Mr. Goodluck OYIBOKURE
Publication Title The Nigeria Police Force and the Challenge of Combating Internal Insecurity in Nigeria
Publication Type journal
Publisher Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal
Publication Authors Goodluck Irorohwo Oyibokure1 , Onofere Princewill Okereka2, Prof. Akpomuvire Mukoro3;
Year Published 2023-09-08
Abstract This study examined the Nigeria police force and the challenge of combating
internal insecurity in Nigeria. The Broken Windows Theory (BWT) was employed as the
theoretical framework to guide the study. This theoretical paper draws its arguments
primarily from secondary sources of data, such as existing legal frameworks and other
associated policies, journal publications and textbooks. The study concluded that peace,
security and safety are necessary and indispensable requirement for development and
attainment of quality livelihood in society. Nigeria has recently experienced uncommon crises
and feeling unsafe, each of which has resulted in the loss of lives and the destruction of
property. This study recommended that State governments should be allowed by law to
establish local police authority and recruits from within their communities, as opposed to
posting officers and men from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds across the
country. This will go a long way toward addressing the state's unique security challenges.
Publication Title The Media Constitutional Mandate and Good Governance in Nigeria: An Analytical Perspective
Publication Type journal
Publisher International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
Publication Authors Ogbe, Henry Ejotubu Ph.D,1 & Oyibokure, Goodluck Irorohwo
Year Published 2021-05-22
Abstract Nigeria state returned from military rule to democratic rule in 1999 so as to enthrone good governance. The paper
examined the media constitutional mandate in engendering good governance in Nigeria. Observation and secondary sources of data
were adopted in the paper. Secondary data were generated from textbooks, Journals, visual media and internet. The aforesaid
method was supplemented with primary method of data generation, through which data/information were obtained from observation.
Development media theory and deontological theory were adopted in the paper. The paper identified section 22 of the Nigeria 1999
constitution as amended as the mandate for Nigerian media to engender good governance in Nigeria. The paper revealed that the
Nigerian media provide fora for discourse that encourage and promote characteristic of good governance through which it
engenders good governance in Nigeria. The paper identified among others complex nature of Nigeria state and poor remuneration
of Journalists, and corruption therein as obstacles to the smooth operations of the media in their concerted efforts in engendering
good governance in Nigeria. The paper then recommends among others strict adherence to media code of ethics and remuneration
of Journalists handsomely as panacea to the hindrance to excellence operations of Nigerian media in engendering good governance
in Nigeria.
Publication Title Community Policing and Internal Security in Delta and Edo States of Nigeria
Publication Type journal
Publisher Jurnal Penelitian Universitas Kuningan
Publication Authors Goodluck Irorohwo Oyibokure, Onofere Princewill Okereka, Akpomuvire Mukoro
Year Published 2023-02-14
Abstract This study investigated the effect of community policing as supportive strategy in combating security
challenges in Delta and Edo States of Nigeria. A cross-sectional research design and the probability
sampling technique were adopted. A questionnaire was employed as the research instrument for this
study with 317 respondents deemed usable. Data collected were analyzed using simple regression
analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23.0. The results
of the study revealed that police inefficiency positively and significantly influences human insecurity
in the country; the structure of the Nigeria police positively and significantly impacts the ineffective
police security service delivery in the country, The present security challenges in the country positively
and significantly influences the clamour for community policing in the country and the community
policing positively and significantly influences improve internal security in the country. The study
concludes that keeping peace and maintaining safety of citizens and property cannot be over
emphasized for the progress and survival of any sovereign nation. It can be viewed as a precondition
for good governance leading to socio-economic growth, political advancement, national peace building,
human capital development, human freedom and proper functioning of things in a country. There will
be no doubt therefore, that absence of internal security breeds disorder, increase insecurity, distorts
freedom, reduce human value, and impoverish the citizens. Thus, the study recommends among others
that the implementation of community policing programme should be beyond mere rhetoric.
Therefore, the government should allocate more funds and resources to support the operations of
community poling. Moreover, more motor vehicles and other security gadgets should be procured to
enhance police patrol.
Publication Title Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Nigerian Judicial System
Publication Type journal
Publisher Social Sciences Research
Publication Authors Ogbe, H. E Ph.D & Oyibokure, G. I
Year Published 2023-03-22
Abstract Nigerian Judiciary faced difficulty in dispensing justice duringthe COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged all sectors of the globe. In efforts to curb the speed spread of the virus Nigerian judiciary followed suit of the adoptionof thenon-medicalsafety protocols, which negatively affected the operationsof the courts/judiciary to Nigerians and Nigerian state. The study is ex-post facto research design which relied on secondary data and the study theoretical framework was underpinned by system theory. The judiciary adjudicates upon issues of conflict between individuals, groups, government and individual or organs of government, which was impossible during the COVID-19 pandemic due to lockdown and strict adherence to non-medical safety protocol imposed by the government. The paper demonstrated and established the stance of judiciary as watchdog in state governance in Nigeria.The paper unfolded thatCOVID-19 non-medical safety protocolsnegativelyaffectedtimely justice deliveryas a result of physical presence of the litigant/lawyers required in the processes of filing case, which lockdown badly affected in Nigeria.Thepaper also revealed that COVID-19 pandemictapered socialand economic status oflegal practitioners and litigants in Nigeria.So, electronic court hearings, training of courts staff on the act of electronic court hearing and electrification of courts across levelsamong others were recommended by the paper.