Understanding Peace and Security as Critical Factors in National Development

Editor’s Note

On behalf of the Editorial Team, I bring to you with great joy the Maiden

Volume of the Satiru International Journal of Peace and Security Studies

(SIJPSS) of the Department of History, Sokoto State University, SokotoNigeria. For over a decade now the Nigerian State has been seriously

engulfed by disastrous internal and external security challenges. The

scholarly ideas and debates at the Department on how to unravel the

security riddles in 21st century Nigeria were intrumental to the

emergence of this journal. This double blind reviewed journal will

present original and quality research papers twice a year, from scholars

across the universe.

In this first volume, we present thirteen scholarly articles. The edition

opens with Professor Adoyi Onoja’s work entitled, “Understanding

Peace and Security as Critical Factors in National Development”. Other

articles that makes up the edition are; “Further Notes on Claims and

Counter Claims on the 1906 Satiru Episode”, “Nigeria and the Burden

of Dysfunctional Policing, 1999-2015”, “Factors Subverting Operation

Lafiya Dole in the Fight Against Boko-Haram Insurgency in the NorthEast”, Media Framing and the Reportage of Boko-Haram Insurgency in

Nigeria”, “Boko Haram Insurgency and Economic Development in

North-East Nigeria”, “Reconstruction of Education in Ogbemudia’s

Years: A Study of Esan Civil War Experience”, “Implications of Insecurity

on Development Administration in Nigeria: An Assessment”, “A Reassessment of Warfare System in Kasar Kabi (Kebbi), 1515-1903”, Gender

Inclusion and the Nigeria Police Force: Community Policing in

Perspective”, “Boko-Haram: An Archetype of Guerrilla Warfare in

Nigeria, 2002-2014”, “The Geopolitics of ‘Zoning Principle’ in Nigeria’s

Electoral Process: Implications for International Economic Relations”

and “Nigeria-The Gambia Military Relations, 1939-2016”. The general

comment that may be passed on the articles is that they are essentially

novel, insightful and robust. Thus, they survived the review process

and are published out of a plethora of submissions.

While expressing gratitude to the various authors for their

contributions, it is hoped this maiden issue will be of great value to

students, scholars, statesmen, security experts, policy makers and other

readers with interest in security discourses.

Welcome to the Department where it all begins!

Dr. Godwin Onuh Odeh,

Editor.