Assoc. Prof. Hakeem Onapajo

Books

• Babalola, D. and Onapajo, H. (eds.) (2018). A Country Under Siege: Issues of Conflict and its Management in Democratic Nigeria. New Castle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• David, O., Lucky E. A., and Onapajo, H. (2015). Boko Haram: The Socio-Economic Drivers.Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: Springer.

Journal Articles

• Onapajo, H. (2020). Children in Boko Haram Conflict: The Neglected Facet of a Decade of Terror in Nigeria, African Security, DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2020.1770919
• Onapajo, H. (2020). The Tragedy of the Umpire: The Electoral Body and the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. The Round Table, https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2020.1788765 3.
• Onapajo, H. & Ozden, K. (2020). Non-military approach against terrorism in Nigeria: deradicalization strategies and challenges in countering Boko Haram. Security Journal, 1-17.
• Uzodike, U. O., & Onapajo, H. (2019). Beyond the Card Reader: Anti-election Rigging Technology and National Security in Nigeria. Insight on Africa, 11(2), 145-161.
• Babalola, D., & Onapajo, H. (2019). New Clamour for” Restructuring” in Nigeria: Elite Politics, Contradictions, and Good Governance. African Studies Quarterly, 18(4).
• Ozden, K., & Onapajo, H. (2019). Fighting the scourge from abroad: anti-corruption war in Nigeria’s foreign policy under the Buhari Administration, 2015 to 2019. African Renaissance, 16(4), 157-175
• Onapajo, H. (2017). Has Nigeria Defeated Boko Haram? An Appraisal of the Counter Terrorism Approach under the Buhari Administration. Strategic Analysis, 41(1), 61-73.
• Isike, C. & Onapajo, H. (2017). The Decline of an African Dominant Party? The Case and Future of South Africa’s ANC. Politiea (Published by Department of University of South Africa, UNISA)
• Onapajo, H. (2017). Politics and the Pulpit: Religion and Politics in Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election. Journal of African Elections, 15(2), 112-135 (Publisher: Electoral Institute of South Africa (EISA), Johannesburg – South Africa)
• Onapajo, H. (2017). State Repression and Religious Conflict: The Perils of the State Clampdown on the Shia Minority in Nigeria. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 1-14. (Publisher: Taylor & Francis United Kingdom for Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA), United Kingdom).
• Dan Suleiman, M., Onapajo, H., & Maiangwa, B. (2017). Perspectives on “New” Conflict in Africa. Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 29(3), 269-274
• Onapajo, H., & Moshood, A. W. B. (2016). The civilianisation of ex-combatants of the Niger Delta: Progress and challenges in reintegration. African Journal on Conflict Resolution, 16(1), 35- 59
• Ogunnubi, O., Onapajo, H., & Isike, C. (2016). A Failing Regional Power? Nigeria’s International Status in the Age of Boko Haram. Politikon, 1-20.
• Onapajo, H. (2015). Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections: The Salience of Electoral Reforms. The Round Table: Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. DOI:10.1080/00358533.2015.1090795. (Publisher: Taylor & Francis United Kingdom). 15.
• Onapajo, H. (2015). How Credible Were the Nigerian 2015 General Elections? An “Electoral Integrity” Framework of Analysis. African Renaissance, 12 (3 & 4) (2015), pp.11- 39. (Publisher: Adonis & Abbey, United Kingdom)
• Uzodike, U.O. & Onapajo, H. (2015). The Rage of Insurgency: Why Boko Haram may Remain Untamed. African Renaissance, 12(2), pp.49-70. (Publisher: Adonis & Abbey, United Kingdom)
• Onapajo, H. & Usman, A.A. (2015). Fuelling the Flames: Boko Haram and Deteriorating Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 35 (1), pp.106-122 (Publisher: Taylor & Francis United Kingdom for Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA), United Kingdom).
• Onapajo, H. (2014). The Incumbent, Votes and Violence in Nigeria: The Dominance of Incumbents in the Use of Violence to Rig Elections. Africa Spectrum, 49(2), pp.27-51 (Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg – Germany).
• Onapajo, H. & Uzodike, U.O. (2014). Rigging through the Courts: The Judiciary and Electoral Fraud in Nigeria. Journal of African Elections, 13(2), pp.137-168 (Publisher: Electoral Institute of South Africa (EISA), Johannesburg – South Africa).
• Onapajo, H, Francis, S., & Uzodike, U.O (2014). “Oil Corrupts Elections”: The Political Economy of Vote Buying in Nigeria. African Studies Quarterly, 15 (2). (Publisher: Center for African Studies, University of Florida).
• Uzodike U.O. & Onapajo, H. (2013). Women and Development in Africa: Competing Approaches and Contested Achievements. Alternation, 20 (2), pp.27-51. (Publisher: College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa).
• Onapajo, H. & Uzodike, U.O. (2012). Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria: Man, the State and the International System. African Security Review, 21(3), pp.24-39. (Publisher: Taylor & Francis United Kingdom for the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa)
• Onapajo, H., Uzodike, U.O. & Whetho, A. (2012). Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria: The International Dimension. South African Journal of International Affairs, 19 (3), pp. 337-357. (Publisher: Taylor & Francis United Kingdom for South African Institute of International Affairs).
• Onapajo, H. (2012). Politics for God: Religion, Politics, and Conflict in Democratic Nigeria. Journal of Pan African Studies, 9 (9), pp.42-66. (Publisher: California Institute of Pan African Studies, Los Angeles, California).
• Onapajo, H. (2012). Islamic Revivalism and Social Change in Muslim Societies: A Rethink of Marxist Historical Materialism. World Journal for Islamic History and Civilization, 2 (4), pp. 196205.
• Maiangwa, B., Uzodike, U.O., Whetho, A. & Onapajo, H. (2012). “Baptism of Fire”: Boko Haram and the Reign of Terror in Nigeria. Africa Today 59 (2), pp.41-57. (Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington United States of America).
• Onapajo, H. (2009). National or Universal Interest: Advancing the Islamization Discourse on the Interest of the State. Al-Risala, 9 (9), pp.17-29.

Book Chapters

• Onapajo, H. (with Babalola, D.) (2021). Restructuring, Political Gimmicks and Elite Manipulation in Nigeria. In O.Tella (ed.). A Sleeping Giant? Nigeria’s Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Springer.
• Onapajo, H. (with Babalola, D.) (2021). A Stagnant or Retrogressive Democracy? Elections and Democracy in Nigeria, 1999–2019. In O.Tella (ed.). A Sleeping Giant? Nigeria’s Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Springer.
• Suleiman, M. D., Onapajo, H., & Mustapha, A. B. (2021). External Influence, Failed States, Ungoverned Spaces and Small Arms Proliferation in Africa. The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan
• Onapajo, H. (2013). Why Nigeria is not Winning the Anti-Boko Haram War. In I. Mantzikos (Ed.) Boko Haram: The Anatomy of a Crisis. Bristol: E-International Relations.
• Onapajo, H. (2018). Problematising Conflict: The concept, theoretical perspectives and trends in Nigeria. In Babalola, D. and Onapajo, H. (eds.). A Country Under Siege: Issues of Conflict and its Management in Democratic Nigeria. New Castle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Onapajo, H. & Isike, C.A. (2018). The political economy of ethno-religious conflict in Nigeria: A case study of Jos, Plateau State. In Babalola, D. and Onapajo, H. (eds.). A Country Under Siege: Issues of Conflict and its Management in Democratic Nigeria. New Castle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.