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Human Security and Environmental Crisis in Nigeria: Addressing Interconnected Threats to Sustainable Development

Nigeria faces a combination of environmental degradation, socio-political instability, and public health challenges that severely threaten human security and sustainable development. This research investigates the interrelated nature of these hazards using the frameworks of Human Security and Political Ecology. While desertification and climate change in northern Nigeria worsen food hunger and insurgency, environmental crises especially oil pollution and deforestation in the Niger Delta intensify health concerns and resource disputes. Economic pressures, including fuel subsidy removal, inflati…