
Vitalis Odinaka UgwukwuNational Open University of Nigeria, Abuja · Criminology and Security Studies
Vitalis Odinaka Ugwukwu
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The Impact of Violence on Childhood Education in Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria, is a critical examination of the multifaceted repercussions of violence on educational outcomes in the region. This study employs a desk-based library research method, drawing upon a comprehensive review of literature encompassing conceptual, theoretical, and empi...
The impact of COVID-19 can never be over-emphasized. Its emergence has altered and disrupted man's social existence in health, education, communication, business, relationship, transportation, etc. Consequently, the emergence of COVID-19 has given rise to new trends and dimensions of information seeking behaviours and technology adaptation in man's...
The proliferation of financial technologies has contributed immensely to the growth and development of electronic businesses in Nigeria. However, many users are apprehensive due to emerging trends of cybercrimes associated with the utilisation of financial technologies for business transactions. The study examines electronic businesses and its asso...
Crime and insecurity remain a global challenge especially that they constitute serious threat to life and peaceful coexistence of the people. Nigeria is globally recognised as major player in African affairs primarily due to her rich human and natural resources. However, her national security has been continually bedevilled by numerous issues of cr...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been agitating for their self-determination since 2012. And the arrest and extradition of their supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya heightened insecurity in SouthEast. IPOB initiated sit-at-home order in SouthEast to create awareness locally and internationally in their bid to securing the release...
The Internet is one of the fastest-growing areas of technical infrastructure development. Today, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are omnipresent and the trend towards digitization is growing. The demand for Internet and computer connectivity has led to the integration of computer technology into products that have usually function...
ABSTRACT: Th e inclusiveness of education drives sustainable public relations for reliable
crime statistics report is determined by power play among critical actors in the sector whose
interest are dichotomized into vested and entrenched interests that shaped public opinion on
education and crime rate. Access to education can only be inclusive when...
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Nigeria has had more than its fair share of armed violence. Since the end of its civil war in the early 1970s and successive military usurpations, the country has been treated to ethnic and political conflicts such as kidnappings, armed robbery, among others. All of these have led to an unaccountable loss of lives and property across the s...
Globally, drug trafficking has generated a lot of violent crimes. In Nigeria, among all the drugs trafficked on, Indian hemp appears responsible for much bigger portion of the violent crimes than most people realize. Perhaps, the reason for this is not unconnected to the fact that Indian hemp is the only illicit psychoactive substance produced in t...