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    Assessment of Trans-Border Crime on Security of Borderland Communities in Benue State, Nigeria.
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2021-11-17) Bilyaminu, Suleiman Muhammed; Zakari, Tso Andrew
    This study is an assessment of trans-border crime on security of borderlands communities in Benue State, Nigeria. In the past two decades the maintenance of National security in Nigeria has been a cause for concern, especially with the rising cases of violence and unrest that entails the use of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and an unprecedented rise in the number of casualties. One of the reasons for this development is the smuggling and proliferation ofSALW to the border communities. This has heightened the scale of violent crime and communal conflicts in the Benue Valley and in particular the borderland communities along the Nigeria/Cameroun boundary in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. Hence the study adopted the relative deprivation theory. To this extent the study applied the survey method in collecting data and the data for this study was collated through primary and secondary sources. The finding of this study established that Trans-border crime has a significant impact on the security of borderlands communities in Benue State. The study recommends that to mitigate this crime in these communities the government should design developmental policies that will deliberately include social intervention initiatives aimed at empowering the people of these communities and dissuade them from crime. Also robust security architecture along the Nigeria/Cameroun border, mutual cooperation and harmonization of border control policies and regional and international protocols on SALW will stem the tide of this crime.
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    Effect of Trans - Border Crime on Governance and Human Security in Nigeria
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2020-08-28) Zakari, Tso Andrew; Bilyaminu, Suleiman Muhammed
    Trans- border crime is a new security phenomenon that no country in the world is free from. It poses a significant and growing challenge to both national and international security, with adverse effect on public safety\ democratic institutions and economic growth and stability. This crime gained ascendency after the end of the cold war and the advent of globalization through advancement in communication and transport technology. Trans border crime which includes Arms Smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking, amongst others breeds other domestic crimes such armed robbery, kidnapping for ransoms, electoral violence and subversion of electoral process and internecine conflict. Therefore this paper seeks to ascertain the effect ofthis global existential challenge referred to as trans-border crime on governance and human security in Nigeria. The data for this paper was collated through the review of relevant secondary sources. It equally adopted the securitization theory in establishing a pathway for the paper. The findings of this study established that Trans-border crime has significant effect on governance, which in turn impedes on the human security.This development therefore, has direct challenge to the well-being of a people and the ability of the state to perform its fundamental roles.Based on the findings the study recommends a multilayer and multilateral approach to mitigate its menace, along with strengthening of government institutions by cubing corruption and promoting social intervention schemes especially in the frontier communities in Nigeria.