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Sankore

Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Kidnapping for Ransom as Political Violence: A Criminological Study of Governance Gap and Criminal Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

2026International Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentJournalOpen access

10.5281/zenodo.20538497 Full text0 citations

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2 authors.

Mbave Joshua GarbaFirst author
- Taraba State University (NG)
as printed: Garba, Mbave Joshua
John Moses MaikomoSenior author
- Taraba State University (NG)
as printed: Maikomo, John Moses

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Diverse Research Studies Overviewlevel 3 · 0.81
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violencelevel 3 · 0.02
Crime Patterns and Interventionslevel 3 · 0.01

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2026 · International Journal of Social and Economic Development · 0 citations
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Kidnapping for Ransom as Political Violence: A Criminological Study of Governance Gap and Criminal Entrepreneurship in Nigeria · Sankore