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Policing and politics in Nigeria : a comprehensive history
- Title
- Policing and politics in Nigeria : a comprehensive history / Akali Omeni.
- Author
- Omeni, Akali
- Publication
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- ix, 323 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Traces the checkered record of Nigeria's police force, dissecting the political and internal intricacies of its evolution, structures, and missions from the colonial era to the present"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Nigeria Police Force -- British Imperialism and the Imperial Police -- The Colony of Lagos and Lugard's Vision -- Fighting the Great War -- Postwar Amalgamation -- The "Nigerianization" Question -- Police Practices and Institutional Issues -- The Independence Era -- Intrigue and Politics in the New Republic -- Coups, Pogroms, and the Spiral into Civil War -- The Biafra Police Force During the Civil War -- Cops, Robbers, and Firing Squads During Military Rule -- Legacies of Military Rule -- The #EndSARs Movement -- The NPF as a Broken Institution.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 22-1960
- ISBN
- 9781955055048
- 1955055041
- LCCN
- 2021036842
- OCLC
- 1262694345
- Author
- Omeni, Akali, author.
- Title
- Policing and politics in Nigeria : a comprehensive history / Akali Omeni.
- Publisher
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 22-1960