The Covid-19 pandemic has arguably resulted in the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, which…
Azeez Olaniyan
Azeez Olaniyan is a 2017 recipient of the Individual Research Grant from the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). He is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Nigeria. He was formerly the deputy director of the Institute of Peace, Security, and Governance at Ekiti State University (EKSU). He has received a number of grants and fellowships including: Research/Writing Fellowship from the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany; African Humanities Postdoctoral (AHP) Research Fellowship (American Council for Learned Societies); Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Graduate Summer Training Fellowship by the Factory of Ideas, Centre for Afro-Asia Studies, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. He has also participated in the American Political Science Association (APSA) African Methodological Workshop program. His research interests include peace and conflict, security studies, ethnic politics, social movements, and political ecology.
Repeating Past Failures: Nigeria’s Election Umpire and the Legacy of Poll Cancellations
By 2:30 am in the morning of February 16, 2019, less than six hours before the polls were scheduled to…
Special Issue: Nigeria’s 2019 Elections in Perspective
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“Who Debates Epp?”
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Down, but Not yet Out: Boko Haram and the Concept of “Technical Defeat”
The president may have correctly captured the situation in the war against Boko Haram, but the jury is still out…
“Two Rams Cannot Drink from the Same Bowl”: Supremacy Battles and Peacebuilding Challenges in Arogbo-Ijaw Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
Conflict within and between militant groups in the Arogbo-Ijaw area of Ondo State in Nigeria are the result of struggles…