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Animpressive achievement. In addition to its empirical contributions, it adds toour understanding of the institutional linkages between political authority anddomestic order in Nigeria, as well as of the broader nature of state-societyrelations in Africa. Christopher Day, International Journal of AfricanHistorical Studies Whose interests do thepolice protect and how do politics shape policing?... Omeni skillfully examinesthese issues as he traces the history of policing in Nigeria from the colonialera to now. Travis Curtice, The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post "Sure to become the authoritative book on the Nigeria Police Force.... This kaleidoscopic view of law enforcement over the last century and a half in many ways tells the story of Nigeria itself since the advent of colonialism." Samuel Fury Childs Daly, Duke University Close to the center of politics since the nineteenth century, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has grown to become the countrys main security agency. Akali Omeni traces the checkered record of the NPF, dissecting the intricacies of its evolution, structures, and missionsand showing how colonial- and military-era traditions continue to underpin its uneasy relati

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Akali Omeni;
Publisher
Rienner Publishers, Lynne; Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781955055185
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, History, Military

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