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  • May / June
    Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026)

    Forthcoming

  • June/July 2025
    Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025)

     Preface
    We present with pleasure the seventh volume of LASU Journal of History and International Studies, LAJOHIS. This volume continues in the tradition of publishing in-depth research on different aspects of history and international studies from scholars across the world. The ten articles in this volume straddle different sub-themes, including migration and diaspora, ethnicity and race, bilateral relations, health history, gender studies, insurgency, national and administrative history, and religious thoughts, among others. In particular, Olawale Iskil Lawal, Wasiu A. Balogun, and Adewale Ajumobi examine the plight of
    Nigerian workers in the Gulf States within the matrix of the Kafala System. Ganiyat Alli investigates the complex interplay between race, ethnicity, and history in the African context, exploring both indigenous and exogenous schools of thought, and drawing examples especially from Morocco, Zanzibar, and Rwanda. Vikash Kumar and Prem Chand examine the evolving strategic partnership between India and the United States of America, since the post-Cold War era and its potentials to pave the way for new areas of development in the 21st century. Adebola David Coker in his interrogation of Nigeria’s 1914 Amalgamation, draws attention to the complexities of colonial policies and their long-term consequences for governance and development in contemporary Nigeria. Damilola Peter Olatade and Emmanuel Ofuasia provide a new perspective to Hegel’s discussion on God, while Mufutau Tunde Azeez and Akeem Abiodun Oladiti historicise the socio-economic activities of the Yoruba people in Abidjan from 1942-2002.


    Paulina Adekoya-Oduntan and Tunji Azeez analyse the contributions of playwrights towards a cleaner and healthier Nigerian environment. Olasupo O. Thompson, Surajudeen O. Oladele and Olawale I. Yemisi study Nigeria’s response to WHO’s Safe Motherhood Initiative on Maternal Healthcare from 1987-1988. Omotola Adeyoju Ilesanmi, explore the motivations and roles of women in Sahel Jihadist Insurgency. Finally, Samuel Wycliff and Yusuf Abdullahi examine the career of Emir Muhammadu Dikko in the service of British colonial administration and Katsina City, Nigeria from 1907–1944.The variety of the themes and the multidisciplinary background of the contributors enrich the volume. Nevertheless, all the arguments and conclusions belong to the scholars, and do not represent the views of LAJOHIS. Finally, we welcome our new Editor-in-Chief, Professor Olusegun J. Adeyeri, a professor of African History, Peace and Conflict Studies, while we express gratitude to our erstwhile editor, Professor Adewunmi J. Falode, for his dedicated service. 

    Editorial Board

    EDITORIAL BOARD

    Editor-in-Chief / Head of Department: Professor Olusegun Adeyeri
    Editor: Professor Olawale I. Lawal
    Managing Editor: Professor Habeeb Sanni
    Business Editor: Professor Jamiu A. Oluwatoki
    Associate Online Editor: Murtala Wazeer

  • June/July 2023
    Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

     This fifth volume of the Journal features 13 interesting articles that talk about the motivations behind citizens' voluntary desire to join the military, a study of origin of Odu Ifa Corpus in Yorubaland, impact of Colonial Rule on food crop production in Annang Calabar, teaching strategy and academic outcome of economics and history students in colleges of education in North-Central Nigeria, historical exploration of the peoples of the southern margins of Nigeria-Benin Border, analysis of Nigeria's democracy in the 4th Republic, civilians' roles in complementing security agencies to combat violent conflicts in Nigeria, effects of climate change on security in Nigeria, African Union's security challenges in the Sahel, history of hometown security associations and nationalism in Ogbomosho southwestern Nigeria and the relevance of Hijrah to the formation of statehood in Islam, religious pluralism and party politics in Nigeria. Based on the different topics covered in this edition, this issue will be highly relevant to readers in both educational and non-educational sectors. - Chair/Head of Department (History and International Studies)

    Editorial Board
    • Editor-in-Chief / Head of Department: Adewunmi J. Falode, PhD
      (Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria)
    • Editor: Olawale I. Lawal, PhD
      (Professor, Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University)
    • Managing Editor: Sanni Habeeb, PhD
      (Associate Professor/Reader, Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University; full name often listed as Sanni Abiodun Habeeb)
    • Business Editor: Oluwatoki A. Jamiu, PhD
      (Professor, Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University)
    • Associate Editor: Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD
      (Lecturer, Lagos State University; specializes in pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, and applied linguistics)

  • June/July 2022
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022)

    This fourth issue of the Journal features thirteen interesting papers that talk about the role of CSOs in the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria, a critique of Couto Baralho's "Erotica," Indonesia's economic transformation and lessons for Nigeria, Nigeria's role in Namibia's independence, historicity in Claude Ake's works, illicit trafficking in East Africa, transnational crime along Nigeria-Benin borders, nature of farmers-herders' conflicts in Nigeria, impact of COVID-19 on intercommunity trade in northwest of Nigeria and the historical role of Benin's Amazons in 19th century warfare in Africa, Inter-racial relations in contemporary South Africa, nature and patterns of banditry in Northwest Nigeria, impact of climate change on Africa's development, and an interesting treatise on the concept of Afrocentrism. - Chair/Head of Department (History and International Studies) / Editor-in-Chief.

    EDITORIAL BOARD

    • Editor-in-Chief / Head of Department: Adewunmi J. Falode, PhD
    • Editor: Olawale I. Lawal, PhD
    • Managing Editor: Sanni Habeeb, PhD
    • Business Editor: Oluwatoki A. Jamiu, PhD

  • June / July
    Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021)

    This third-issue of the journal features thirteen interesting papers which talk about the historian craft, the relevance of artificial intelligence to Nigerian security architecture, the geopolitics of energy security, crisis of democracy in Nigeria, Nigerian migrants in Libya, hygiene in 19th century Lagos, history of lunacy management in Lagos and History of Hausa migrants in Lagos, historicism and post-colonial history, indigenous peace-building mechanisms in Africa, the Nigerian state in a globalized world, social security in Nigeria, history of lunacy management in Lagos, Africanism, political corruption in Nigeria, illicit trafficking in the Horn and a comparative survey of drugs and crime in Nigeria and the Americas. 

    EDITORIAL BOARD

    • Editor-in-Chief / Head of Department: Adewunmi J. Falode, PhD
    • Editor: Olawale I. Lawal, PhD
    • Managing Editor: Sanni Habeeb, PhD
    • Business Editor: Oluwatoki A. Jamiu, PhD
  • March 2002 - Maiden Edition

    March 2002 - Maiden Edition
    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2002)

    The Maiden Edition of the Nigerian Journal of History & International Studies (NJHIS) is the realization of a dream conceived some years back by the members of the Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University (LASU). The dream, unfortunately, could not be realized immediately due to a number of logistic problems. The Journal is an independent publication of the Department of History & International Studies, Lagos State University, with a multi-disciplinary approach without losing sight of our original historical and international studies. The maiden edition has five articles carefully selected from a pool of articles, submitted by erudite scholars. The first, "Nigeria-Japan Trade Relations, 1914-1954," delivered by Prof Gabriel Ogunremi at the Departmental Seminar Series, was the last lecture delivered by him. Prof Ogunremi was the first Head of History and International Studies
    Department, and the first Professor of History, Lagos State University. He no doubt contributed immensely to the uplift of the department. It is hoped that the articles will contribute immensely to knowledge and nation building. We thank all the contributors and assessors, while encouraging
    other scholars with flair for areas of our attention to send then contributions for assessment. 

    EDITORIAL BOARD (MEMBERS) 

    Dr. Siyan Oyeweso - Chairman/Editor in Chief
    Dr. Gabriel Nyityo - Editor
    BayoAdeogun - Business Manager
    Remi Britto - Secretary
    Wale Adeyemi - Member

    EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS/ADVISERS
    • Prof. Jide Osuntokun — (University of Lagos)
    • Prof. Hassan Saliu — (University of Ilorin)
    • Prof. Biodun Adediran — (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)
    • Dr. Charles Nwoke — (Nigerian Institute of International Affairs)
    • Dr. Charles Adesina — (University of Ibadan)