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FUOYE Academic Staff Profile

Mr. Arinze Ngwube

Lecturer I

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Science

Area of Specialization: International Relations

Biography

He is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science Federal University Oye-Ekiti State Nigeria. He has contributed articles in journals on international affairs as well as contributed chapter in books on international affairs. He regularly broadcasts for television and radio on regional conflict and current strategic trends. His Research interests are peace building, Africa politics, Conflict resolution, politics of Natural resources; Strategic Studies. He has attended several national and international conferences. He is a graduate of Babcock University and London Metropolitan University where he earned B.sc in Political Science and MA in International Relations respectively. He is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science University of Ilorin. He is a member of International Political Science Association (IPSA), Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), Chatham House, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWCA).

Research Interests

African politics
Politics of Natural Resources
Peacekeeping
Intelligence
Defence and Strategic Studies

Qualifications

DegreeInstitutionYear
B.Sc. Political ScienceBabcock University2004
M.A International RelationsLondon Metropolitan University2008

Awards

2000 Best Political Analyst Award · 2000

Babcock University Political Science Association

2003 Best Politcal Analyst Award · 2003

Babcock University Political Science Association

2004 Best Political Analyst Award · 2004

Babcock University Political Science Association

Grants

Small Grant · 2010 USD 5,000.00

Educational Research For West and Central Africa

Multinational Working Grant · 2014 USD 5,000.00

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

Social Research Grant · 2021 EURO 2,000.00

Centre For Applied Social Research Grant Leeds Beckett University UK

NRF TETFUND Grant · 2021 NAIRA 10,000,000.00

TETFUND

Total Grant: EURO 2,000.00
Total Grant: USD 10,000.00
Total Grant: NAIRA 10,000,000.00

Membership of Professional Bodies

Nigerian Institute of Management · 2004

Member

International Institute of Strategic Studies · 2007

Member

Educational Research for West and Central Africa. · 2010

Member

International Political Science Association · 2014

Member

Nigerian Political Science Association · 2015

Member

African Association of Political science · 2020

Member

Paper Presentation - Local

The Military Coup in Benin Republic and Nigeria intervention · 2026

4th International Conference of the Faculty of social Sciences on Resilient Societies :Social Sciences Solutions For A Turbulent World

Iran’s Wars and Implication for Nigeria’s National Security · 2026

4th International Conference of the Faculty of social Sciences on Resilient Societies :Social Sciences Solutions For A Turbulent World

Navigating the intersection between Traditional Medicine and Modern Healthcare in Abuja Municipal, Nigeria · 2025

30th Anniversary of Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Practitioners Association Nigerian police Academy Wudili kano

Exploring Lapses in Nigeria Security Architecture and Implications for national Security · 2025

3rd International Conference of the Faculty of social Sciences

Combating Crude Oil Theft in Nigeria: A Comprehensive Approach · 2024

2nd International Conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences on Nigeria’s Diversity for prosperity and Sustainable Development

Intelligence Management and National Security in Nigeria · 2023

1st International Conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences Federal University Oye-Ekiti Ekiti State on Optimizing and Achieving Nigeria’s Socio-economic Development

Challenges of Interagency Cooperation in Nigeria’s Security Architecture · 2021

Virtual Conference of Nigeria at 60 organized by the Historical Society of Nigeria

Cultism Among Youths in Nigeria: Implication for National Security · 2019

13th Annual International Conference and General Assembly of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice at the Adeboye Centre For Peace and Good Governance Redeemer’s University Ede Osun State

Interagency Cooperation and Counter Terrorism in Nigeria: The Role of Department of State Security Service · 2019

the 32nd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association at the Department of Political Science University of Calabar

Social protection for Children in Anambra State: A Critical Assessment · 2018

UNN-UNICEF Conference at University of Nigeria Nsukka

Bureaucratic Corruption and Public Service Efficiency in Nigeria’s Polity · 2018

31st Annual Conference on State, Governance and Regional Integration in Africa at the Department of Political Science Ebonyi State University Abakaliki

Sino-Nigerian Military Diplomacy: Issues and Prospects · 2017

Annual Conference of Sino-Nigeria Relations of the African-Asian Studies Association the Department of History Kaduna State University Kaduna Nigeria.

The Operational Challenges of the Nigerian Police · 2016

First International Conference on Politics, Security and Development Organised by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration Babcock University Ilishan Remo Ogun State

Identity Advocacies and proliferation of national Movements in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic · 2016

2nd National Conference on State Governance and Insecurity in Nigeria Organised by the Department of Political Science University of Ilorin

Military Leadership and Ethics in the Management of Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria. · 2016

30th Annual Conference of Nigerian Political Science Association on Elections, Security Challenges and African Development at the Department of Political and Administrative Studies University of Portharcourt Rivers State

The Post Elections Challenges in Mali · 2015

Conference on Democracy and Development in Africa presented at the Department of History and International Studies Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai Niger State

Leadership and Followership: Dual Correlate Dilemmas in Nigeria’s Nation Building Project since Independence · 2015

50th Anniversary of the Department of History and Strategic Studies University of Lagos, Nigeria

Rethinking Nigeria’s Role in ECOMOG Peacekeeping Operations · 2015

International Conference on ECOWAS @40 at the Department of History Benue State University

Security Issues and the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria · 2015

the 3rd Annual Conference of the South East Chapter of the Nigerian Political Science Association on 2015on Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria

AU and its Peacekeeping role in Somalia · 2013

50th Anniversary of the African Union Organised by the Department of Political Science University of Jos Plateau State Nigeria

The Role of ECOWAS in the Guinea Bissau Crisis · 2012

22nd Annual National Conference on Contemporary Challenges in Nigeria, Africa and the World (April 2012) Organised by the Nigerian Society of International Affairs at the International Conference Centre Lead City University Ibadan

Education and Peacebuilding in the Niger Delta,” Paper presented at the Roundtable on Democracy and 2011 Elections in Nigeria · 2010

the African Centre for peace, Empowerment and Documentation Ilorin Kwara State

Paper Presentation - International

State Sovereignty and Neo-Coloniality in Africa · 2025

18th Biennial Congress of the African Association of Politcal Science on the State ,Citizens Sovereignty and Africa in Global Politcs

War Memory and the Dilemma of Regional Integration: The Rwanda-Burundi Conflict in East Africa · 2025

7th Annual International Conference on Border Studies :Border Complexities Presented at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

The Role of African Union in manging and mitigating the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa · 2023

17th Biennial Congress of the African Association of Politcal Science on Geopolitcs of Knowledge in the Covid-19 Era: a window for epistemic tension and Self-determinationin Africa Pretoria South Africa

The Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Food Security in Africa · 2023

9th European Conference in Africa on African Futures Presented at the University of Cologne Germany

Natural Resource Governance and its Challenge in Zambia · 2022

Virtual Conference of the Department of Political Science University of Pretoria South Africa on Navigating Complex Pluriverse Relations Conference: Indigeneity, natural resources governance and intercontinental relations in the 21st Century

Open Access Research Publications in Africa A Paper presented at Innovating Education in Africa · 2018

Organized by the African Union at the CICAD Dakar Senegal

Crime and Immigration Challenges in Nigeria: A Perspective on Nigeria-Benin Republic Border · 2018

25th World Congress of Political Science on Borders and Margins at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre Australia

International Land Trade and Investment Capacity in Africa Agriculture: How Can the people Benefit? · 2014

Conference on Land Policy in Africa The Next Decade of Land Policy in Africa: Ensuring Agricultural Development and Inclusive Growth Organised by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Africa Ethiopia

The African Union and its Peacekeeping Mission in Burundi · 2014

13th International Conference of Africanists Society and Politics in Africa at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of African Studies

Drug trafficking: A Threat to Stability in Guinea Bissau · 2014

23rd world Congress of International Political Science Association Montreal Canada

Central African Republic Crisis and Economic Community of Central African States · 2013

Revisiting the First International Congress of the Africanist in a Globalized World at the Institute of African Studies University of Ghana

Obama Presidency and African Destiny · 2012

2nd Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference On Africa and Many Divides organized by the Kwantlen University Polytechnic British Columbia Canada and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana

Youths at War: A Case Study of the Niger Delta · 2012

Youth and Democratization in: Lessons Learned and Comparative Experiences organized by the Governance andPublic Administration Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The Role of Religion and Ethnicity in the Jos Crisis: The Way Forward, · 2011

Third International Peace and Conflict Conference Organized by the California State University Sacramento the Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution in Collaboration with Ghana Association of Certified Mediators and Arbitrators

Undergraduate Project Supervision

Joseph Chisom Chinedu · 2022

Party Politics and Democratization under Buhari Administration

Afolabi Mary Temiloluwa · 2022

The Effect of Vote Buying in Election Process in Nigeria(A Study 0f 2019 General Election)

Oyenuga Khadijat Abimbola · 2022

An Appraisal of Poverty Alleviation Programs of Buhari Administration

Olomu Oluwaseyi Dorcas · 2022

The Role of Nigeria Police in Curbing the Menance of Kidnapping :2015-2019

Awotedu Oluwatosin · 2022

Critical Assessment of Youth and National Security in Nigeria:2015-2019

Abdulkareem Quadri Ayoola · 2022

Corruption in Nigeria(Goodluck Jonathan Adminstration:2010-2015)

Okeremi Ayomide Emmanuel · 2022

Godfatherism and Primordial Politics in Nigeria (A Case Study of Lagos State 2015-2019

Afolabi Mary Temiloluwa · 2022

The Effect of Vote Buying in Election Process in Nigeria ( A Study of 2019 General Election)

Selected Publications

Establishment of Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Implications For United Nations Peace Operations

Authors: Omede,J and Ngwube,A

Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation 10(1&2),pp.1-14. • 2024

Reexamining gender inequality in accessing resources and education stance in reducing masculine gender hegemony in Nigeria

Authors: Ngwube,A. etal

Heliyonxxx(xxxx) e38636 pp.1-14 • 2024

Building an African Counter-Terrorism Architecture

Authors: Omede,A and Ngwube,A

African Journal of Political Science Vol .10(1),62-74. • 2022

Reforming the African Union: Path to African Ownership

Authors: Ngwube,A

University of Nigeria Journal of Political Economy Vol .12(2),411-423 • 2022

Democratic Challenges in Nigeria’s Local Government Administration

Authors: Ngwube,A. and kalu,K

EBSU Research Insight: Multidisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Issues Volume 2,Issue 1 and 2,146-160 • 2019

The Internationalization of the Coup in Burkina Faso

Authors: Omede,A., Ngwube,A., Okorafor,C

Journal of African Centred Solutions in Peace and Security Vol 2(1) pp.65-79 • 2018

Responsive Leadership And Good Governance in Nigeria: An Unending Quest.

Authors: Omede,A.,Ngwube,A.,Onyejiuba,E

South East Journal of Politcal Science Vol 4(1) pp258-266 • 2018

The Role of Media in Domestic Violence

Authors: Okoli,C.B and Ngwube,A.

South East Political Review Vol 3(2) 66-76. • 2018

Appraising India’s Role in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Africa: The Case of South Sudan

Authors: Omede,A., Ngwube,A.,Idowu,A.O

Assumption University-ejournal of Interdisciplinary Research. Vol 2(2), pp.65-78. • 2017

Human Trafficking and National Security: The Nigerian Perspective

Authors: Ngwube,A., Nwosumba,V., Danladi,A.

Journal of Humanities, Vol.1, Issue 2 pp. 100-120 • 2016

The 2011 Elections and the Future of Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Ngwube,A

Journal of International Politics and Development Vol 14(1 and 2) January and June, pp.163-173 • 2016

Kenya’s Military Intervention in Somalia

Authors: Ngwube,A., Okorafor,C.

Millennium Journal of International Affairs and Security Studies Vol 2(1) January-December pp.96-104 • 2015

Civil-Military Relationship: A Missing Point in Africa’s Democratic Agenda

Authors: Ngwube,A ., Akindola,R.,Chukwu,M

Ilorin Journal of Sociology Vol.7 (1)(July), pp.15-24. • 2015

Assessment of the African Union’s Response to the 2013 Military Coup in Egypt

Authors: Omede,A.,Ngwube,A., Okorafor,C

Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences. Vol 17(1) pp.175-186 • 2015

Urban Weakness and Security in Africa

Authors: Ngwube,A

Journal of Studies in Social Sciences Vol 3 (2) pp.101-112. • 2013

Threats to Security in Nigeria

Authors: Ngwube,A.

Review of Public Administration and Management Vol 1(3) July, pp.74-88 • 2013

Implications of the Mali ConflictImplications of the Mali Conflict for West African Security for West African Security

Authors: Ngwube,A., Okoli,C.

”. Journal of International Politics and Development Studies Vol 9 January-December pp.172-189. • 2013

The Role of the Media in the promotion of Good Governance in Nigeria

Authors: Ngwube,A

Journal of Africa Media and Democracy Vol 1(1), pp.1-12. • 2012

Can the International Community win the War on terror?

Authors: Ngwube,A

Journal of International Politics and Development Studies Vol 6, January-December pp.118-126 • 2010

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