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Item GANG VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE ILORIN SPECIES(2018) Aluko, Opeyemi Idowu; Mu’awiyya, Abdullahi; Ogundare, Yemi D.; Olorunsuwa, Ola; Sayuti, Usman; Iyau, Mbah; Humphrey C., Nwaorgu; Oyewole, SamuelThere is an epidemic of youth gang violence in many part of world today especially in post colonial states. Gang members kill each other and committing atrocities sporadically at rates that negate the notion of tranquillity formally enjoyed in these areas. This paper provides an overview of the current situation in Ilorin the capital of Kwara State Nigeria. It describes the major pathways to violent gang involvement for Ilorin youth and goes on to validate deprivation theory. It advocate for a shift to a public good approach that addresses the pathways to gang violence, and describes or formulate some evidence-based models that have great value in solving gang violence. The conclusion premised on is that a failure to act now will result in things getting much worse very shortly since the indigenous Ilorin population growth rate is exploding and the population “at risk” in many areas will double within the next decade.Item VISITING THE HIPPOPOTAMUS: NATIONAL INTEGRATION ISSUES IN NIGERIA(Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2016) Aluko, Opeyemi Idowu; Sayuti, UsmanNational integration is the hallmark of unity and development in any polity. A multiethnic state requires potent integration mechanisms because multi-ethnicity is a potential political ‘time-bomb’ which may explode at any time. There is the need to position integrating mechanisms which will stem the tide of violence, favoritism and nepotism in the polity. Nigeria like many developing countries of the world is a multiethnic state and needs a potent national integrative mechanism. The federal character principle is identified in this paper as a mechanism used in Nigeria. This integrative prowess had caused the country a tempo gusto but to a large extent had been corrupted and rendered less effective by the interplay of the duo of ethnic chauvinism and religious bigotry. Aluko Opeyemi Idowu,