Managing Contemporary Security Challenges in Nigeria (Africa's Global Engagement: Perspectives from Emerging Countries) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9819752957 ISBN 13: 9789819752959

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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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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.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9819752957
• ISBN 13: 9789819752959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Abdullahi Ali Arazeem, Raheem Usman A., Amzat Jimoh, Nwachukwu Kenneth C.