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Internal Security Management in Nigeria

Perspectives, Challenges and Lessons

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Editors:
  1. Oshita O. Oshita

    1. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja, Nigeria

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  2. Ikenna Mike Alumona

    1. Department of Political Science, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Nigeria

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  3. Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

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  • Provides a detailed and critical analysis of the contemporary internal security challenges facing the Nigeria state

  • Offers theoretical explanations that are necessary for appreciating the dynamics of the manifestation of insecurity in Nigeria

  • Provides comprehensive analysis for understanding the issue of internal security in Nigeria

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction: Understanding the Crisis of Internal Security Management in Nigeria

    • Ikenna Mike Alumona, Oshita O. Oshita, Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha
    Pages 1-18

  3. Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. An Overview of Theoretical and Practical Issues in Internal Security Management in Nigeria

      • Oshita O. Oshita, Augustine O. Ikelegbe
      Pages 21-47

    3. The State and Internal Security Management in Nigeria

      • Ikenna Mike Alumona
      Pages 49-68

    4. A Historical Perspective of Nigeria’s Internal Security Since 1999

      • Rosemary I. Okolie-Osemene
      Pages 69-82

  4. Threats to Internal Security in Nigeria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Phenomenon of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria

      • Francis Chigozie Chilaka, Ikechukwu Idika
      Pages 85-97

    3. Grazing Conundrum: Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict and Internal Security Crisis in Nigeria

      • Jude Okwudili Odigbo
      Pages 99-121

    4. Communal Conflicts in Central Nigeria: A Political Ecology Perspective

      • Al Chukuma Okoli, Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe
      Pages 123-138

    5. Youth Militancy in the Niger Delta Region

      • Ernest Toochi Aniche
      Pages 139-164

    6. Unemployment, Migration and Cyber Criminality in Nigeria

      • Cornelius Chiedozie Ozeh, Chukwuemeka Chibuzo Ohajionu
      Pages 165-180

    7. Environmental Insecurity in Nigeria

      • Ikenna Mike Alumona, Kingsley Maduka Onwuanabile
      Pages 181-213

    8. Crimes and Internal Security in Nigeria

      • James Olabisi Ayodele
      Pages 215-231

    9. The Evolving Threat of Kidnapping for Ransom in Nigeria

      • Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha, James Okolie-Osemene
      Pages 233-258

    10. The Emerging Culture of (Un)Armed Violence by Legal/Illegal Revenue Collectors in Urban Cities in Nigeria: Evidence from Enugu State

      • Stephen Nnaemeka Azom, Rowland Chukwuma Okoli
      Pages 259-279

    11. Porous Borders and Human Trafficking in Nigeria

      • Willie Eselebor
      Pages 281-306

    12. Arms Proliferation, Boko Haram Extremism and Insecurity in Nigeria

      • Waziri Adisa
      Pages 307-326

    13. Understanding Police Corruption and Its Effect on Internal Security in Nigeria

      • David U. Enweremadu
      Pages 327-350

    14. Dimensions and Manifestations of Spiritual Threats and Insecurity in Contemporary Nigeria

      • O. B. C. Nwolise
      Pages 351-395
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About this book

This book explores the disturbing dimensions of the problem of insecurity in Nigeria, such as herdsmen violence, the Boko Haram insurgency, cybercrime, militancy in the Niger Delta, communal conflict and violence, as well as police corruption. It offers a comprehensive discussion of the theoretical foundations of internal security, the threats to internal security, the role of formal and informal agencies in internal security management and the challenges of internal security management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja, Nigeria

    Oshita O. Oshita

  • Department of Political Science, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Nigeria

    Ikenna Mike Alumona

  • Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha

About the editors

Oshita Osang Oshita is a Professor of Peace and Development Studies and former Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria.

Ikenna Mike Alumona is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Acting Head of Department at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, Nigeria.

Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Coordinator of the Security, Violence and Conflict (SVC) Research Group at the University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internal Security Management in Nigeria

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives, Challenges and Lessons

  • Editors: Oshita O. Oshita, Ikenna Mike Alumona, Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8215-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8214-7Published: 07 August 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8215-4Published: 23 July 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 673

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: African Economics, African Politics, International Security Studies

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