Crime, Law and Society in Nigeria

Rufus Akinyele is a Professor of African History and Chair of the Department of History & Strategic Studies, University of Lagos. He was on the Editorial Advisory Board of African Affairs from 2008 to 2017.Ton Dietz was director of the African Studies Centre Leiden (2010- 2017), and a colleague of Prof. Stephen Ellis. He is Emeritus Professor of African Development at Leiden University.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionRufus Akinyele and Ton Dietz1 Stephen Ellis: His Life and WorkGerrie ter Haar2 Theft in Early Colonial Lagos, 1861–1906Paul Osifodunrin3 Smuggling across the Nigeria–Benin Border and Its Impact on Nigeria’s Economic DevelopmentJackson A. Aluede4 Changing Patterns of Crime and Malfeasance in Nigerian Port Environments since the 1990sEdmund Chilaka5 Nature and Management of Human Trafficking: The Nigerian Edo People’s ExperienceLeo Otoide6 Militancy and Criminality in the Niger Delta Region of NigeriaAbiodun Oluwadare7 Crime at the University of Lagos: Insights from Akoka CampusFranca Attoh8 Reporting Crime in Contemporary LagosSamson Folarin9 Currency Counterfeiting and “Substantial Justice” In Colonial Nigeria: Rex vs Tijani Ali, 1931–33Ayodeji Olukoju10 Class Based Criminal Justice Regime, Supermarket Courts, and Illicit Interests: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Administration System in Critical PerspectiveA.E. AkintayoBook Review This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime Authored by Stephen Ellis (London: Hurst and Co, 2016)Ayo AtsenuwaShort CVBooksIndex