AN ANALYSIS OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN BENUE AND PLATEAU STATES IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA, 1999-2022

ITODO FELICIA Department of History, Research and Archive National Defence College, Abuja & ADAM OKENE AHMED, PhD Provost National Defence College, Abuja Abstract The North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, is often considered the geographical and cultural heartland of the country. Unfortunately, it has experienced multifaceted security challenges since the advent of the Fourth Republic…

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NON-STATE ACTORS, UNGOVERNED SPACES AND NIGERIA’S SECURITY QUESTION

Idoko Alison Department of History and International Studies Federal University Lokoja alison.idoko@fulokoja.edu.ng & Gerald Ezirim (PhD) Department of Political Science University of Nigeria, Nsukka gerald.ezirim@unn.edu.ng Abstract It is the primary responsibility of a state to provide security to life and property within a sovereign domain. However in Nigeria, this mandate seems to be inefficiently and…

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