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Managing Contemporary Security Challenges in Nigeria

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Editors:
  1. Ali Arazeem Abdullahi

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

  2. Usman A. Raheem

    1. Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

  3. Jimoh Amzat

    1. Department of Sociology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

  4. Kenneth C. Nwachukwu

    1. Department of Intelligence and Security Science, Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

  • Analyses of the obstacles bedeviling security agencies in the broad fight against violent extremism in Nigeria
  • Examines the engagement of the international dimensions to insecurity in Nigeria
  • Emphasises on De-Radicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Re-Integration

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This book covers a wide range of security issues in Nigeria, including insurgency, terrorism, herder-farmer conflicts, military reforms and internal security, the Nigeria Police Force and security management, intelligence gathering and insecurity, etc. It offers an in-depth assessment of the national security strategies and policies in Nigeria along with a critical assessment of the role of intelligence gathering in security management. It is useful for policymakers, students, and other important stakeholders in the security studies.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Some Contemporary Security Issues in Nigeria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Terrorism and Insurgency: The Nigerian Experience

      • Ali Arazeem Abdullahi, Jimoh Amzat, Zakariyyah Sanni, Livinus A. Nandi
      Pages 3-33

    3. Climate Change and Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges

      • Moshood Issah, Usman A. Raheem, Livinus A. Nandi, Lohna Bonkat-Jonathan
      Pages 35-58

    4. Border Management and National Security: Issues and Challenges

      • Alade I. Adedigba
      Pages 59-77

    5. Providing Evidence-Based Policy-Making for Contemporary Security Challenges: A Task for the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies

      • Gbemisola A. Animasawun
      Pages 79-99

  3. Security Agencies and the Challenges of Insecurity in Nigeria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Civilian Control, Military Reforms and Internal Security in Nigeria

      • Fatai Alli
      Pages 103-136

    3. The Nigeria Police Force and Internal Security Management: Issues and Challenges

      • Lanre Ikuteyijo, James O. Ayodele, Idris Saifullahi G.
      Pages 137-158

    4. Centralised Police System and the Security Challenges in Nigeria: The Need for a State-Based Approach to Policing

      • Habeeb A. Salihu, Chinyere R. Agu
      Pages 159-176

    5. Interrogating the Efficacy and Efficiency of Non-Conventional Security Provisions in Nigeria

      • Luqman Saka
      Pages 177-196

  4. International Environment and Insecurity in Nigeria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. The International Environment and the State of Insecurity in Nigeria: A Critical Reflection on the Emerging Issues

      • Habu Mohammed
      Pages 199-216

    3. Global Terrorism Networks and Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

      • Jacob O. Fatile, Ganiyu L. Ejalonibu
      Pages 217-240

    4. Intersection Between Nigeria’s Foreign Policy and National Security

      • Kenneth C. Nwachukwu
      Pages 241-267

    5. International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and National Security in Nigeria

      • Godwin S. Ichimi
      Pages 269-293

  5. Intelligence Gathering and Insecurity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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    2. Intelligence and Management of National Security in Nigeria

      • Wahab Garba A.
      Pages 297-316

    3. Cyber Intelligence and Internal Security in Nigeria

      • Hanniel H. Jafaru
      Pages 317-341

  6. De-Radicalisation and Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Ali Arazeem Abdullahi

  • Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

    Usman A. Raheem

  • Department of Sociology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

    Jimoh Amzat

  • Department of Intelligence and Security Science, Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

    Kenneth C. Nwachukwu

About the editors

Ali Arazeem Abdullahi is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Usman A. Raheem, Ph.D. is a Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Jimoh Amzat is a Professor of Sociology at Usmanu Dan-Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He received the Erasmus Mundus scholarship by the European Union as a graduate student and and Georg Forster postdoctoral fellowship, Germany

Kenneth C. Nwachukwu is a seasoned diplomat who served for 34 years in the nation’s foreign service; a career that saw him posted to various Nigerian Missions including Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, and was bookended as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mali.

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