THE ABUSE OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES AMONG STATES: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES by UDEOJI EBELE ANGELA, OCHOGA EDWIN OCHOGA

“…Some of such cases include the killing of an American police, Yvonne Fletcher, Kidnapping of Umaru Dikko and other criminal and civil offenses. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIONS ON TACKLING BANDITRY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA by ABDULRAHMAN BARAU YUSUF

“…These security challenges include kidnapping for ransom, displacement of the rural dwellers, closure of schools and other social facilities, increase in abandoned farmland, and loss of lives and properties. …”
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NIGERIA’S INTRACTABLE CRISIS OF NATIONAL INSECURITY AND THE RESPONSE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES by Sunday Owen, ABANG PhD, ADEYEMI-SUENU, Adebowale(PhD)

“…Currently, all the six geo-political zones in Nigeria have witnessed serious security threats ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery, ritual killings, banditry, cultism, cattle rustling, herdsmen-farmers clashes, and wanton destruction of properties. …”
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NIGERIAN AIRFORCE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC, 2019-2023 by EFEFIONG ASUQUO EDET, INAH EMMANUEL MKPE, AKPANKE BETIANG JOSEPH

“…In recent years, the nation has had to contend with threats from armed banditry, kidnapping, separatist armed organizations, and other forms of criminality in addition to terrorism in the Northeast. …”
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THE REPRESENTATION OF INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN MEDIA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS by Trisnowati Tanto, Jeanyfer Tanusy

“…Prabowo Subianto’s representation in one of The New York Times articles entitled “Indonesian General Accused of Kidnapping Is Named Defense Minister”, which was written by Richard C. …”
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BANDITRY AND GENDER-BASED VOLIENCE IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA by Simon Nankap KUMS, Cornelius Ishaya KWEDE

“…The paper hence recommends, among others, that  the Nigerian government should come up with working poverty alleviation programme(s) and should be directed towards addressing the high incidence of poverty among women and children who are a vulnerable segment of the population mostly attacked and trapped by banditry activities vis-à-vis empowerment programmes or employment opportunities, targeting youths who are primarily involved in abductions and kidnappings out of economic frustration, such as unemployment; and also establish a special force and intelligence unit that will be trained and equipped to fight against human trafficking, banditry, kidnapping and terrorism, as this will help in curtailing if not eliminating criminal activities in our society. …”
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Problems of Vehicle Identification by Tire Marks on the Soil by M. H. Chernets

“…It is argued that the car can either be a participant in a traffic accident or be used during theft of property or kidnapping. The constructional features of the wheels and tires of a car, which are important in the formation of tracks, are described. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“…There is low and no income, violence, rape, drug abuse, crimes, kidnapping, displacement, abduction, banditry, environmental issues, among others. …”
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THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY REPORTAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by ISA SA’IDU

“…The challenge has now snowballed into full-pledged entrepreneurial terrorism where the actors amass wealth through kidnapping, banditry, and other forms of criminal activities. …”
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CHURCH RESPONSE TO SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE by Oyebode Paul Jegede, Abare Yunuwa Kallah

“…In many parts of the country, people are reported killed, maimed and raped on daily basis. Kidnapping has become a lucrative business in which ransoms running to several billions of naira are being demanded. …”
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Security Challenges: Appraisal of Threats to Nigeria’s Sovereignty in the Fourth Republic (1999-2019) by Olanrewaju Rafiu Memud, Solomon A. Ojo

“…In the recent past, insecurity has been the greatest challenge to Nigeria‟s corporate existence as a sovereign state.Ironically, these challenges are not externally propelled rather, they areinternally impelled byinter-ethnic conflict, religious insurrection, electoral violence, banditry, kidnapping, ritualism, pipeline vandalism, separatists‟ agitation, and farmers[1]herders crises among many others.These generate insecurity in the polity to the boiling point of fractured and failed state.The objective of the study, therefore, is to investigate the nexus between internally induced insecurity and failed stateposture experienced in the Nigeria‟s Fourth Republic. …”
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BORDER MANAGEMENT, ARMED BANDITRY AND TERRORISM MITIGATION IN NIGERIA by ODE AGI OKO

“…The study is concluded by recommending among others;  that the country should in fact evolve a sustainable border management, and social security system which will discourage public office holders from engaging in corrupt practices of sponsoring of banditry, kidnapping, e.t.c as economic gains, and with good information network sharing techniques, and by providing gainful employment opportunities to the citizenry of which will curb, reduce or eradicate the social habits of armed bandit, cross-border security challenge and mores as enshrined in the work. …”
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Children Tracking System Based on ZigBee Wireless Network and Neural Network by Nadia Ahmed, Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Ammar Hussein Mutlag, M. G. M. Abdolrasol

“… The safety of children is one of the fundamental concerns of parents. Recently, child kidnapping has increased by a large percentage, some children have been found, and some children have not found yet. …”
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THE ROLE OF INFORMANTS IN THE ACCENTUATION OF ARMED BANDITRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE by TUKUR ABDULKADIR, ABDULNASIR UMAR

“… The north-western region of Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of insecurity such as kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling and armed banditry which has led to maiming, killings, displacements of people and disruption of socio-economic activities due to the havoc wreaked by armed bandits in the region. …”
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El testimonio de Joaquina Grefa, una cautiva quichua entre los huaorani (Ecuador, 1945) by María Susana Cipolletti

“…The Joaquina Grefa’s testimony, a Quichua girl kidnapped by Huaorani (Ecuador, 1945). In 1944, a group of Huaorani kidnapped a Quichua girl, who escaped a year later and narrated the story of her life among the Huaorani to an English missionary. …”
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Théologie du désordre. Islam, ordre et désordre au Sahara by Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh

“…Turning back to this old controversy helps to show the historicity of the problem of the jihâd which arose recently in the Saharan areas, in close connection with a noticed growth of insecurity in these mentioned areas, associated with all kinds of illegal activities (kidnappings, assassinations, diverse trafficking, etc.), sometimes legitimized by jihâdist motives.…”
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Particle Filter and Finite Impulse Response Filter Fusion and Hector SLAM to Improve the Performance of Robot Positioning by Amin Bassiri, Mohammadreza Asghari Oskoei, Anahid Basiri

“…The scenarios where the system is tested include reducing the laser sensor readings (low sampling rate), dynamic environments (change in the location of the obstacles), and the kidnapped robot situation. The results show that the system provides a significantly better accuracy and continuity of the position estimation in all scenarios, even in comparison with similar hybrid systems, except where there is a high and constant noise, where the performance of the hybrid filter and the simple PF seems almost the same.…”
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POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY: AN OVERVIEW OF NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC by ADAMU MOHAMMED

“…Conflicts between farmers and Fulani herders, kidnappings, ethno-religious conflicts, political assassinations, and other incidents pose hazards nationwide. …”
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EFFECTS OF HERDERS- FARMERS CONFLICTON GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN NUAMAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ADAMAWA STATE by NDOYA TSUNDUDAYA ISHAKU, MOMSIRI B. MAIGARI, UMAR ILIYA, HELEN PATRICK

“… This study examined the effects of Herders farmers clashes on Girl Child Education in Numan local government area. the study reveals that as a result of the clashed, many girls’ child in numan local government are badly affected because they are being subjected to kidnaping, rape and abduction. The research also reveals that most of the reasons behind the clashes were as a result of scarce space for agricultural and grazing activities in the area and the menace has eating deeply into the fabrics of the local government. …”
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