Table of Contents

​Introduction: Understanding the Crisis of Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Section One: Theoretical Perspectives.- Chapter 1 Theoretical issues in Internal Security Management in Nigeria: An Overview.- Chapter 2 The State and Internal Security Management in Nigeria: A Theoretical Perspective.- Chapter 3 A Historical Perspective of Nigeria’s Internal Security since 1999.- Section Two: Threats to Internal Security in Nigeria.- Chapter 4 The Phenomenon of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria.- Chapter 5 Herdsmen Violence in Nigeria.- Chapter 6 Re-examining Communal Conflicts in Central Nigeria: A Political Ecology Perspective.- Chapter 7 Youth Militancy in the Niger Delta Region.- Chapter 8 Unemployment, Migration and Cyber Criminality in Nigeria.- Chapter 9 The Challenges of Environmental Insecurity in Nigeria.- Chapter 10 Crimes and Internal Security in Nigeria.- Chapter 11 The Evolving Threat of Kidnapping for Ransom in Nigeria.- Chapter 12 The Emerging Culture of (Un)armed Violence by Legal/Illegal Revenue Collectors in Urban Cities in Nigeria: Evidence from Enugu State.- Chapter 13 Porous Borders and Human Trafficking in Nigeria.- Chapter 14 Arms Proliferation, Boko Haram Extremism and Insecurity in Nigeria.- Chapter 15 Police Corruption and Internal Security in Nigeria.- Chapter 16 Dimensions and Manifestations of Spiritual Threats and Insecurity in Contemporary Nigeria.- Section Three: Formal and Informal Agencies and the Management of Internal Security in Nigeria.- Chapter 17 The Nigerian Army and Internal Security Operations in the Fourth Republic.- Chapter 18 Military Joint Task Force and the Challenges of Internal Security Operations in Nigeria: The Plateau State Experience.- Chapter 19 The Nigerian Police and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 20 The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 21 The Nigerian Immigration Service and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 22 Nigerian Prisons Service and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 23 Non-State Actors and Internal Security Management in Nigeria: The Case of Private Security Companies.- Chapter 24 Non State Actors and Internal Security Management in Nigeria: The Case of Vigilante Groups.- Section Four: Challenges of Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 25 The Nigerian Project and the Quest for Sustainable National Security.- Chapter 26 The Political Economy of Security Votes and internal security management in Nigeria.- Chapter 27 Nigeria’s Changing Security Matrix and Management of Insecurity.- Chapter 28 Security Funding, Accountability and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 29 Social (in)security and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 30 Gender and Nigeria’s Internal Security Management.- Chapter 31 Youth and Nigeria’s Internal Security Management.- Chapter 32 The African – European Union Partnership on Peace and Security and Internal Security Management in Nigeria.- Chapter 33 Internal Security Threats and Economic Prosperity in Nigeria: Implications and Policy Options.- Chapter 34 The Political Economy of Security Votes and internal security management.- Chapter 35 Conclusion: Rethinking Nigeria’s Internal Security Architecture.