THE ROLE OF INFORMANTS IN THE ACCENTUATION OF ARMED BANDITRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE by TUKUR ABDULKADIR, ABDULNASIR UMAR

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ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIONS ON TACKLING BANDITRY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA by ABDULRAHMAN BARAU YUSUF

“…The activities of the bandits in the study area also led to so many security challenges in the region which has caused a lot of sets back in all aspect. …”
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Appartenenze ed esclusioni by Frederica Paletti

“… From the second half of the 16th century onwards, Venice ordered the cities of its mainland dominions (Terraferma) to adopt substantial legislation and to create special magistrates aimed at countering the dangers posed by »disruptors of the quiet and peaceful life«: foreigners, beggars, pauperes, vagrants and bandits. The provisions of the decrees Venice sent to the Terraferma inevitably intertwined with the ius proprium already in force in the individual civitates. …”
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INTERROGATING THE EFFECTS OF ARMED BANDITRY ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S NORTH-CENTRAL REGION (2015-2022) by YUSUFU Ahmed Audu, ODAUDU Alfred Idachaba, ILEVBARE Igheoise Trust

“…Attacks orchestrated by these armed bandits have continued to escalate, especially since 2015 when the Buhari administration came into power with attendant consequences of loss of human lives, destruction of property, displacement of persons, loss of livelihoods and disruption of socio-economic activities. …”
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EVALUATING THREATS OF ARMED BANDITRY ON HUMAN AND FOOD SECURITY IN SHIRORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA by DR MUSA EMMANUEL UMARU, DR ALIYU MOHAMMED BELLO, DR CHARLES O. OKWUWA

“… Growing apprehension has emerged in the northern regions of Nigeria regarding the escalating activities of bandits. Consequently, this investigation was conducted to assess the impact of banditry on both human and food security in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. …”
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Social observation differentially affects prosocial learning of selfish and prosocial people by Yuri Kim, Kun Il Kim, Hackjin Kim

“…A total of 102 participants were randomly assigned to either the observation or control group while performing a two-armed bandit task under self- and other-reward conditions, and their behavioral outcomes were analyzed using a reinforcement learning computational model. …”
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An Active Inference Model of the Optimism Bias by Elizabeth L. Fisher, Christopher J. Whyte, Jakob Hohwy

“…Finally, we show how optimism affects action in a modified two-armed bandit task. Our model and the simulations it affords provide a computational basis for understanding how optimism bias may emerge, how it may be expressed in standard tasks used to assess optimism, and how it affects agents’ decision-making and actions; in combination, this provides a basis for future research on optimism as a mental health intervention.…”
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BORDER MANAGEMENT, ARMED BANDITRY AND TERRORISM MITIGATION IN NIGERIA by ODE AGI OKO

“…The study is concluded by recommending among others;  that the country should in fact evolve a sustainable border management, and social security system which will discourage public office holders from engaging in corrupt practices of sponsoring of banditry, kidnapping, e.t.c as economic gains, and with good information network sharing techniques, and by providing gainful employment opportunities to the citizenry of which will curb, reduce or eradicate the social habits of armed bandit, cross-border security challenge and mores as enshrined in the work. …”
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