THE ROLE OF STATE ACTORS IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PEACE-BUILDING: AN EVALUATION OF PLATEAU NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Dauda Ayuba Centre For Conflict And Peace Studies University of Jos & Bala Thomas Mabiri Centre For Women And Gender Studies University of Jos Abstract For over the past two decades now, violent conflicts have been a recurring decimal in Plateau State, most especially within most communities in Northern senatorial district. However, this paper examines…

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ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC VOTING IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 2018 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN KADUNA STATE

Ebirim Samuel Iheanacho PhD Irabor Peter Odion PhD & Aloba Idowu Folorunso Abstract Electronic voting is often seen as a tool for making the electoral process more efficient and for increasing trust in its management. On February 6, 2018, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) passed the electronic election law for the introduction of…

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BOKO HARAM AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Umar Saleh Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria Abstract This paper explored the experience of women and children in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in North East, Nigeria. Since 2010 clashed with the military and other government security operatives, the group has continued to terrorized people including women and…

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NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR ATROCITIES AND RESILIENCE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE RIVERINE COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA, 1967 – 1970

Edet Efiong Okon Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. & Samuel Peter Edueno Department of History and International Studies. University of Uyo Abstract The study examined the plights of men and women of fishing communities in South-eastern State during the Nigerian Civil War. The littoral fishing communities of the State became the landing…

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SLAVERS, DESPOTS AND TRUCULENT PEOPLE: THE ‘PACIFICATION’ OF NORTHERN NIGERIA AS A HUMANITARIAN GESTURE

Samuel Sani Abdullahi. PhD & Henry Gyang Mang, PhD Department of History Faculty of Arts, Management & Social Sciences Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Nigeria. Abstract British military actions during the early period of the conquest of Northern Nigeria achieved two things. First, it gave the British a moral currency through which they justified…

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THE USE OF AIR POWER IN THE NIGERIA-BIAFRA CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970

Philibus Audu Nwamagyi, PhD Department of International Relations, Greenfield University, Kaduna Abstract This paper examines the involvement and use of air power, better known as air force, in executing the Nigerian civil war. The air force involvement was a necessary strategy and tactics used by the Federal Military Government and the Biafran Republic in the…

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THE ROLE OF NIGERIAN MILITARY DURING ELECTION, STRATEGIC ISSUES  AND NATIONAL SECURITY, 1999-2015

Mohammed, Abubakar Ahmad, PhD Department of History Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Science Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State, Nigeria.                                                                   & Akanbi Lateef, PhD Department of Political Science Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Science Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Abstract Nigerian Military had contributed immensely in the area of election and…

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CHALLENGES OF MARITIME SECURITY IN THE   GULF OF GUINEA

Onuk Bulus Ojem Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria Aminu Ibrahim, PhD Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria & Bashir Ahmad Sani, PhD Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prowess University Delaware-USA Abstract The major thrust of this study…

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LEADERSHIP CRISES AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRACY IN AFGHANISTAN: AN APPRAISAL OF TALIBAN AUTHORITY IN AFGHANISTAN, 1994 – 2021

Abdulsalami M. Deji, PhD Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, Nigerian Army University, Biu. Bornu State. Abstract Leadership crisis has engulfed Afghanistan for long period of time. This is born out of quest for power among the actors (the Taliban and Pro-Democracy group) in the country. Interestingly, the Taliban came to…

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MULTIPLICIT THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA: OVERVIEW, STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION

Hassan Mahmoud Mohammed, PhD Department of Political Science Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria. Abstract Internal security has widely been explained within the context of the protection of state values as enshrined in varied state laws. It entails the defense of critical human and infrastructural assets of the state, the maintenance of the territorial integrity as…

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