Internal Security Management in Nigeria

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

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.

• Nigeria
• Internal Security
• State and Non-state Actors
• Security Agencies
• Violence
• Security Architecture

• 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

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.