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Boko Haram insurgency: Tactics and evolving operational strategies in Northern Nigeria
(Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2024-10-29) Chidozie Felix C.; Chukwudi Ekene Celestina; Aje Oluwatobi; Osimen Goddy U.
Boko Haram, which translates from Hausa to mean ‘Western Education is forbidden,’ has ignominiously attracted negative attention and publicity from many quarters in Nigeria and the international community at large. Indeed, the organisation is arguably one of the significant security concerns confronting the Nigerian State. This has undoubtedly created an atmosphere of fear and terror, especially among Nigerians in the North. Generally, their activities threaten the very fabric of the country’s unity, prosperity, and stability. The paper is a desk study, drawing heavily from secondary sources of data and analysing it using the thematic method. It examines the evolution, operational, and tactical transformation of Boko Haram from a small, localised group into a violent Islamic insurgent group with better coordination and sophistication. Findings show that the strategic and tactical flexibility of the group’s operations is peculiar to all asymmetrical warfare. It, therefore, recommends that the Nigerian government intensify its counter-insurgency war while also exploring the option of expanding the counter-insurgency war beyond the military option to include addressing the socio-economic realities in Northern Nigeria, such as unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy.
Boko Haram Insurgency/Terrorist and its Impact on Nigeria’s Economy
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 11, Issue 12, 2021) Alonge Sylvester; Osimen Goddy U.
Boko Haram terrorist group has posed a significant security problem to the country. Apart from the fact that the terrorist group has displaced farmers, causing many of them to desert their farms, their activities have equally affected the country's production and trade of goods and services. Boko Haram insurgency has similarly affected the movement of goods and services across the country, especially in the North-eastern states, the exportation of cash and food crops, tourism, and entrepreneurial development, all of which have dire consequences for the country's economy. If Boko Haram's terror is allowed to persist, it could plunge the country into a recession that will take years to recover. Thus, this study examined the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on Nigeria's economy, with a particular focus on how to curb the menace. The paper utilized secondary data sourced from textbooks, journals, newspapers, and the internet. The paper found that Boko Haram terrorist insurgency harm agricultural productivity, trade, investment, entrepreneurial and industrial development in Nigeria. It therefore recommended that Nigerian government should provide adequate necessities of life such as good hospitals, quality education, motorable roads, portable water, and favourable conditions for employment opportunities to the people of Nigeria, as it will help to enhance employment generation and reduce the rate at which people indulge in the act of terrorism. It also recommended that the government should initiate more strategies or programmes of poverty reduction, as it will help reduce drastically the rate at which some Nigerians indulge in acts of terrorism or other activities capable of enthroning insecurity in the country

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