Governance failure and location of schools around large expanses of unprotected forest zones make school children easy targets for bandits in Nigeria’s north-west.
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Nigeria’s school abductions are a sign of neglect of territorial and human security in the country.
To defeat armed banditry in its north-west region, Nigeria needs to adopt a new approach to policing.
Ecowas regulations on pastoralism discourage big investment in livestock and need to be reformed in line with present day realities.
Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
To stem the tide of violent extremism across the Sahel region, especially northwest Nigeria, the vulnerabilities and grudges of border communities need to be properly addressed.
Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
This is a transcript of episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on the reasons why Kenyan women who join Al-Shabaab.
Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
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Nigeria must do more to tackle banditry, terrorism and kidnappings which have led to the closure of some schools in the northern part of the country.
Nigeria is not getting full benefits of increased funding for its military
Many things have to change for Nigeria’s federal system to work and accommodate its diverse citizens’ interests
Northern Nigeria’s cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
Ending a war is not enough. The challenge for post-conflict situations in Africa is to escape the inter-war lawlessness maintained and reproduced by groups that have access to arms.
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy, University of Ibadan
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Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and also affiliated to the Centre of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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Professor of International Relations and Visiting Scholar, Texas State University
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Senior lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing, Teesside University
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nile University of Nigeria
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Lecturer/Research Fellow, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan
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Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, Technical University of Mombasa
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pretoria
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
