The current security situation in Nigeria calls for establishment of state police.
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Banditry is widespread in Nigeria but knowledge about its character and nature is limited.
The fragile state of Nigeria’s police contributes to the persistence of insecurity, particularly banditry, in the northern region.
Experts provide insights into the various actors involved in Nigeria’s security challenge, their motivation and why efforts to rein them in haven’t quite succeeded.
Large banditry and terror attacks were relatively rare in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria’s south-west region until recently.
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.
Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
Banditry in northern Nigeria is making an already precarious security situation in the region worse.
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Teaching Assistant, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral Fellow, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing, Teesside University
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Professor of History, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University