Insurgency In North-eastern Nigeria: Implications On National Development 2007 – 2014

Background to the study  Globally, the issue of security, peace and development is at the centre stage of local,national  and international  discourse.   States,  especially   developing   ones   are   constantly   insearch for security, (Barry, 1983). Nigeria is post-colonial state in its form and Post – colonialstate is tied to the offshoot of imperialism. Over the years, different governments, individualsand   institutions   in   Nigeria   have   systematically   entrenched   a   culture   of   marginalization,inequality   within   the   social   order.   The   modern   social   system   ha…