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Acknowledgements Since the NWG investigations on security commenced in 2003, we have become increasingly and extensively indebted to different people and institutions. We shall mention a few of them. The NWG researchers are most grateful to the coordinators at CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, for providing the National Working Group research grant used to pursue this investigation. We thank them for their trust and encouragement. Some of the NWG researchers have had the privilege and opportunity to visit CODESRIA on different occasions for capacity building and to participate in the success story of African research. We commend the good work CODESRIA is doing all over Africa, and in the world at large. We are also grateful to the various individuals and organisations that participated in testing some of the ideas, methodologies and arguments employed during the different stages of the research. We are most grateful for their diverse and valuable contributions to the research. Specifically, we thank the following members of staff of the University of Ibadan for their participation and contributions to the NWG seminars and investigations: Professor Egbokhare of the Linguistics Department; Dr Oshitelu, Dr Ayantayo, Dr Akintunde, Dr Aiyegboyin, and Dr Labeodan all of Religious Studies; Dr Oladosu of the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department; Dr Onayemi Dr Odebowale, and Dr Olasope, all of the Classics Department; Dr Raji Oyelade, Dr Odumosu, Dr Olorunyomi, all of the English Department; Dr Ajayi of the History Department; Dr Awosamni of the Theatre Arts Department; Dr Alla Fawole, Dr Ayeleru, Dr Babalobi, Dr Omotade, all of the European Studies Department; Dr Omole of the Communication and Language Arts Department; Dr Aderinto of the Sociology Department ; and Dr Nwolise of the Political Science Department, among others. We received valuable information and support from a number of organisations and institutions. For reasons of confidentiality we may not be able to mention some of these organisations here. We nonetheless thank them for sharing with us and giving us the opportunities to test some of our ideas, positions and arguments. Let us however appreciate the following institutions. We thank Olawale and others at the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities’ National Secretariat , and at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Iwuala; Courson of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Port Harcourt, Nigeria; correspondents of the viii Rethinking Security in Nigeria Guardian Newspapers from Lagos and Ibadan; correspondents of the Comet Newspapers; Balogun, Saseyi, and other staff at Galaxy television, Ibadan and Lagos; Afonja, Orimolade and other staff of the BCOS, Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State Ibadan; Nwachukwu of Hilary Sydenham Nig Ltd., Ibadan; and Agbo-Areo of the Philosophy Department, U.I., who kindly facilitated access to data on some authors and titles in the popular Pacesetters Series. We are very grateful to you all. We appreciate the academic contributions of some undergraduate and postgraduate students of the following departments at the University of Ibadan who participated in the various seminars and round tables on the thematic concerns: Philosophy, History, Zoology, Theatre Arts, English, Law, Psychology, Biochemistry , Communication and Language Arts, Institute of African Studies, Library Studies, Kinetics and Human Education, Peace and Conflict Studies, among others . Thank you. ...