JOSTAR Volume 4 Number 2, February, 2025

The prevention and control of crime in the community are the principal aims of formal government agencies in society. Various institutional challenges have contributed to the inability of the police to provide adequate security of lives and property have birthed the establishment of various informal security outfits (vigilantes). The study examined the involvement of vigilantes in crime prevention in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. It examined operational guidelines through the existing policy thrust guiding the vigilantes.

Cyber-crime is a criminal activity that is involves using computers and its related devices for fraudulent activities. Cybercrime results in the loss of lives, properties, business investments all over the world. Hence, this study assessed community vigilante and cybercrime control in the selected communities in the Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. The research design was descriptive, correlational in nature. Data was collected through primary and secondary sources. The study was conducted among the youths, community leaders and traditional leaders.

Insecurity is pervasive in Nigeria and it affects everyone. This article based on desk information examines the unique security threats that affect women in Nigeria and how women promote insecurity and criminality. It reveals that women as victims or symbols of insecurity are disproportionately affected by security threats such as ritual practices, human trafficking, sexual violence and situations of conflicts and complex emergencies compared to men.

 Anthropologists are social scientists who research human behaviour via careful observation. Anthropologists specialise in biological/physical, cultural/social, linguistics, along with archaeology; additional areas of research include medical, corporate, forensic, visual, environmental.and business anthropology.

In Nigeria, one of the main reasons for marital dissolution and divorce is migration across international borders involving one of the spouses, particularly in Ibadan, Oyo State, with a significant number of left-behind spouses. Although, extant studies on left-behind spouses have focused largely on the effects of remittances on left-behind spouses, their challenges and coping mechanisms appears poorly captured especially within the context of hybridized societies where Ibadan gives an exceptional opportunity to fully capture in totality the domains of the left-behind spouses.

In many African societies, a premium is placed on having biological children as proof of fertility. Couples unable to reproduce sometimes “harvest” babies from “baby factory” a term coined by the Nigerian media as a subset of child trafficking. Existing literature have examined baby factory practices and its causes with little attention paid to the gender context of the media reportage. This study, therefore, investigated the gender nuances in the print media reportage of baby factory in southeastern Nigeria and the responses of journalists toward the phenomenon.

This study investigates the impact of job satisfaction on organizational commitment and overall employee engagement within the manufacturing sector in Benin City. The manufacturing sector in Benin City is particularly susceptible to the repercussions of disengaged workforces, facing increasing pressures stemming from globalization, technological advancements, and workforce diversification.

The study focuses on examining the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in peace building initiatives within the context of Nigeria, with a specific case study of Action Aid International in Katsina State. Against the backdrop of persistent conflict and insecurity in the region, the study aims to explore the contributions, challenges, and impact of NGO-led peace initiatives in fostering reconciliation, resilience, and sustainable peace in Katsina State.

The increasing prevalence of protest commercialization and franchising in Nigeria has significantly undermined the effectiveness of social movements aimed at achieving good governance. This study critically examines protest commercialization and franchising as bane of effective social demands of good governance in Nigeria with a focus on “EndSARS” and “End Bad Governance” protests, in Lagos Nigeria.

Suicide is simply defined as intentional action or inaction carried out with the intent to inflict fatal harm or injury on oneself. The word suicide originates from two Latin words ‘sui’ meaning “self” and ‘caedes’ meaning “murder”. The word suicide first appeared in Sir Thomas Browne’s book ‘religio medici’ first published in the 17th century. The actual usage of the term suicide was to distinguish between accidental death and intentional self-harm leading to death. Depression is one of the frequently diagnosed mental illnesses.