This study examines the concept of militancy and violence as a catalyst for kidnap** in
Nigeria. The study acknowledges that there may be violent and non-violent militancy, but …

This study interrogates the threat of kidnap** for ritual in Nigeria, a subject that has not
received sufficient academic attention, and its socio-political and economic underpinnings …

The Amnesty policy was devised by the Nigerian government to take-off militants from
attacking oil pipelines in Niger-Delta. This was with the view to promoting development in …

This article is a theoretical treatment of the ways in which local worldviews on wealth
acquisition give rise to contemporary manifestations of spirituality in cyberspace. It unpacks …

This study explores the plight of ethnic minorities and marginals and their increasing quest
to obliterate their subordinate status and attempts by the dominant groups to maintain the …

The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Nigeria in 1956 ushered in a period
characterized by endemic crises of oil rents management and corporate insecurity. From …

Scholarship in peace and conflict studies is paying increasing attention to the role of the
environment for conflict transformation and peacebuilding. However, a closer analysis on …

This briefing examines the forces behind and some of the consequences of artisanal oil
refining in Nigeria. Critical political economy is used to explore the asymmetrical power …

Through statistics published by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the
paper explores why oilfield sabotage from 2009 to 2015 remains a problem in the Niger …

Ritual motivated kidnap** is one of the most alarming criminal violence that underscored
the underworld political economy of Nigeria. The beliefs in traditional, religious and …