IMMIGRATION, INTERNAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: FINDING THE NEXUS

Adam Okene Ahmed, PhD National Defence College Nigeriaprof_oaahmed@ndc.gov.ng +2348033151706 & Olajumoke Ganiyat Jenyo, PhD, PMP National Defence College Nigeriaogjenyo@ndc.gov.ng or jenyoolajumoke@gmail.com +2348036851056 & Abarkaka Kabir, PhD National Defence College Nigeria Abstract Worldwide, unfettered immigration constitutes immense threat to the receiving country’s Security and economic well-being. Conflict-driven migration occurs concurrently with terrorism, insurgency, gun-running, cross-border crime…

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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE AND THE WAR ON TERROR IN WEST AFRICA: RETHINKING NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY ENGAGEMENTS

Godwin Ichimi Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Email: drichimi@gmail.com Abstract This paper recognizes the bearings existing between Economic Intelligence (EI) and the war on terror in West Africa. Also, that terrorism and terrorist groups thrive on multiple sources of illicit incomes and criminal transactions. With Boko Haram as a reference point, it is shown that…

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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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