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Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Aina, F. (online). Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2024.2414009

Across the world, governments attempted to mitigate the effects of the crisis posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic following its outbreak. In some instances, these efforts have involved deploying the military in the enforcement of containment measur... Read More about Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis (2024)
Journal Article
Okoli, A. C., & Aina, F. (in press). Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis. African Security Review, 33(3), 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2327332

This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing st... Read More about Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis.

Banditry and 'captive population syndrome' in northern Nigeria (2024)
Journal Article
Okoli, A. C., Aina, F., & Onuoha, F. C. (2025). Banditry and 'captive population syndrome' in northern Nigeria. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide, 18(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2024.2356509

The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context... Read More about Banditry and 'captive population syndrome' in northern Nigeria.

Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria (2024)
Journal Article
Okoli, A. C., Aina, F., & Onuoha, F. C. (2025). Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide, 18(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2024.2356509

The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context... Read More about Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria.