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4 results foundAuthor: Oruwari, Yomi Title: Youth in Urban Violence in Nigeria: A Case Study of Urban Gangs from Port Harcourt Summary: This study uses the incidence of violence attributable to urban gangs and cults among youths in the Port Harcourt, Nigeria, metropolitan region to explain the nature and effects of urban violence in Nigeria. The study had the following objectives: (1) To provide some explanation for the rising incidence of youth gang violence in Nigerian cities; (2) To examine the direction and adequacy of interventions by government and civil society; and (3) To use the findings as crucial learning points for the broader context of urban management in Nigeria. Details: Berkeley, CA: Institute of International Studies, University of California; Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace; Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Our Niger Delta, 2006. 21p. Source: Economies of Violence Working Papers; Working Paper no. 14 Year: 2006 Country: Nigeria URL: Shelf Number: 118319 Keywords: Gangs (Nigeria)Urban Crime (Nigeria)Violence (Nigeria) |
Author: Nigeria Watch Title: Annual Report on Public Violence Summary: The main causes of death due to public violence are, in order of importance, accidents, crime, economic issues, political clashes, and ethno-religious fighting. -Nigerian security forces still contribute substantially to violence. The more they intervene, the bloodier the fighting. Yet violence is decreasing, a trend that obviously impacts on the number of killings by the security forces. Our findings challenge the common assumption according to which criminal and political violence is on the rise. Details: Paris: CEPED (Centre Population & Développement), 2008. 2 vols. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 18, 2011 at: http://www.nigeriawatch.org/index.php?html=7 Year: 2008 Country: Nigeria URL: http://www.nigeriawatch.org/index.php?html=7 Shelf Number: 121383 Keywords: Crime StatisticsHomicidesViolence (Nigeria)Violent Crime |
Author: Krause, Jana Title: A Deadly Cycle: Ethno-Religious Conflict in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Summary: Over the last decade, a political crisis in Jos, capital of Nigeria’s Plateau State, has developed into a widespread, protracted communal conflict. Up to 7,000 people have been killed since riots broke out in the city in late 2001, and ten years later a fragile calm in the city is kept only by the heavy presence of military and police forces. The tensions between ethnic groups have been exacerbated by a combination of conflict over the allocation of resources, electoral competition, fears of religious domination, and contested land rights. The presence of well-organized armed groups in rural areas, the proliferation of weapons, and the sharp rise in gun fatalities within Jos all point to a risk of future large-scale violence. A Deadly Cycle: Ethno-Religious Conflict in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria—a new Working Paper from the Geneva Declaration Secretariat—examines the root causes of conflict in Jos, mapping the spread of violence. The report first outlines the historical background and socio-economic characteristics of Plateau State, and then examines the causes of the conflict, and local perceptions of the current situation. After considering the characteristics of urban and rural violence, the report offers an overview of violence prevention and peace-building efforts. A Deadly Cycle is based on field research carried out in Jos in November and December 2010, including interviews with local residents, community and religious leaders, local NGO staff, journalists, university researchers, ward heads, and local politicians. Details: Geneva: Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2011. 70p. Source: Internet Resource: Working Paper: Accessed November 10, 2011 at: http://www.genevadeclaration.org/fileadmin/docs/regional-publications/GD-WP-Jos-deadly-cycle.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Nigeria URL: http://www.genevadeclaration.org/fileadmin/docs/regional-publications/GD-WP-Jos-deadly-cycle.pdf Shelf Number: 123307 Keywords: Ethnic ViolenceReligious ViolenceSocioeconomic VariablesViolence (Nigeria)Violent Crime |
Author: Ojakorotu, Victor Title: Checkmating the Resurgence of Oil Violence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria Summary: This book is a collection of excellent academic materials by experienced and renowned scholars who have critically analyzed the devastating age-long oil violence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Beyond examining the origin and nature of the conflict, it also emphasizes the way forward for the Niger Delta, based on the various empirical studies by the contributors on the current developments in the region. Some of the chapters extensively interrogated the peace and development implications of President Yar‘Adua‘s amnesty policy on the Niger Delta since 2009. Although ‗subdued oil violence‘ has been around for several decades, the emergence of organized non-state armed groups in the 1990s has added a new and explosive dimension to the Delta imbroglio. Violent protests and the threat of outright rebellion against the state are now ubiquitous. Clearly, environmental activism and militancy are a direct response to the cumulative years of sustained environmental degradation, despoliation, hazards, impunity, human rights violations, repression, underdevelopment and outright neglect of the region by the Nigerian state and the multinational oil companies. Since the Niger Delta conflict is not a one-sided issue but a complexity of many interrelated problems, this book will not only expose students, researchers, professionals and statesmen/policy makers to the current developments in the region, but it also provide answers to some pertinent contemporary questions concerning the ‗oil gift‘, which has become a curse to the host communities of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. Details: Johannesburg: Monash University, 2010. 168p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 5, 2012 at http://www.iags.org/Niger_Delta_book.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Nigeria URL: http://www.iags.org/Niger_Delta_book.pdf Shelf Number: 126278 Keywords: Natural Resources (Nigeria)Oil (Nigeria)Violence (Nigeria)Violent Conflict (Nigeria) |