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Agaptus NWOZOR

Professor
college of Management and Social Sciences (COMSS)
Political Science and International Relations Programme

Agaptus NWOZOR holds a Professorial Chair in Political Science and International Relations Programme at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. 

In addition to rendering service to the university system in various capacities as Head of Department, Dean of College, University Librarian and member of the University senate, Nwozor has occupied top administrative positions in government, including serving as the Special Assistant to the Board Chairman, National Eye Centre, Kaduna, and Special Assistant to the Hon. Commissioner for Special Duties, Government House, Awka, Anambra State. He has also headed a high profile Consultancy Consortium in the built industry where he attracted high-net worth clientele across several sectors.

Nwozor’s teaching and research interests are eclectic and diverse and span the entire spectrum of international political economy and development studies, human rights, foreign policy analysis, African politics and psephology, peace and conflict studies as well global environmental politics and energy policy. Nwozor has contributed over 100 articles to leading high-impact social sciences and multidisciplinary journals and chapters in books with over 40 of them indexed in Scopus. He has also served as a guest editor and reviewer to several journals. He currently serves as Associate Editor, Humanities and Social Sciences Communication

He is a member of many learned and professional associations, including Nigeria Political Science Association (NPSA).

Nwozor is currently the Director-designate, Bowen Open, Distance and E-learning Centre and Programme Coordinator, Political Science and International Relations.

Education
  • Ph.D. (2011) University of Nigeria, Nsukka (International Political Economy & Development Studies)
  • M.Sc. (2005) University of Nigeria, Nsukka
  • B.Sc. (Hons) (1995) University of Calabar
Research

Agaptus Nwozor’s research interest is broad and eclectic and spans Migration; Foreign Policy; Food Security and Governance; Democratization and Psephology; International Development Institutions; Human Rights; Peace and Conflict Studies; Global Health Diplomacy; and Global Environmental and Energy Politics

Institutional Service
  • Director, Bowen Open, Distance and E-Learning Centre 
  • Programme Coordinator, Political Science and International Relations
  • University Compendium Committee 
  • Member, Diaspora Initiative Committee
  • Member, Bowen University Senate
Professional Service
  • Associate Editor and Member, Editorial Board, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Reviewer for:  

  • Local Environment
  • Cogent Social Sciences
  • Cogent Humanities
  • Publius: Journal of Federalism;
  • International Journal of Transitional Justice;
  • Pastoralism Journal; 
  • National Identities; 
  • Sage Open;
  • Security Journal;
  • World Affairs;
  • Africa Insight;
  • African identities;
  • African Renaissance
  • Journal of Public Affairs
  • Africa Today
  • Numerous Departmental and Faculty-based Journals
Selected Publications
  1. Agaptus Nwozor, Oladiran Afolabi, Chukwudi G. Chidume & Michael O. Owoeye (2023): “What has state weakness got to do with it? Oil theft and implications on human and environmental security in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region”, Local Environment, (in Press). DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2023.2221893 [Indexed in Scopus]
  2. Agaptus Nwozor & Oladiran Afolabi (2023). “Keeping up appearance? Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusade and image dilemma in the global arena”. Journal of Financial Crime, 30(3), pp. 813-827. DOI: 10.1108/JFC-02-2022-0039 [Indexed in Scopus].
  3. Agaptus Nwozor & Oladiran Afolabi (2022). “Shrinking spaces of safety: Is Nigeria funding security or insecurity?” The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 111:5, 638-639, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2022.2130613 [Indexed in Scopus].
  4. John Shola Olanrewaju, Agaptus Nwozor, & Ajibola Abdulwasiu Abdulrahaman (2022). “Politicizing the Pandemic: COVID-19 and its Impact on the Nigerian Economy”. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (in press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.30.4.04[Indexed in Scopus].
  5. Agaptus Nwozor, O. O. P. Ajakaiye, O. Okidu, A. Olanrewaju, & O. Afolabi (2022). “Social media in politics: Interrogating electorate-driven hate speech in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential campaigns”. JeDEM – E-Journal of E-Democracy and Open Government, 14(1), 104-129. https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v14i1.683 [Indexed in Scopus].
  6. Agaptus Nwozor & Blessing Okhillu (2022). “Child’s rights and the challenges of educating the girl-child: Assessing the contributions of UNICEF in Nigeria”. The Age of Human Rights Journal, 18, pp. 285-309. DOI: 10.17561/tahrj.v18.6520 [Indexed in Scopus].
  7. Agaptus Nwozor, Segun Oshewolo, John S. Olanrewaju, Modupe Bosede Ake & Onjefu Okidu (2022): “Return migration and the challenges of diasporic reintegration in Nigeria”. Third World Quarterly, 43(2), 432-451. DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2026216 [Indexed in Scopus].
  8. John S. Olanrewaju & Agaptus Nwozor (2022). “Hegemonic rivalry in a peripheral region: An assessment of Nigeria–South Africa’s role in African politics”. Insight on Africa, 14(1), 7-23. DOI:10.1177/09750878211042618 [Indexed in Scopus].
  9. Agaptus Nwozor, Segun Oshewolo, Solomon I. Ifejika, John Shola Olanrewaju & Modupe Ake (2021). “Has anything changed with illegitimate electoral financing and political power contestation in Nigeria?” Cogent Social Sciences, 7(1), 1961396, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2021.1961396 [Indexed in Scopus].
  10. Agaptus Nwozor, Onjefu Okidu, & Solomon Adedire (2021). “Agenda 2063 and the feasibility of sustainable development in Africa: Any silver bullet”. Journal of Black Studies, 52(7), 688–715. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219347211021099 [Indexed in Scopus].
  11. Olanrewaju O. P. Ajakaiye, Agaptus Nwozor, John Dean Ojeka, Michael B. Aleyomi, Gbenga Owoeye, Rachael Ojeka-John and Onjefu Okidu (2021). “Media, terrorism reporting and lessons in awareness sustenance: The Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of the Chibok girls’ abduction”. Brazilian Journalism Research, 17(1), 118-151. DOI: 10.25200/BJR.v17n1.2021.1329 [Indexed in Scopus].
  12. Agaptus Nwozor, John S Olanrewaju, Segun Oshewolo, Joseph Iseolorunkanmi, Oluwafemi Fayomi, Onjefu Okidu, & Thelma A Adetunji (2021). “Transition to green energy and sustainable development in Nigeria: A prospective and evaluative analysis”. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 665, 012029. DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/665/1/012029 [Indexed in Scopus].
  13. Agaptus Nwozor & Onjefu Okidu (2021): “COVID-19 and Doubting Thomases: why the pandemic’s lethality has no traction on public perception in Nigeria”, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 110(2), 270-271. DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2021.1903229 [Indexed in Scopus].
  14. Agaptus Nwozor, John S. Olanrewaju, Modupe B. Ake, Michael B. Aleyomi & Ejalonibu Ebenezer Lawal (2021). “State capture and elective dictatorship in Nigeria’s democratic space: A critical analysis”. African Renaissance, 18(1), 53–72. https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18n1a3 [Indexed in Scopus].
  15. Agaptus Nwozor, John Shola Olanrewaju, Segun Oshewolo, Anthony M. Oladoyin, Solomon Adedire & Onjefu Okidu (2021) “Herder-farmer conflicts: the politicization of violence and evolving security measures in Nigeria”. African Security, 14(1), 55-79. DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.1901181 [Indexed in Scopus].
  16. Segun Oshewolo, Agaptus Nwozor, Femi Fayomi, & Motolani Oluwatuyi (2021). “‘Instrumentalizing’ the United Nations: Nigeria and its quest for regional leadership in Africa”. World Affairs, 184(1), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0043820021990551 [Indexed in Scopus].
  17. Agaptus Nwozor, Gbenga Owoeye, Olankunle Olowojolu, Modupe Ake, Solomon Adedire and Oluwaseun Ogundele (2021). “Nigeria’s quest for alternative clean energy through biofuels: an assessment”. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 655, 012054. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/655/1/012054 [Indexed in Scopus].
  18. Agaptus Nwozor, Segun Oshewolo, Gbenga Owoeye, Onjefu Okidu (2021). “Nigeria’s quest for alternative clean energy development: A cobweb of opportunities, pitfalls and multiple dilemmas”. Energy Policy, Volume 149. Article 112070 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112070 [Indexed in Scopus].
  19. Agaptus Nwozor, John Shola Olanrewaju, Modupe Ake, Michael Aleyomi (2020). “Global quest for zero routine flaring: An appraisal of Nigeria’s legal and regulatory abatement frameworks”. Electronic Green Journal, 1(44), 1-16. (A Publication of University of California, Los Angeles). https://doi.org/ 10.5070/G314445538. Permalink: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1p59r0bw [Indexed in Scopus].
  20. Agaptus Nwozor, John Olanrewaju , Modupe Ake, & Onjefu Okidu (2020). “Oil and its discontents: the political economy of artisanal refining in Nigeria”. Review of African Political Economy, 47(166), 662-675. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2020.1835631. [Indexed in Scopus].
  21. Agaptus Nwozor, Charles Okolie, Onjefu Okidu & Segun Oshewolo (2020). “The looming dangers of explosion in community transmissions of COVID-19 in Nigeria”. Annals of Global Health. 86(1): 95, 1–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2990 [Indexed in Scopus].
  22. Agaptus Nwozor & John Shola Olanrewaju (2020). “The ECOWAS agricultural policy and the quest for food security: assessing Nigeria’s implementation strategies”. Development Studies Research, 7(1), 59-71, DOI: 10.1080/21665095.2020.1785904 [Indexed in Scopus].
  23. Segun Oshewolo & Agaptus Nwozor (2020): “COVID-19: Projecting the national security dimensions of pandemics”. Strategic Analysis, 44(3), pp. 269–275. DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2020.1767911[Indexed in Scopus].
  24. Agaptus Nwozor, John Shola Olanrewaju, Solomon A. Adedire, & Ejalonibu Ebenezer Lawal (2020). “Reform in a limbo: the politics and politicization of reforms in Nigeria’s petroleum sector”. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 10(4), 184-193. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.9085. [Indexed in Scopus].
  25. M. Ake, B. Rasak, C. Igbolekwu, P. Ogunlade and A. Nwozor (2020). “Feminization, food security, and hunger eradication: A case of Omu-Aran community in Kwara State, Nigeria”. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 445, 012047. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/445/1/012047. [Indexed in Scopus].
  26. Kunle Awotokun, Agaptus Nwozor, & John Shola Olanrewaju (2020). “Conflicts and the retrogression of sustainable development: the political economy of herders-farmers’ conflicts in Nigeria”. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, Vol. 8, No 1, 2020, pp. 624-633. https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2020.8175. [Indexed in Scopus]. De-indexed.
  27. Agaptus Nwozor, John Olanrewaju, Segun Oshewolo, & Modupe Ake. (2020), “Is Nigeria really fighting to win the anti-corruption war? Presidential body language, “string-puppetting” and selective prosecutions”, Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 601-617. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-08-2019-0109 [Indexed in Scopus].
  28. Agaptus Nwozor (2020). “Depoliticizing environmental degradation: revisiting the UNEP environmental assessment of Ogoniland in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.” Geo Journal Vol. 85, No. 3, 883-900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-09997-x [Indexed in Scopus].
  29. Agaptus Nwozor & Segun Oshewolo (2020). “Nigeria’s border closure drama: The critical questions.” The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 109, No. 1, 90-91. doi:10.1080/00358533.2020.1715106 [Indexed in Scopus].
  30. Agaptus Nwozor, John Shola Olanrewaju & Modupe B. Ake (2019). “National insecurity and the challenges of food security in Nigeria.” Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol 8, No 4, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2019-0032. Available at http://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/ajis/article/view/10603/10227 [Indexed in Scopus].
  31. Agaptus Nwozor, Segun Oshewolo & Oluwaseun Ogundele (2019). “Energy poverty and environmental sustainability in Nigeria: An exploratory assessment.” IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 331, 012033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/331/1/012033 [Indexed in Scopus].
  32. Agaptus Nwozor, Jacob Audu, Modupe B. Ake, John. S. Olanrewaju & Oluwaseun Ogundele (2019). “The party system and the politics of party merger and power contestation in Africa: Insights from Nigeria.” Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, XIX(2), pp. 237-259. https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/63162/ssoar-sp-rpsr-2019-2-nwozor_et_al-The_party_system_and_the.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-sp-rpsr-2019-2-nwozor_et_al-The_party_system_and_the.pdf [Indexed in Scopus].
  33. Agaptus Nwozor, Jacob Audu & Joseph I. Adama (2019). “The political economy of hydrocarbon pollution: Assessing socio-ecological sustainability of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.” International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 9(1), pp. 7-14. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.7058 [Indexed in Scopus].
  34. Segun Oshewolo & Agaptus Nwozor (2019). “President Buhari’s diplomatic gaffes and negative comments abroad.” The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 108(2), pp. 207–208 DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2019.1592855 [Indexed in Scopus].
  35. Agaptus Nwozor (2018). “African Union, state-building and the challenges of state fragility in Africa.” Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations, 7(13), 64-84. https://doi.org/10.22456/2238-6912.80373 [Indexed in Scopus].