Abolaji Adewale Obileye

Western Michigan University | WMU · Department of Sociology

Kidnapping and hostage taking activities have geometrically increased across the world, taking different forms. These activities for money and other reasons have contributed immensely to the state of insecurity of average Nigerian from within and outside the territory. It is on this note that this paper addresses the trends of kidnapping and hostag...

Gender-based issues have attracted increasing attention globally; and the struggle to achieve gender parity has been criticised due to increasing cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This chapter, therefore, focuses on the African experience of gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through the literature review and available regional...

Globally, women have constantly been subjected to various forms of abuse that limit their socio-economic contributions. Fortunately, in more recent times, various interventions have been made, championed by courageous women and non-governmental organisations, to change the narrative of women across the world. However, the outcome has not been encou...

Human rights constitute an inherent attribute of every human being regardless of social, economic, biological and geographical differences. It is expected that no person in any region should experience anything contrary to the prescription of nature and law. Sadly, that is not the reality in the world. The realities of African women paint an even w...

Social problem is crucial to sociological study, hence, it cannot be underestimated in substantiating the knowledge of students of the world around them. This is due to the fact that problems exist in all societies; from the dawn of time till date with different gravity, causes and implications on the sustenance of the society. A social problem can...

Gaining admission into a higher institution of learning is usually one of the major dreams of teenagers. They can hardly wait to leave secondary school, so they can start being independent and live life on their own terms. But the reality usually hits home when they get into school and find that it's a whole new world entirely. The situations they...

Effective healthcare delivery in each country remains one of the parameters for ascertaining the country's level of development. Today countries in developed countries have better functioning health care delivery systems compared to those in developing countries such as Nigeria. Hence, the standard of health care delivery in Nigeria pre and post-in...

The trend of insecurity issues in Nigeria has manifested more in communities than urban centres, lately causing several uproars among the inhabitants, migrants and other stakeholders within and outside the country. This situation is appalling as it has successfully created and sustained fear in the lives of Nigerians due to the rate of carnages and...

The Brutal Agent (TBA) is a book crafted with a detailed report of individual's opportunities, possibilities and challenges worthy to absorb as a sojourner on earth. It reflects the teaching-learning processes at different stages of life, under both the physical teacher and the faceless one. TBA reveals the approaches of these teachers (especially...

Over time, man has been seen in diverse perspectives ranging from the hunting and gathering society to this age of globalization as an industrious being. As a matter of fact, man has been able to influence developmental processes because he seeks to improve any situation he finds himself. Such a man is regarded as an "entrepreneur". This paper expl...

Nigeria is a country where serious cases of abuse of police authority and human rights infringements by security agents often stimulate intense public debate. Though, there have been consistent denials by the leadership of the Nigerian Police on the use of torture-based interrogations for arrestees, extant literature affirms that the police rely on...