Al Chukwuma Okoli
Biographic Data
| ID | 307659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Al Chukwuma Okoli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Al Chukwuma |
| FAMILY NAME | Okoli |
| SIGNATURE | OKOLI A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Federal University Lafia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1685-3230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Resurgence of Military Coups in West Africa: Interrogating Ecowas’s Stance on Unconstitutional Change of Government
Communal conflict and fractured intergroup relations in central Nigeria: A study of Alago and Eggon
Nasarawa State in North Central Nigeria has been notorious for communal conflicts. Such conflicts have often assumed a complicated complexion in keeping with the material dynamics of its social context. Oftentimes, the conflicts have derived salience from identitarian differences that are constructed in the context of elites’ political contestations, although the underlying drivers emanate, more vitally, from the socio-structural dynamics of the …
Africa’s Sovereignty in the Context of the Multipolarizing Global Order: А Pre-Exploratory Discourse on the Sahel
A new wave of geopolitical transformation is sweeping across the world, and Africa is not exempt from its dynamics. The evolving global geopolitical order is characterized by the realignments and counter-alignments of ties and interests at the multilateral and minilateral levels, with far-reaching consequences for nations. The study analyzes African sovereignty in the context of the geopolitical dynamics of the continent. Using the Sahel as a cas…
Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis
This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing studies on the subject matter have variously considered the ramifying dimensions of the banditry question, especially its complex nexuses to other organised crimes, such as terrorism, arms trafficking, …
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…
The dialectics of intergroup relations between the Alago and Eggon peoples of Central Nigeria
This study dwells on Alago-Eggon relations within the discursive remit of the dialectics of intergroup relations in Nasarawa State, Central Nigeria. Historicizing the patterns, dynamics, shifts and trajectories of their relations over the years, the study found that the two groups have engaged in diverse forms of mutually beneficial and supportive relationships as close geographical and cultural neighbours. The study revealed that the relationshi…
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…
The State and Complex Threat Syndrome in the Sahel: Conflict, Crime, and Terror
Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria
Organized Crime-Terror Nexus: Interrogating the Linkage Between Banditry and Terrorism in Northern Nigeria
This paper examines the phenomenon of crime-terror nexus from the standpoint of the linkage between banditry and Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria. Using a descriptive analysis predicated on a combination of primary and secondary studies, the paper reveals that both groups have functionally adapted each other's structures and strategies. While Boko Haram and its splinter groups have occasionally engaged in acts of banditry, there has been…
Cynicism, Denialism, and Fatalism: The Triple Pandemism of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
Humanity is under siege with Covid-19. Whilst the crisis aggravates, the world is also grappling with yet another challenge - a global misinformation conundrum. This arises from the spread of contagious conspiracy theories that obfuscate understanding the pandemic at best. Incidentally, the conspiracy theories have gone as viral as Covid-19 itself, spreading just as swiftly digitally as the virus does physically. The outcome has been a spectrum o…
Exploring the Transformative Essence of Intellectual Feminism in Africa: Some Contributions of Amina Mama
The paper seeks to explore the transformative essence of intellectual feminism in Africa, with particular reference to the contributions of Amina Mama. Following textual and contextual exegeses of works by or on the focal scholar-activist, as well as insights drawn on extant literature on aspects of her gender/feminist engagements/scholarship, the paper posits that Amina Mama has made significant transformative contributions in various sites of i…
Baby factories’ versus the objectification of surrogacy cum child adoption in Nigeria
This paper examines the phenomenon of ‘baby factories’ as an abusive pattern of surrogacy and child adoption practices in Nigeria. Relying on a mixed qualitative approach that draws on extant literature and field-based personal insights, the paper posits that the economic, socio-cultural and psycho-emotional value of bearing and having a child, as well as the tacit disapproval of adoptive parenting by some cultures in Nigeria, have driven childle…
The King's Men and His Kinsmen
Politics of patronage based on primordial identity is not a new phenomenon in Nigeria. The impact of such patterns of politicking has been obviously untoward. This study interrogates the apparent manifestation of ethno-clannish patronage in the politics of political appointments under Muhammadu Buhari's civilian administration (2015-date). Relying on a descriptive analysis of secondary data, as well as a selective application of prebendal theory,…
Crimelordism: Understanding a New Phenomenon in Armed Banditry in Nigeria
Armed banditry is prevalent in Nigeria. It has competed with insurgency for the soul of Nigeria's national security. Contemporary trajectories of armed banditry in Nigeria have been full of complications. One of the complications is the emergence of crime lords who engage in a self-aggrandizing but also socially sensitive criminal career. This paper seeks to explore the phenomenon of 'crimelordism' as a new trend in armed banditry in Nigeria. Uti…
The phenomenon of Skolombo in Calabar and the challenge of urban subalternism
This paper examines the phenomenon of Skolombo in Calabar (Nigeria) in relation to the challenge of urban subalternism in that context. This is against the backdrop of the evolution of the Skolombo into a rising urban subaltern category involved in the underworld and ant-social activities. By means of exploratory and conversational discourse that relies on extant literature as well as insights from personal communications, the paper posits that S…
Boko Haram insurgency and gendered victimhood: Women as Corporal Victims and Objects of War
Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria has exposed women (girls, ladies, and mothers) to a complex jeopardy. While some women have suffered untimely widowhood or child-lack as a result of the Boko Haram onslaught, others have suffered death, forced abduction, and allied assaults on the main and side lines of the insurgency. Oftentimes, women have faced direct violence that essentially degrade their humanity. This is evident in the deployment…
Herdsmen militancy and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria: A theoretical briefing
This article explores the phenomenon of herdsmen militancy as a new trajectory for the farmer–herder crisis in Nigeria, with reference to its humanitarian implications. Relying on a systematic analysis of secondary data and aligning with the analytical anchorage of liberal political ecology theory, the article posits that herdsmen militancy depicts a contradiction in agrarian relations in the context of a national security crisis which has been c…
Crimelordism: Understanding a New Phenomenon in Armed Banditry in Nigeria
Armed banditry is prevalent in Nigeria. It has competed with insurgency for the soul of Nigeria's national security. Contemporary trajectories of armed banditry in Nigeria have been full of complications. One of the complications is the emergence of crime lords who engage in a self-aggrandizing but also socially sensitive criminal career. This paper seeks to explore the phenomenon of 'crimelordism' as a new trend in armed banditry in Nigeria. Uti…
Herdsmen militancy and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria: A theoretical briefing
This article explores the phenomenon of herdsmen militancy as a new trajectory for the farmer–herder crisis in Nigeria, with reference to its humanitarian implications. Relying on a systematic analysis of secondary data and aligning with the analytical anchorage of liberal political ecology theory, the article posits that herdsmen militancy depicts a contradiction in agrarian relations in the context of a national security crisis which has been c…
Organized Crime-Terror Nexus: Interrogating the Linkage Between Banditry and Terrorism in Northern Nigeria
This paper examines the phenomenon of crime-terror nexus from the standpoint of the linkage between banditry and Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria. Using a descriptive analysis predicated on a combination of primary and secondary studies, the paper reveals that both groups have functionally adapted each other's structures and strategies. While Boko Haram and its splinter groups have occasionally engaged in acts of banditry, there has been…
Boko Haram insurgency and gendered victimhood: Women as Corporal Victims and Objects of War
Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria has exposed women (girls, ladies, and mothers) to a complex jeopardy. While some women have suffered untimely widowhood or child-lack as a result of the Boko Haram onslaught, others have suffered death, forced abduction, and allied assaults on the main and side lines of the insurgency. Oftentimes, women have faced direct violence that essentially degrade their humanity. This is evident in the deployment…
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…
The King's Men and His Kinsmen
Politics of patronage based on primordial identity is not a new phenomenon in Nigeria. The impact of such patterns of politicking has been obviously untoward. This study interrogates the apparent manifestation of ethno-clannish patronage in the politics of political appointments under Muhammadu Buhari's civilian administration (2015-date). Relying on a descriptive analysis of secondary data, as well as a selective application of prebendal theory,…
The Resurgence of Military Coups in West Africa: Interrogating Ecowas’s Stance on Unconstitutional Change of Government
Communal conflict and fractured intergroup relations in central Nigeria: A study of Alago and Eggon
Nasarawa State in North Central Nigeria has been notorious for communal conflicts. Such conflicts have often assumed a complicated complexion in keeping with the material dynamics of its social context. Oftentimes, the conflicts have derived salience from identitarian differences that are constructed in the context of elites’ political contestations, although the underlying drivers emanate, more vitally, from the socio-structural dynamics of the …
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…
The State and Complex Threat Syndrome in the Sahel: Conflict, Crime, and Terror
Herdsmen militancy and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria: A theoretical briefing
This article explores the phenomenon of herdsmen militancy as a new trajectory for the farmer–herder crisis in Nigeria, with reference to its humanitarian implications. Relying on a systematic analysis of secondary data and aligning with the analytical anchorage of liberal political ecology theory, the article posits that herdsmen militancy depicts a contradiction in agrarian relations in the context of a national security crisis which has been c…
Boko Haram insurgency and gendered victimhood: Women as Corporal Victims and Objects of War
Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria has exposed women (girls, ladies, and mothers) to a complex jeopardy. While some women have suffered untimely widowhood or child-lack as a result of the Boko Haram onslaught, others have suffered death, forced abduction, and allied assaults on the main and side lines of the insurgency. Oftentimes, women have faced direct violence that essentially degrade their humanity. This is evident in the deployment…
The phenomenon of Skolombo in Calabar and the challenge of urban subalternism
This paper examines the phenomenon of Skolombo in Calabar (Nigeria) in relation to the challenge of urban subalternism in that context. This is against the backdrop of the evolution of the Skolombo into a rising urban subaltern category involved in the underworld and ant-social activities. By means of exploratory and conversational discourse that relies on extant literature as well as insights from personal communications, the paper posits that S…
Exploring the Transformative Essence of Intellectual Feminism in Africa: Some Contributions of Amina Mama
The paper seeks to explore the transformative essence of intellectual feminism in Africa, with particular reference to the contributions of Amina Mama. Following textual and contextual exegeses of works by or on the focal scholar-activist, as well as insights drawn on extant literature on aspects of her gender/feminist engagements/scholarship, the paper posits that Amina Mama has made significant transformative contributions in various sites of i…
Baby factories’ versus the objectification of surrogacy cum child adoption in Nigeria
This paper examines the phenomenon of ‘baby factories’ as an abusive pattern of surrogacy and child adoption practices in Nigeria. Relying on a mixed qualitative approach that draws on extant literature and field-based personal insights, the paper posits that the economic, socio-cultural and psycho-emotional value of bearing and having a child, as well as the tacit disapproval of adoptive parenting by some cultures in Nigeria, have driven childle…
The King's Men and His Kinsmen
Politics of patronage based on primordial identity is not a new phenomenon in Nigeria. The impact of such patterns of politicking has been obviously untoward. This study interrogates the apparent manifestation of ethno-clannish patronage in the politics of political appointments under Muhammadu Buhari's civilian administration (2015-date). Relying on a descriptive analysis of secondary data, as well as a selective application of prebendal theory,…
Crimelordism: Understanding a New Phenomenon in Armed Banditry in Nigeria
Armed banditry is prevalent in Nigeria. It has competed with insurgency for the soul of Nigeria's national security. Contemporary trajectories of armed banditry in Nigeria have been full of complications. One of the complications is the emergence of crime lords who engage in a self-aggrandizing but also socially sensitive criminal career. This paper seeks to explore the phenomenon of 'crimelordism' as a new trend in armed banditry in Nigeria. Uti…
Cynicism, Denialism, and Fatalism: The Triple Pandemism of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
Humanity is under siege with Covid-19. Whilst the crisis aggravates, the world is also grappling with yet another challenge - a global misinformation conundrum. This arises from the spread of contagious conspiracy theories that obfuscate understanding the pandemic at best. Incidentally, the conspiracy theories have gone as viral as Covid-19 itself, spreading just as swiftly digitally as the virus does physically. The outcome has been a spectrum o…
Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria
Organized Crime-Terror Nexus: Interrogating the Linkage Between Banditry and Terrorism in Northern Nigeria
This paper examines the phenomenon of crime-terror nexus from the standpoint of the linkage between banditry and Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria. Using a descriptive analysis predicated on a combination of primary and secondary studies, the paper reveals that both groups have functionally adapted each other's structures and strategies. While Boko Haram and its splinter groups have occasionally engaged in acts of banditry, there has been…
Africa’s Sovereignty in the Context of the Multipolarizing Global Order: А Pre-Exploratory Discourse on the Sahel
A new wave of geopolitical transformation is sweeping across the world, and Africa is not exempt from its dynamics. The evolving global geopolitical order is characterized by the realignments and counter-alignments of ties and interests at the multilateral and minilateral levels, with far-reaching consequences for nations. The study analyzes African sovereignty in the context of the geopolitical dynamics of the continent. Using the Sahel as a cas…
Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis
This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing studies on the subject matter have variously considered the ramifying dimensions of the banditry question, especially its complex nexuses to other organised crimes, such as terrorism, arms trafficking, …
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…
The dialectics of intergroup relations between the Alago and Eggon peoples of Central Nigeria
This study dwells on Alago-Eggon relations within the discursive remit of the dialectics of intergroup relations in Nasarawa State, Central Nigeria. Historicizing the patterns, dynamics, shifts and trajectories of their relations over the years, the study found that the two groups have engaged in diverse forms of mutually beneficial and supportive relationships as close geographical and cultural neighbours. The study revealed that the relationshi…
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…
The State and Complex Threat Syndrome in the Sahel: Conflict, Crime, and Terror
Communal conflict and fractured intergroup relations in central Nigeria: A study of Alago and Eggon
Nasarawa State in North Central Nigeria has been notorious for communal conflicts. Such conflicts have often assumed a complicated complexion in keeping with the material dynamics of its social context. Oftentimes, the conflicts have derived salience from identitarian differences that are constructed in the context of elites’ political contestations, although the underlying drivers emanate, more vitally, from the socio-structural dynamics of the …
The Resurgence of Military Coups in West Africa: Interrogating Ecowas’s Stance on Unconstitutional Change of Government
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (9 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Insurgency (5 works) · Law (5 works)