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Item Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone as a Vehicle for the Socio-Economic Development of Igbesa Community(Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 2023-10-18) Abiodun Sesimite Adesogan; Habeeb Abiodun SanniThe Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone is one of the free trade zones in Nigerian history that dates to the early 1990s with the enactment of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Act 63 (FGN, 1992), resulting in the establishment of the first Free Trade zone (Calabar) and many more to contribute to economic development and reduce poverty in the country. This essay attempts a study of the relationship between the Free Trade Zone and socio-economic development in Igbesa of Ogun state, Nigeria. Igbesa is one of the rural settlements located in the south-western part of Ogun State. The essay examines the nexus between the free trade zone and the transformation it is intended to bring to this hitherto neglected community from both positive and negative perspectives. The research methodology adopted include historical narrative, using qualitative and narrative approach, use of primary and secondary data collections which include oral interviews, newspaper articles as well as journal articles, and books. These were subjected to proper scrutiny. The essay concludes that the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone has transformed Igbesa into a major industrial center attracting industrial establishments in their numbers. The zone has generated so much FDI for the state, with more than US$234 million in revenue in 2021 while having attracted more than $2 billion in total investment. It has generated thousands of jobs for the community and state at large with opportunities for more.Item Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone as a Vehicle for the Socio-Economic Development of Igbesa Community(Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 2023-10-18) Abiodun Sesimite Adesogan; Habeeb Abiodun SanniThe Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone is one of the free trade zones in Nigerian history that dates to the early 1990s with the enactment of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Act 63 (FGN, 1992), resulting in the establishment of the first Free Trade zone (Calabar) and many more to contribute to economic development and reduce poverty in the country. This essay attempts a study of the relationship between the Free Trade Zone and socio-economic development in Igbesa of Ogun state, Nigeria. Igbesa is one of the rural settlements located in the south-western part of Ogun State. The essay examines the nexus between the free trade zone and the transformation it is intended to bring to this hitherto neglected community from both positive and negative perspectives. The research methodology adopted include historical narrative, using qualitative and narrative approach, use of primary and secondary data collections which include oral interviews, newspaper articles as well as journal articles, and books. These were subjected to proper scrutiny. The essay concludes that the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone has transformed Igbesa into a major industrial center attracting industrial establishments in their numbers. The zone has generated so much FDI for the state, with more than US$234 million in revenue in 2021 while having attracted more than $2 billion in total investment. It has generated thousands of jobs for the community and state at large with opportunities for more.Item Nigeria and the War against Terrorism: The Scourge of Unending Boko Haram’s Insurgency(Crawford journal of Pg studies, 2022) Adeniyi Oluwasegun ThaddaeusNigeria, just like any other nation across the globe is facing adverse security concerns arising from the increasing globalization of national cultures, governments and economies. Nigeria is presently at loggerheads with the menacing onslaughts from the invading Jama’atul Ahlus Sunnah Lid daawati wal Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram, which means ‘western education is forbidden’. In northern and central Nigeria, at least 30,000 people have been killed, and millions of peoples have been displaced by alleged Boko Haram militants since July 2009. The gang has perpetrated terrible crimes such as murder, abduction, sexual violence, forced labour, forced conscription of girls and women, looting, and burning public buildings (such as schools), personal property (such as farmland), and in some cases entire villages. These abuses are regularly staged against Nigerians, claiming their aim is to get rid of the nation's corrupt and abusive leadership and then impose what they term religious purity. The article examines the atrocities committed by the Islamist organization as well as the response from the Nigerian security forces, whose actions against the violence sometimes violated international human rights norms and has sparked additional attacks from the insurgents. The group’s series of unprecedented attacks run contrary to the national interest and security doctrines of Nigeria. Expectedly, it is expedient that every serious and responsible government have to take these challenges seriously. The Nigerian military, with assistance from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger has pushed Boko Haram out of several provinces in northeastern Nigeria, but the group retains control over some villages and pockets of territory and continues to launch deadly suicide attacks and abduct civilians, mostly women and children