Obasanjo Solomon Balogun

@unilorin.edu.ng

Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Ilorin, Ilorin

Obasanjo Solomon Balogun


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Sociology and Political Science, Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary
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Scopus Publications

65

Scholar Citations

4

Scholar h-index

1

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • A 'nation' in wilderness: Youth and insurgency in Nigeria
    Ali Arazeem Abdullahi, Deborah Shade Adekeye, Obasanjo Solomon Balogun
    South African Review of Sociology, 2014
    Prior to and immediately after independence, young Nigerians, under different political and intellectual platforms, had individually and collectively instituted and succeeded in fostering progressive change in the Nigerian polity, most times without being violent and destructive. Through these platforms, they were able to checkmate and monitor the excessiveness of the ruling elites. However, it appears that such spirit of nation-building and patriotism is fast disappearing in contemporary Nigeria. Young Nigerians are increasingly becoming violent and destructive, probably because they are angry and frustrated. The brutal killings of innocent Nigerians in schools and other places by the Boko Haram have thrown the country into a state of pandemonium and mourning. This article examines the emergence of insurgency across the geopolitical zones in Nigeria within the context of social movement theories. It argues that the inherent social structural maladies and/or prevailing sociopolitical environment have provided impetus for the emergence and maintenance of insurgency among the youth in Nigeria. It calls for the need to subject and interrogate the current waves of insurgency across ethnic cleavages in Nigeria to a more nuanced and pragmatic analysis in order to dissect and unravel their sociostructural and political undertones.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Security factors and housing needs management in developing communities in Oyo State, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, RO Yusuff, OS Balogun, HA Salihu, M Isiaka
    Journal of Social Sciences, 70-80 , 2025
    2025
  • Effect of work environment on absentee behaviour of employees in tertiary institutions in Kwara State
    AS ZAKARIYA, TT OLAYINKA, BO SOLOMON, OJ OMOSEWA, ...
    GUSAU JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Учредители: Federal University Gusau 4 (3), 35-53 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Sociological assessment of operating AI and re-thinking capacity of undergraduate students in Southwestern Nigeria
    SZ Abdulbaqi, AT Isiaq, OS Balogun, AK Ibrahim, TO Tejideen
    Indian Journal of International Studies 5 (1), 37-58 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Tourism Growth and Development in the face of Ethno-religious Crises: The Case of Jos Metropolis, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, OS Balogun, HA Salihu, AK Ibrahim, TA Akangbe
    BERJAYA Journal of Services and Management 23, 46-58 , 2025
    2025
  • Climate change-related disasters and risk reduction through indigenous knowledge approaches in Osun State, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, HA Salihu, AK Ibrahim, OS Balogun, TA Akangbe
    Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei , 2025
    2025
  • PERCEPTIONS OF STATE POLICING AMONG TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ILORIN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
    OS Balogun, SI Alliu, MA Agboh
    Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 7 (2), 183-197 , 2024
    2024
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MIGRATION DECISIONS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIA
    SI Alliu, OS Balogun
    Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 7 (2), 143-159 , 2024
    2024
  • Internet users’ perception of the prevalence of online investment fraud and victimisation in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, TA Akangbe, OD Fagbamila, FO Aigbovbioisa
    Gusau J Sociol 4 (2), 169-81 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Perception of prevalence of mob justice among residents of Ikorodu and Oshodi in Lagos
    OS Balogun, SS Ifah, UC Osisiogu
    FUOYE JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SECURITY STUDIES 2 (1) , 2023
    2023
  • Patterns and causes of mob justice in Nigeria
    SB Obasanjo, SS Ifah, UC Osisiogu
    FUOYE Journal of Criminology and Security Studies 2 (1) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Analysis of the pull and push factors for substance abuse in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, JO Owoyemi
    Nigerian Defence Academy Press , 2023
    2023
  • Patterns and causes of mob justice in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, SS Ifah, UC Osisioma
    FOUYE Journal of Criminology and Security Studies (IJCSS) 2 (1), 108-129 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Entrepreneurship as a strategy for empowering female survivors of intimate partner violence in Lagos State, Nigeria
    AT Adedunmola, FO Adeniyi, BO Solomon
    Gender and Behaviour 20 (4), 20635-20642 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Entrepreneurship as a strategy for empowering female survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Lagos State, Nigeria
    TA Akangbe, OA Fawole, OS Balogun
    Published by the Ife centre for Psychological Studies, Ile-Ife. , 2022
    2022
  • The Nigerian Criminal Justice System
    HA Salihu, M Isiaka, OS Balogun, TA Akangbe, AK Ibrahim
    Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria , 2022
    2022
  • The Nigerian criminal justice system: a cursory look at salient issues and areas of reform
    HA Salihu, M Isiaka, OS Balogun, TA Akangbe, AK Ibrahim
    Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences 24 (1), 101-117 , 2022
    2022
  • From Reporting Crime To Trial And Ruling: An Investigation Into Victims’ Assessment Of The Nigerian Criminal Justice Process
    AS Habeeb, M Isiaka, SB Obasanjo, KA Ibrahim
    FUOYE JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SECURITY STUDIES 1 (1) , 2021
    2021
  • Psychoactive substance use among students in some selected public secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State
    OS Balogun
    Sub-Saharan African Journal of Psychology and Contemporary Issues (SAJPCI) 1 … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Nigeria police and contemporary law enforcement: issues and challenges
    OS Balogun, OA Fawole, SE Amali
    Ilorin journal of business and social sciences 23 (1), 62-75 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Criminal victimisation: conceptual and theoretical perspectives
    OS Balogun, AT Akangbe, AH Salihu
    Ilorin journal of business and social sciences 23 (1), 137-151 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A'nation'in wilderness: Youth and insurgency in Nigeria
    AA Abdullahi, DS Adekeye, OS Balogun
    South African Review of Sociology 45 (2), 78-96 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 30
  • Effect of work environment on absentee behaviour of employees in tertiary institutions in Kwara State
    AS ZAKARIYA, TT OLAYINKA, BO SOLOMON, OJ OMOSEWA, ...
    GUSAU JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Учредители: Federal University Gusau 4 (3), 35-53 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Patterns and causes of mob justice in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, SS Ifah, UC Osisioma
    FOUYE Journal of Criminology and Security Studies (IJCSS) 2 (1), 108-129 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Nigeria police and contemporary law enforcement: issues and challenges
    OS Balogun, OA Fawole, SE Amali
    Ilorin journal of business and social sciences 23 (1), 62-75 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Internet users’ perception of the prevalence of online investment fraud and victimisation in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, TA Akangbe, OD Fagbamila, FO Aigbovbioisa
    Gusau J Sociol 4 (2), 169-81 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Criminal victimisation: conceptual and theoretical perspectives
    OS Balogun, AT Akangbe, AH Salihu
    Ilorin journal of business and social sciences 23 (1), 137-151 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • Technology and worker’s alienation in two contrasting work environment in Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria.
    SZ Abdulbaqi, TO Tejideen, KO Rajia, OS Balogun, AA Isiaq
    International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Reviews 8 (1), 124-132 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 3
  • Patterns and causes of mob justice in Nigeria
    SB Obasanjo, SS Ifah, UC Osisiogu
    FUOYE Journal of Criminology and Security Studies 2 (1) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Dynamics of police extortions on the Nigerian highways.
    AK Ibrahim, M Isiaka, HA Salihu, OS Balogun, TA Akangbe
    Ilorin Journal of Sociology 10 (1), 134-144 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • Sociological assessment of operating AI and re-thinking capacity of undergraduate students in Southwestern Nigeria
    SZ Abdulbaqi, AT Isiaq, OS Balogun, AK Ibrahim, TO Tejideen
    Indian Journal of International Studies 5 (1), 37-58 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Entrepreneurship as a strategy for empowering female survivors of intimate partner violence in Lagos State, Nigeria
    AT Adedunmola, FO Adeniyi, BO Solomon
    Gender and Behaviour 20 (4), 20635-20642 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Psychoactive substance use among students in some selected public secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State
    OS Balogun
    Sub-Saharan African Journal of Psychology and Contemporary Issues (SAJPCI) 1 … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Security factors and housing needs management in developing communities in Oyo State, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, RO Yusuff, OS Balogun, HA Salihu, M Isiaka
    Journal of Social Sciences, 70-80 , 2025
    2025
  • Tourism Growth and Development in the face of Ethno-religious Crises: The Case of Jos Metropolis, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, OS Balogun, HA Salihu, AK Ibrahim, TA Akangbe
    BERJAYA Journal of Services and Management 23, 46-58 , 2025
    2025
  • Climate change-related disasters and risk reduction through indigenous knowledge approaches in Osun State, Nigeria
    MO Lawal, HA Salihu, AK Ibrahim, OS Balogun, TA Akangbe
    Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei , 2025
    2025
  • PERCEPTIONS OF STATE POLICING AMONG TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ILORIN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
    OS Balogun, SI Alliu, MA Agboh
    Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 7 (2), 183-197 , 2024
    2024
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MIGRATION DECISIONS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIA
    SI Alliu, OS Balogun
    Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 7 (2), 143-159 , 2024
    2024
  • Perception of prevalence of mob justice among residents of Ikorodu and Oshodi in Lagos
    OS Balogun, SS Ifah, UC Osisiogu
    FUOYE JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SECURITY STUDIES 2 (1) , 2023
    2023
  • Analysis of the pull and push factors for substance abuse in Nigeria
    OS Balogun, JO Owoyemi
    Nigerian Defence Academy Press , 2023
    2023
  • Entrepreneurship as a strategy for empowering female survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Lagos State, Nigeria
    TA Akangbe, OA Fawole, OS Balogun
    Published by the Ife centre for Psychological Studies, Ile-Ife. , 2022
    2022