Abstract
The contemporary Nigeria has become a theatre of genocide, bloodshed and insecurity over the past years due to the carnage activities of terrorist groups. Terrorists of various groups and camps unleash havoc on the Nigerian populace. Though these groups are numerous, one of the most noticeable and deadly group is Boko Haram. This paper attempts to investigate if this group is one of the major security challenges confronting Nigeria today. The result reveals that a number of factors, including bad governance and religious and political manipulations, and the long and porous borders of Nigeria promote Boko Haram activities. As such, there is significant relationship between Boko Haram insurgency and national security in Nigeria. This paper recommends that at all levels of government, governance should be taken as a serious business especially in the area of provision of security and public goods such as improved infrastructure and the creation of the enabling environment needed for investment that would in turn creation opportunities for employments which will lead to reduction in poverty.
Highlights
For most people, the history of Nigeria is that of violent conflicts, chaos, and disorderliness, and retrogression
About 78% of the respondents were of the opinion that Boko Haram insurgency has negatively affected national security in Nigeria while 22% of the respondents disagree that Boko Haram insurgency has negatively affected national security in Nigeria
A very high percentage of respondents (99%) disagree that the fight against Boko Haram insurgency should be left for the security operatives and security agencies. if the general populace is educated on the need and importance of security and security consciousness at all times, it will reduce Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
Summary
The history of Nigeria is that of violent conflicts, chaos, and disorderliness, and retrogression. Nigeria is experiencing a new wave of violence which is terrorism conducted in different forms, means and places These includes bombing and killing of persons and targeting certain persons and places such as worship centre‟s, living homes, commercial buildings, telecommunication masts, government installations and infrastructure, kidnapping as well as depriving people of their legitimate entitlements (Udama, 2013). These terrorist activities are carried out by non-state actors and do not exclude politicians and government functionaries including security agencies that ought to protect lives and properties. Since 2001, a new crop of young and daring Muslim faithful known as Boko Haram, where most of them are from the semi-middle class and educated have aggressively embraced a stricter version of Islam, rejecting anything Christian and western education and culture, have had undiluted resilience carrying high profile terrorist attacks in the northern states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kaduna, as well as the www.cribfb.com/journal/index.php/aesr
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