International records / OpenAlex research

10.51847/Ji7B3P4rne

Objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the absence of human security and security challenges using Boko Haram activities as a case.In spite of the successful changeover to civil rule in May 1999, the problem of ethno-religious clash and radicalism remains a serious threat to the social-political unity and economic stability of Nigeria.The Boko Haram insurgency since July 2009 is historic, in that it reinforced the attempts by Islamic extremists at superimposing a variant of Islamic religious ideology on a secular Nigerian state, making the security situation of the coun…