Since 2009, the Nigerian military has been fighting the insurgent and terror group Boko Haram in the Northeast region of Nigeria. In 2016, the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) formed as an offshoot of Boko Haram and aligned with the remnants of ISIS. The Nigerian ar…
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Boko Haram is a relatively small but potent violent extremist group that now plagues northeastern Nigeria and has been responsible for the deaths of thousands. This Thesis is an examination driven by the aim of providing clarity on the historical drivers, tactics, and internal c…
The thesis examines the phenomenon of organised political violence in Nigeria exploring its root cause(s) and sustaining factor(s), using the extreme terrorist activities of the Boko Haram sect as a case study. The severe negative impact of this sect on the fabric of Nigerian so…
With the evolving problems of terrorism in Nigeria and the formation of numerous new terrorist groups, insurgency in Nigeria has escalated, making it one of the most terrorized countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This study looked critically at the effects of the strategies applied…
The purpose of this research was to identify children used as weapons of war and terrorism through acts by Nigerian radical Muslim group Boko Haram. The matter of child weapons posed significance in the fight against terrorism. Historically, child weapons faced warfare but in di…
On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram, an Islamic militant group, abducted 274 girls from a secondary school in the Chibok region of northeastern Nigeria. The mass abduction of the Chibok girls shook Nigerians and spurred a social movement where citizens took to the streets of Abuja in p…