Oluwole Ojewale
Biographic Data
| ID | 699888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oluwole Ojewale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oluwole |
| FAMILY NAME | Ojewale |
| SIGNATURE | OJEWALE O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Security Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8644-9308 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Operationalising the Liptako-Gourma charter: Alliance des États du Sahel Unified Force, sovereignty imaginaries and the (re)making of security order in Central Sahel
The launch of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) Unified Force by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger marks one of the most consequential reconfigurations of regional security governance in West Africa since the collapse of the G5 Sahel. Framed by the region’s military regimes as a decisive turn towards sovereignty, self-reliance and collective defence, the Unified Force is both a political statement and an operational experiment unfolding at the epi…
Non-State Armed Groups and the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria
Violent Conflict and Resilient Urban Spaces in the Global South: Learning from Community Peacebuilding in Jos, Nigeria
This study is conceived within a theoretical framework that seeks to rationalise the linkages between space, peacebuilding and urban resilience. The paper responds to the research question: How do city residents build urban resilience and prevent violent conflict? The study obtained primary data by fusing both qualitative and quantitative research methods through household data collection and the Geographic Information System (GIS). The study not…
Borders, bandits and limited statehood in frontier regions: Evidence from southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
Gendered dimensions of banditry: Women trafficking weapons to armed groups in northwest Nigeria
The politics of terror group designation and implications for Nigeria's national security
We Have Lost Everything: Banditry and Internal Displacement in Northern Nigeria
Undermining Peace: Banditry, Gold, and Elite Collusion in Northwest Nigeria
Silent Casualties of Armed Conflict: Violence Against Women and Girls by Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Learning on the edge: Impacts of banditry on education and strategic options for resilience in northwest Nigeria
The aim of this study is to analyse the dynamics of violence against educational facilities and students in northwest Nigeria, specifically carried out by bandits. By employing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, a comprehensive understanding of these attacks is sought. The paper notes schools and students are disproportionately targeted by bandits and are becoming vulnerable for various reasons. These include pervasive failure o…
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
Triad of violence: Evolution and dynamics of conflict, terrorism, banditry and armed groups in northwest Nigeria
This study is hinged on the theoretical framework of co-existence, convergence, cooperation and competition. It discusses the nature of interaction among armed groups, and their violent activities in northwest Nigeria. The determinants of the connections include geography, recruitment strategy, opportunities for mutual exchange of logistics and co-creation of violence. Bandits are outbidding ethno-religious militias, Ansaru, ISWAP, Boko Haram and…
Perils of proximity: Banditry and the geography of cattle rustling in border regions of southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
The bandits' world: Recruitment strategies, command structure and motivations for mass casualty attacks in northwest Nigeria
This study analyses the dynamics of banditry in northwest Nigeria through qualitative and quantitative research methodology. To populate their cells, bandits apply economic incentives and coercion. They also leverage existing social relationship with members of the communities. Banditry manifests through the deployment of large-scale violence, but it is strongly undergirded by a criminal economy. The organizational structures of bandits have deve…
We don't have government here: Banditry and the polycrisis of governance in northwest Nigeria
This study provides evidence on the evolution and dynamics of banditry and how they are enabled through interlocking factors of governance deficits in northwest Nigeria. It relies on first-hand perspectives gathered covertly and directly from the bandits, defectors, residents, and victims. The paper provides a significant contribution to knowledge by analysing the real and potential impacts of banditry. It links causation to the effects, and show…
Theorising and illustrating plural policing models in countering armed banditry as hybrid terrorism in northwest Nigeria
Banditry constitutes about 40% of national insecurity in Nigeria. It is a composite crime manifesting in wanton killing, cattle rustling, kidnapping for ransom, levying of illegal tax on farming communities, sexual violence and trafficking of arms and drugs. Through qualitative and quantitative research methodology, this article attempts to theorise and illustrate policing models aimed at countering armed banditry in northwest Nigeria. Coordinate…
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…
Correlates of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria: Evidence from Benue and Plateau states
This study analyses the determinants of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria. It adopts mixed research methodology through multistage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau states. The study is anchored on social capital as a valuable theoretical framework to understand community resilience. It raises a pertinent research question. What are the factors influencing community resi…
Exploring the precipitators of violent conflict in Central Nigeria: A mixed methodology approach
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the mutually reinforcing drivers of violent conflict in rural and urban communities in Central Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative research methodology through multi-stage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau States in Central Nigeria. The combination of household data collection …
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…
Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria
Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria
Crime statistics in a Nigerian Traditional City: A Geographic Analysis
The study identified predominant crime type and pattern of crime occurrence in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The research used crime data, by type and location, from January 2005 to December 2010. The spatial distribution of crime types revealed that 68 cases (49%) of offences against individuals occurred in the core area of the city, 40 (29%) in the transition area and 31 (22%) in the suburban, while 184 (20%), 265 (30%) and 451 cases (50%) of offences agai…
The bandits' world: Recruitment strategies, command structure and motivations for mass casualty attacks in northwest Nigeria
This study analyses the dynamics of banditry in northwest Nigeria through qualitative and quantitative research methodology. To populate their cells, bandits apply economic incentives and coercion. They also leverage existing social relationship with members of the communities. Banditry manifests through the deployment of large-scale violence, but it is strongly undergirded by a criminal economy. The organizational structures of bandits have deve…
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…
Triad of violence: Evolution and dynamics of conflict, terrorism, banditry and armed groups in northwest Nigeria
This study is hinged on the theoretical framework of co-existence, convergence, cooperation and competition. It discusses the nature of interaction among armed groups, and their violent activities in northwest Nigeria. The determinants of the connections include geography, recruitment strategy, opportunities for mutual exchange of logistics and co-creation of violence. Bandits are outbidding ethno-religious militias, Ansaru, ISWAP, Boko Haram and…
Correlates of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria: Evidence from Benue and Plateau states
This study analyses the determinants of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria. It adopts mixed research methodology through multistage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau states. The study is anchored on social capital as a valuable theoretical framework to understand community resilience. It raises a pertinent research question. What are the factors influencing community resi…
Undermining Peace: Banditry, Gold, and Elite Collusion in Northwest Nigeria
Silent Casualties of Armed Conflict: Violence Against Women and Girls by Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Learning on the edge: Impacts of banditry on education and strategic options for resilience in northwest Nigeria
The aim of this study is to analyse the dynamics of violence against educational facilities and students in northwest Nigeria, specifically carried out by bandits. By employing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, a comprehensive understanding of these attacks is sought. The paper notes schools and students are disproportionately targeted by bandits and are becoming vulnerable for various reasons. These include pervasive failure o…
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
Perils of proximity: Banditry and the geography of cattle rustling in border regions of southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
We don't have government here: Banditry and the polycrisis of governance in northwest Nigeria
This study provides evidence on the evolution and dynamics of banditry and how they are enabled through interlocking factors of governance deficits in northwest Nigeria. It relies on first-hand perspectives gathered covertly and directly from the bandits, defectors, residents, and victims. The paper provides a significant contribution to knowledge by analysing the real and potential impacts of banditry. It links causation to the effects, and show…
Exploring the precipitators of violent conflict in Central Nigeria: A mixed methodology approach
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the mutually reinforcing drivers of violent conflict in rural and urban communities in Central Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative research methodology through multi-stage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau States in Central Nigeria. The combination of household data collection …
Crime statistics in a Nigerian Traditional City: A Geographic Analysis
The study identified predominant crime type and pattern of crime occurrence in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The research used crime data, by type and location, from January 2005 to December 2010. The spatial distribution of crime types revealed that 68 cases (49%) of offences against individuals occurred in the core area of the city, 40 (29%) in the transition area and 31 (22%) in the suburban, while 184 (20%), 265 (30%) and 451 cases (50%) of offences agai…
Crime statistics in a Nigerian Traditional City: A Geographic Analysis
The study identified predominant crime type and pattern of crime occurrence in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The research used crime data, by type and location, from January 2005 to December 2010. The spatial distribution of crime types revealed that 68 cases (49%) of offences against individuals occurred in the core area of the city, 40 (29%) in the transition area and 31 (22%) in the suburban, while 184 (20%), 265 (30%) and 451 cases (50%) of offences agai…
Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria
Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria
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…
Exploring the precipitators of violent conflict in Central Nigeria: A mixed methodology approach
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the mutually reinforcing drivers of violent conflict in rural and urban communities in Central Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative research methodology through multi-stage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau States in Central Nigeria. The combination of household data collection …
Theorising and illustrating plural policing models in countering armed banditry as hybrid terrorism in northwest Nigeria
Banditry constitutes about 40% of national insecurity in Nigeria. It is a composite crime manifesting in wanton killing, cattle rustling, kidnapping for ransom, levying of illegal tax on farming communities, sexual violence and trafficking of arms and drugs. Through qualitative and quantitative research methodology, this article attempts to theorise and illustrate policing models aimed at countering armed banditry in northwest Nigeria. Coordinate…
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…
Correlates of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria: Evidence from Benue and Plateau states
This study analyses the determinants of community resilience to violent conflict in north central Nigeria. It adopts mixed research methodology through multistage sampling technique. This involved the purposive selection of Benue and Plateau states. The study is anchored on social capital as a valuable theoretical framework to understand community resilience. It raises a pertinent research question. What are the factors influencing community resi…
Silent Casualties of Armed Conflict: Violence Against Women and Girls by Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Learning on the edge: Impacts of banditry on education and strategic options for resilience in northwest Nigeria
The aim of this study is to analyse the dynamics of violence against educational facilities and students in northwest Nigeria, specifically carried out by bandits. By employing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, a comprehensive understanding of these attacks is sought. The paper notes schools and students are disproportionately targeted by bandits and are becoming vulnerable for various reasons. These include pervasive failure o…
Mali is still unsafe under the military: Why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
Triad of violence: Evolution and dynamics of conflict, terrorism, banditry and armed groups in northwest Nigeria
This study is hinged on the theoretical framework of co-existence, convergence, cooperation and competition. It discusses the nature of interaction among armed groups, and their violent activities in northwest Nigeria. The determinants of the connections include geography, recruitment strategy, opportunities for mutual exchange of logistics and co-creation of violence. Bandits are outbidding ethno-religious militias, Ansaru, ISWAP, Boko Haram and…
Perils of proximity: Banditry and the geography of cattle rustling in border regions of southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
The bandits' world: Recruitment strategies, command structure and motivations for mass casualty attacks in northwest Nigeria
This study analyses the dynamics of banditry in northwest Nigeria through qualitative and quantitative research methodology. To populate their cells, bandits apply economic incentives and coercion. They also leverage existing social relationship with members of the communities. Banditry manifests through the deployment of large-scale violence, but it is strongly undergirded by a criminal economy. The organizational structures of bandits have deve…
We don't have government here: Banditry and the polycrisis of governance in northwest Nigeria
This study provides evidence on the evolution and dynamics of banditry and how they are enabled through interlocking factors of governance deficits in northwest Nigeria. It relies on first-hand perspectives gathered covertly and directly from the bandits, defectors, residents, and victims. The paper provides a significant contribution to knowledge by analysing the real and potential impacts of banditry. It links causation to the effects, and show…
Violent Conflict and Resilient Urban Spaces in the Global South: Learning from Community Peacebuilding in Jos, Nigeria
This study is conceived within a theoretical framework that seeks to rationalise the linkages between space, peacebuilding and urban resilience. The paper responds to the research question: How do city residents build urban resilience and prevent violent conflict? The study obtained primary data by fusing both qualitative and quantitative research methods through household data collection and the Geographic Information System (GIS). The study not…
Borders, bandits and limited statehood in frontier regions: Evidence from southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
Gendered dimensions of banditry: Women trafficking weapons to armed groups in northwest Nigeria
The politics of terror group designation and implications for Nigeria's national security
We Have Lost Everything: Banditry and Internal Displacement in Northern Nigeria
Undermining Peace: Banditry, Gold, and Elite Collusion in Northwest Nigeria
Operationalising the Liptako-Gourma charter: Alliance des États du Sahel Unified Force, sovereignty imaginaries and the (re)making of security order in Central Sahel
The launch of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) Unified Force by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger marks one of the most consequential reconfigurations of regional security governance in West Africa since the collapse of the G5 Sahel. Framed by the region’s military regimes as a decisive turn towards sovereignty, self-reliance and collective defence, the Unified Force is both a political statement and an operational experiment unfolding at the epi…
Non-State Armed Groups and the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria
Political science (20 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Criminology (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Politics (6 works)