International records / OpenAlex research

Inter-Security Agencies Conflict at Nigeria's Borders: a Challenge to Nigeria's National Security

This paper examines the patterns of inter-security agencies conflict at Nigeria’s borders since independence. It is apparent that Nigeria’s ill-defined borders will always bring tensions between Nigeria and her neighbouring countries. The paper argues that Nigeria’s response to such conflict is very slow. Given the strategic, but also vulnerable, location of Nigeria in the African continent, especially at the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria’s ineffective management of border issues can have adverse effects on Nigeria’s national security. With specific cases of inter-security agencies conflict at Niger…