factor. A number of factors have been adduced as responsible for the prevalence of corruption in the country. However, the aspect of culture is yet to be adequately captured. Yet, the place of culture in the high incidence of corruption as well as the constraints to its entrenchment cannot be underestimated. While the culture of the people abh…
Boko Haram Insurgency and the Widening of Cleavages in Nigeria
The Boko Haram terrorist group’s philosophy and activities have been subjected to different interpretations among the Nigerian populace. Such interpretations follow traditional lines of ethnic, regional, cultural, and religious cleavages in Nigeria. Some perceive it as war by Muslims against Christians, some as a sponsored conspiracy against the Muslim North, and others interpret it as the Northern war against the emergence of President Jonathan …
When two elephants fight: Insurgency, counter-insurgency and environmental sufferings in northeastern Nigeria
The consequences of Boko Haram insurgency on the Nigerian state has enjoyed robust interrogation. However, most of the studies have concentrated on human and material losses to the neglect of the environment. Yet, the activities of the insurgents as well as the counterinsurgency strategies of the Nigerian armed forces, have negatively affected the environment. This study interrogates the impacts of the insurgency on the environment, using cases s…
Election sophistication and the changing contours of vote buying in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
The phenomenon of vote buying at every round of elections in Nigeria since 1999 has attracted the attention of scholars. This has given rise to a plethora of insightful analyses. In these studies, vote buying was seen mostly as a pre-voting matter. However, the 2019 elections witnessed the entrenchment of a pattern of vote buying known as ‘see and buy’, in which voters display their votes before proceeding to money collection points, often discre…
Mortal 'mistakes', fatal consequences: Understanding Nigeria's mis-targeted counter-insurgency airstrike fatalities
Since 2009, the Nigerian military has engaged in counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram and other extremists groups in Northern Nigeria, making extensive use of airpower. In such operations, the seeming casual and indiscriminate airstrikes have produced unfortunate scale of collateral damage to both civilians and its own personnel. This paper examines Nigeria’s recurring mis-targeted airstrikes against the backdrop of the country’s protr…
A bad child has his own day: Gwama Boys and post-conflict peacebuilding dilemma in oil-bearing communities of Ondo state, Nigeria
Gwama Boys is one of the ethnic militias in the oil-bearing communities of Nigeria. But while others militias in the area have been subjected to research, little is known of Gwama Boys. Yet its emergence and continued existence constitute a major dilemma in the post-conflict peace-building process of the area. Specifically, Gwama Boys emerged among the Ilaje ethnic group in their war against Ijaw group in the late 1990s over issues concerning lan…
International
From July 15 to 27, APSA launched the fifth annual Africa Workshop in partnership with the faculty of social sciences at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. The program is part of a multiyear initiative to support political science research and teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa through a series of residential political science workshops at African universities and research institutions. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Africa Works…
Boko Haram Insurgency and the Widening of Cleavages in Nigeria
The Boko Haram terrorist group’s philosophy and activities have been subjected to different interpretations among the Nigerian populace. Such interpretations follow traditional lines of ethnic, regional, cultural, and religious cleavages in Nigeria. Some perceive it as war by Muslims against Christians, some as a sponsored conspiracy against the Muslim North, and others interpret it as the Northern war against the emergence of President Jonathan …
Boko Haram: The Socio-Economic Drivers
In the Cesspool of Corruption: The Challenges of National Development and the Dilemma of Anti-Graft Agencies in Nigeria
Most theoretical and analytical discourse on national development identified the virulent nature of corruption as development curse. In Nigeria, as in many other soft states, the epidemic nature of corruption and its destructive impacts on the national development has received wider attention in both national and international mass media. Similarly, scholarly literature on the culture of sleaze in many of these countries revealed the depth of the…
Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria
Most commentators on political and development crises in Nigeria have identified corruption as the prime factor. A number of factors have been adduced as responsible for the prevalence of corruption in the country. However, the aspect of culture is yet to be adequately captured. Yet, the place of culture in the high incidence of corruption as well as the constraints to its entrenchment cannot be underestimated. While the culture of the people abh…
Cows, Bandits, and Violent Conflicts: Understanding Cattle Rustling in Northern Nigeria
Cattle rustlings have become a major crime in Nigeria recently, with the northern region being the hardest hit. In the past few years, rustling activities have resulted in the theft of a huge number of cows, deaths of people and destruction of property. Daily reports across the northern region have confirmed that cattle rustlings have significantly contributed to the increasing security challenges facing the Nigerian state and seem to have become…
Foliage and violence: Interrogating forests as a security threat in Nigeria
The discourse on security challenges in Nigeria has generated much scholarly insight. What is yet to be sufficiently interrogated is the place of forests in the problem. Situating the problem within the context of global occurrences, the study explores security threats posed by the poor management of some Nigerian forests, which has resulted in invasion and exploitation by criminals who engage in militancy, kidnapping, ritual killing, armed robbe…
Violence in African Elections: Between Democracy and Big Man Politics
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results
Election sophistication and the changing contours of vote buying in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
The phenomenon of vote buying at every round of elections in Nigeria since 1999 has attracted the attention of scholars. This has given rise to a plethora of insightful analyses. In these studies, vote buying was seen mostly as a pre-voting matter. However, the 2019 elections witnessed the entrenchment of a pattern of vote buying known as ‘see and buy’, in which voters display their votes before proceeding to money collection points, often discre…
When two elephants fight: Insurgency, counter-insurgency and environmental sufferings in northeastern Nigeria
The consequences of Boko Haram insurgency on the Nigerian state has enjoyed robust interrogation. However, most of the studies have concentrated on human and material losses to the neglect of the environment. Yet, the activities of the insurgents as well as the counterinsurgency strategies of the Nigerian armed forces, have negatively affected the environment. This study interrogates the impacts of the insurgency on the environment, using cases s…
A bad child has his own day: Gwama Boys and post-conflict peacebuilding dilemma in oil-bearing communities of Ondo state, Nigeria
Gwama Boys is one of the ethnic militias in the oil-bearing communities of Nigeria. But while others militias in the area have been subjected to research, little is known of Gwama Boys. Yet its emergence and continued existence constitute a major dilemma in the post-conflict peace-building process of the area. Specifically, Gwama Boys emerged among the Ilaje ethnic group in their war against Ijaw group in the late 1990s over issues concerning lan…
Mortal 'mistakes', fatal consequences: Understanding Nigeria's mis-targeted counter-insurgency airstrike fatalities
Since 2009, the Nigerian military has engaged in counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram and other extremists groups in Northern Nigeria, making extensive use of airpower. In such operations, the seeming casual and indiscriminate airstrikes have produced unfortunate scale of collateral damage to both civilians and its own personnel. This paper examines Nigeria’s recurring mis-targeted airstrikes against the backdrop of the country’s protr…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Insurgency (5 works) · Boko haram (4 works)