Over time, yahoo boys have evolved some observable patterns of behaviour that people have come to recognize as their way of life. The yahoo yahoo criminal business and subculture could not have gained accommodation and recognition as a youth vocation if it has no support beyond its criminal networks. This paper sets out to investigate the social and institutional linkages that supports and sustains the yahoo yahoo phenomenon in Nigeria.
This paper examines the seeming, but superficial intractability of the soaring problem of kidnappings in Nigeria that, together with other associated runaway acts of criminalities, is causing so much insecurity in the country. Relying on a careful analysis of an assemblage of secondary data sourced primarily from journal articles, books, newspapers and the internet, the paper explains why intelligence gathering in Nigeria is not working.
This study examines the public perception of the Nigerian Police Force in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state. It was carried out against the background of the frequent outcry over the misconduct and ill-treatment of citizens by the police. The Marxist theory of policing was adopted for use as its theoretical framework. The study used the survey descriptive design, with the questionnaire as the major instrument of data collection. Four hundred and sixty (460) respondents participated in the study. The data collected were tabulated and analyzed using simple percentages.