Saleh Dauda is a professor of International Relations at the University of Abuja with areas of specialization including Nigeria’s foreign policy, conflict studies, politics and governance in Nigeria.
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea- Implications for Security and Sustainable Development of Member States
Piracy and sea robbery have been gaining ground in the Gulf of guinea (GoG) since the early 1990a, but they were overshadowed by the more prominent and dramatic incidents perpetrated by Somali pirates in the horn of Africa. This book is the outcome of multidisciplinary efforts aimed at dissecting the multifaceted security challenges of piracy and other maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea and the strategies for combatting the menace.
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Cultural Values, Ethnic Nationalism and Contemporary Governance in Nigeria
The Challenge of building a nation from Nigeria’s diverse and disparate ethnic nationalities with a multitude of languages, traditions and cultures and the attendant centrifugal pulls has remained daunting. It follows therefore that any attempt to study the challenges of governance in contemporary Nigeria must take into account not only the issues of security but also the rising trend of ethnic nationalism and the underlying cultural values.
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