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    Effects of Substance Use on Violent Crimes in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
    (Journal of International Relations, Security and Economic Studies (JIRSES), 2024-02-02) Ogye Danlami Okolo; Saidu Ahmed
    Substance use and violent crime are menace currently affecting every aspect of human society. Substance use otherwise known as drug use is becoming rampant and out of control in Nigeria. The paper examines public perception of the effects of substance use on violent crimes in Nasarawa state. The objectives include; identify the substances that are commonly used, examine the effects of alcohol abuse on incidence of violent crime and assess the effects of marijuana use on violent crimes. To further explain the relationship between substance use and violent crime, rational choice theory was adopted to explain the phenomenon. Survey design was adopted using questionnaire as the main instrument to collect the primary data for this study from the respondents. Data collected through questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics of simple percentage tables. The findings revealed that alcohol and marijuana are the common substances available for use/abuse in Nasarawa State. The paper also revealed that the abuse of alcohol often leads to violent crimes. It was equally revealed that marijuana use is associated with violent crimes as people who use marijuana predisposed to all manners of violent behaviour like assault, rape, stealing/robbery and murder. It would be concluded that substance use has adverse effect on violent crimes in Nasarawa State. The study recommends that the government should educate public on the danger of substance use/abuse in order to discourage users from the act thereby reducing violent crimes in the State. The State government should establish a counselling unit across the State where trained criminologists would give substance users orientation and advice on how to discourage them from using substances.
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    Factors Influencing the Emergence of Community Involvement in Crime Control in Kuje Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria
    (International Journal of Migration, Security, and Peace Studies (IJMSPS), 2025-02-02) Ogye Danlami Okolo; Ugwu-Amadieze Martins Onyeanwa
    The study examined the factors that led to emergence of community involvement in crime control in Kuje Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The widespread of crime in modern society have called for serious concern to all citizens and becomes a worrisome issue in Nigeria. Many communities in Nigeria have experienced different types of crimes in recent years. The increase in crime rates and the inability of the Nigeria police and other security agencies to deal with the situation effectively have given rise to community involvement as a supplement to traditional policing. The study utilized broken window theory to explain the problem. The study employed survey research design using cluster sampling technique to select 111 respondents from the total population of Kuje Area Council. The data collected through questionnaires were subjected to descriptive statistics which were presented in tables showing frequency and percentage responses of the respondents. In-depth interview conducted was analyzed using content analysis of narration. Based on the findings, the study underlined key factors that led to the emergence of community involvement in crime control is primarily due to a combination of factors including public distrust of the police, their perceived inability to effectively control crime, the rise in crime rates, particularly kidnapping, terrorism, robbery, and drug trafficking, which further highlighted the need for community involvement. The study recommends that the police in the Kuje Area Council of FCT, Abuja should involve community members as a strategy to control crime since they are not sufficient to fight the growing rate of crime in the community. In addition, strengthen collaborative effort between law enforcement agencies and community members in proactive responses to crime and other social vices will go along way in preventing and controlling crimes in FCT and Nigeria as whole.
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    Military-Civilian Relationship in Fight against Armed Banditry in North-West, Nigeria
    (International Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies (IJPCS), 2024-02-02) Ogye Danlami Okolo; Smah Deborah Hembafan
    Insecurity has worsened in North-West Nigeria, due to the activities of armed banditry, necessitating the deployments and operations of the military. The banditry has affects individuals, groups and the society in general. It leads to wanton destruction of lives and property, social dislocation and also necessitates government diversion of its resources that are meant for development to the fight armed bandits. The role play by civilians in fight against armed bandits cannot be overemphasized, as civilians’ cooperation are needed in the area of providing useful information and identification of bandits as well as the formation of local vigilante groups. The cooperation between the civilians and the military has always been one important part of societal development as these have always worked together to ensure peace and security in the society. The paper attempted to examines the importance of the military and the civilian working together to ensure peace in North-Western Nigeria especially during the ongoing war against banditry. The paper utilized mainly secondary sources of information through the review of relevant literatures particularly academic peer review. The paper revealed that the civilian population has played an important role in raising its voice to ensure the fight against banditry is won. Therefore, the paper recommends that the relationship between the civilians and the military should be strengthened through the provision of certain incentives to the civilians who provide useful security information on how to identify the bandits. In addition, the government should educate both the civilians and the military on their respective roles to fight banditry in Nigeria.
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    Vigilante Security Service and Crime Control in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
    (International Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies (IJPCS), 2025-02-02) Ogye Danlami Okolo
    Crimes have remained a clog in the wheel of progress that has derailed many communities from making meaningful development despite the efforts of Police to control crime in Nigeria. The study examines the relationship between vigilante security service at community level and crime control in Keana LGA. This was to properly document various initiatives adopted by the organisations in reducing criminal activities in rural areas. The study identified the reason for the formation of community vigilante security groups as recognised outfits of crime control in Keana LGA and strategies deployed by community vigilante security groups to fight and control criminal activities, as well as examined the effectiveness of community vigilante security groups in crime prevention and control. Quantitative method, applied using questionnaires instrument, was used to collect data from 381 respondents. The data were collected from residents of Keana LGA and were selected through multistage technique. The study concluded that vigilante security service played a critical role in crime control at the community level which complement the statutory function of the Nigeria Police Force and other law enforcement operatives.
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    Public debt and economic growth in the West African monetary zone (WAMZ)
    (Elsevier, 2024-02-02) Dinci Jessica Penzin; Benedict Akanegbu N
    In this paper, we revisit the relationship between public debt and economic growth with a spotlight on the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). In the re-examination, we pursue three undertakings using both panel data and time series modelling techniques. First, we examine the linear relationship using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model for time-series data and the fixed (or random) effect model for the panel data counterpart. Second, we assess the nonlinear relationship by incorporating the squared term of the debt variable as an additional explanatory variable in the models. Third, we identify the level of public debt/GDP ratio beyond which public debt becomes unsustainable using threshold regression techniques. The findings show a negative relationship across the linear models. We also establish that the debt-economic growth relationship is non-linear, and we obtain the points of inflection for the WAMZ countries. These levels are 71.9 % for Gambia, 55.8 % for Ghana, 91.5 % for Guinea, 83.7 % for Liberia, 38.45 % for Nigeria and 38.6 % for Sierra Leone. We make suggestions for the WAMZ countries to expand their economic bases by channelling funds to infrastructure development and the development of human capital in order to optimize the benefits of debt accumulation in the long run.
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    An analysis of the major factors of hate speech in the Nigerian digital environment
    (Journal of Communication and Media Research,, 2024-02-02) Suemo Shagbaor Jacob; Abdullateef Muhammed; Ahmad Murtada Busair
    Relying on the existing literature and empirical works, this study takes explorative perspective to identifying social media platforms that mostly propagate hate speech in Nigeria and some of the factors responsible for its spread. Anchored on the assumptions of the technological determinism theory and based on secondary data in the literature, this study found Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter as the mostly used digital channels for hate speech among Nigerians. It was also found that explosion of hate speech on social media were factored by political interests and freedom of speech as well as ethnic and religious sentiments. it is therefore suggested that the menace of hate speech on social media can be mitigated if the Nigerian government could come up with anti-hate laws and proactive counter-statements policy through the instrumentation of Nigerian Communication Commission and the National Orientation Agency.
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    Textual Analysis of Media Propaganda in Local News Surrounding Post-Election Threats in Nigeria
    (Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science, 2024-02-02) Suemo Shagbaor Jacob; Omale Gloria Eneh; Ternenge Kusugh
    Media propaganda has been a common tool for political actors to influence public perception and opinion. In the aftermath of the 2023 general elections exercise held in Nigeria, the issue of postelection threats dominated local news coverage. This study has made use of textual analysis approach to analyse the media propaganda in local news surrounding post-election threats in Nigeria and the implications of such propaganda on the receiving audience. The study was anchored on the Media Framing Theory and is supported by the Agenda Setting Theory. A textual analysis of selected local news stories was conducted to identify dominant themes and the framing of the post-election threats from four online newspapers. The research showed that me threats in Nigeria. From textual analytical submissions, the study concluded that when unchecked, media agenda and framing unnecessarily heat up the polity, deepen misunderstanding and inspire anarchy.
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    Non-monetary Compensation and Employees’ Performance in the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Abuja
    (Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports, 2024-02-02) Abel Ehizojie Oigbochie; Stanley Nwannebuife Ajalie; Okwara Princewill
    The aim of this study is to examine the effect of non-monetary compensation on employees performance in the transmission company of Nigeria. Man is generally perceived as an economic man, as his economic well being is what fuels his desire to give his best for the growth and sustainability of his organisation. Over the years employees have persistently clamoured for better remuneration, thereby leading to agitation between employee union and management. This article identified employee recognition, promotion, praise and office environment as constructs for measuring non-monetary compensation in this study. Through the use of a structured questionnaire, data was collected from a sample size of 214 respondents. Data was analysed using regression analysis via the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS). Findings from the study showed that Praise (PR) = .78-0.63, Promotion (PRT) = .78-0.9, Employee Recognition (ER) =.78- 0.24 and Office Environment (OE) = .78-0.14 all have a significant effect on employees performance in the transmission company of Nigeria. The study recommends other non-monetary compensation packages like shopping vouchers, praise dinners and trophies in order to boost productivity in the organisation.
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    Globalization and Transnational Security Threats in the Sahel Sub-Region
    (REVISTA EdeDC, 2025-02-02) Mustapha Sheikh Abdullahi; Garba Dimas
    The powerful force of globalization has an impact on the political and economic processes of the modern world. The Sahel Sub-region's transnational security challenges and globalization are examined in this paper. This study adopted a practical methodology. This strategy supports mixed methods research by fusing positivist and interpretive viewpoints. Two African nations in the Sahel subregion make up the study's population. Nigeria and Mali are included in this. These nations were chosen because they were known for their instability and transnational threats. In this study, stratified and purposeful sampling methods were employed. One hundred twenty (120) respondents made up the study's sample, and a questionnaire was used to collect data. 60 male and 60 female students were chosen from the nations in the study area to make up the gender-based sample. The results showed that the free movement of products and services between countries has not accelerated the spread of light weapons and small arms in the Sahel subregion.The spread of light weapons and small arms, among other things, has a big impact on the insecurity that exists in Sahelian border villages. The study also discovered that transnational crimes and counter-insurgency tactics in the Sahel region are significantly impacted by the military incapacity of the Sahelian heads of state. The study comes to the conclusion that the rise of internally displaced camps and the terrorists' control over large areas of land are indicators of the failing state of several Sahelian states. The groups of terrorists are moving forward. They are not always looking for ways to use the resources made possible by globalization to grow and spread and wreak more damage.