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Nigeria’s Border Diplomacy: Power and Hegemony in Africa. 2026. London: Routledge. [with Awosusi. O. E.]

ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa: Costs, Benefits and Challenges [with Okunade, S. K.]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country’s Cultural and Economic Diplomacy [with Isike, C., & Ukwueze, O]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

Re-centering Cultural Performance and Orange Economy in Post-colonial Africa: Policy, Soft Power, and Sustainability [with Afolabi, T & Ukwuma, S. T.]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond (eds). Idaho: Lexington Books [with Folarin, S.]

Power Politics in African States: Perspectives on South Africa and Nigeria (eds.). New York: Springer Publishers Books [with Oyewole, S.]

The de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration project in Nigeria’s counter-terrorism strategy: Operation Safe Corridor in context, African Identities, DOI:10.1080/14725843.2022.2125365 [with Uchenna A. Aja, U. A.]

Citizen Diplomacy in Nigeria-South Africa Relation: Confronting the Paradox of Xenophobia 9(3): 133-151. [with Uchenna A. Aja, U. A.]

Soft power in therapeutic comedy: outlining Nigeria’s creative industry through digital comic skits, Creative Industries Journal, DOI: 16 (3): 361-382 [with Idowu, D. L.]

South Africa’s Soft Power and the Diplomacy of Nuclear Geopolitics, GeoJournal 87: 247-260. Nigeria’s ‘Border Diplomacy’: Rhetoric or Substance for Regional Hegemonic Leadership, Global Society 36(4): 562-577. [with Awosusi, O.]

A “Schengen” Agreement in Africa? African Agency and the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, Journal of Borderlands Studies, 36:1, 119-137. [with Samuel Kehinde Okunad, S.K.]

Music and dance diplomacy in the COVID-19 era: Jerusalema and the promotion of South Africa’s soft power, The Round Table, 110:4, 461-476. [with Idowu, D. L.]

Russo-African Relations and electoral democracy: Assessing the implications of Russia's renewed interest for Africa, African Security Review, 30(3): 386-402. [with Akinola, A].

A socio-constructivist analysis of the bilingual language policy in South African higher education: Perspectives from the university of Kwazulu-natal, Cogent Education, 8(1): 1-16. [with Mthombeni Z.M]

Soft Power or Wasteful Entertainment? Interrogating the Prospect of ‘Big Brother Naija’, The Round Table. DOI:1080/00358533.2020.1717088 [with Akinola, A.].

Insurgency in the Border Communities of North-Eastern Nigeria: Security Responses and Sustainable Solutions. The Round Table. [with Okunade, S.K.].

Humanitarian crisis in north‐eastern Nigeria: Responses and sustainable solutions. Journal of Public Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2541 [with Okunade, S.K.].

Pentecostalism, Electoral Prophetism and National Security Challenges in Nigeria, African Security, DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2020.1731111 [with Ikem, A.P., & Ogbonna, C.N].

An Appraisal of Bilingual Language Policy Implementation in South African Higher Education Institutions, South African Journal of African Languages, Vol. 40, No. 2. [with Mthombeni, Z.].

The Ideational Value of Soft Power and the Foreign Policy of African Regional Powers. Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies. Vol. 46, No. 3, 289-310.

Soft Power and the Currency of Sports: (Re)imagining South Africa’s Rising Hegemony in Africa, Global Society, Vol. 33, No. 4, 520-540.

African Union Protocol on Free Movement: A Panacea to Ending Border Porosity, Journal of African Union Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 73-91 [with Okunade, S.].

A Veiled Hegemonic Interest and the Multiple Faces of South Africa’s Foreign Policy, Affrika: Journal of Politics, Economics and Society. Vol. 9, No. 1, 193-218.

A “Schengen” Agreement in Africa? African Agency and the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, Journal of Borderlands Studies. 10.1080/08865655.2018.1530128 [with Okunade, S.].

Rethinking the Role of Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps as Soft Power: Rough Diamond or Fools’ Gold, Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 7. No. 2, 119-139 [with Ogbonna, C.].

2018 Unlocking the ‘Black Box’ of Nigeria’s Hegemonic Foreign Policy, Journal of African Foreign Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 2, 43-65. 2018 Nigeria's Soft Power Sources: Between Potential and Illusion?, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 31, No. 1, 49–67 [with Isike, C.].

Nigeria’s Soft Power and Economic Diplomacy in Africa. Journal of African Foreign Affairs, Vol 5, No. 2, pp. 189-206, [with Aluko, O.].

Analyzing South Africa’s soft power in Africa and the knowledge diplomacy of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Vol 15, No. 2, 81-107. [with Shawa, L.]

South Africa and the question of hegemony in Africa, Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 33, No. 4, 1-20 [with Akinola, A.] (2017).

Effective hegemonic influence in Africa: An analysis of Nigeria’s ‘hegemonic’ position in Sub- Saharan Africa, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 52, No. 7, 932–946. 2017 Framing South Africa’s Soft Power through Non-State Sources. Strategic Analysis, Vol. 41, No. 5, 478-495 [with Tella, O.].

South Africa’s foreign policy aspirations and the National Development Plan (NDP 2030): The role of soft power, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Vol. 35, No. 3, 284-302 [with Isike, C.].

Soft Power: The Fourth ‘Tentacle’ of South Africa’s Foreign Policy, Insight on Africa, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1-17.

A failing regional power? Nigeria’s international status in the age of Boko Haram, Politikon, Vol. 44, No. 3, 446-465. [with Isike, C. & Onapajo, H.]

The Discordant Soft Power Tunes of South Africa’s Withdrawal from the ICC, Politikon, Vol. 44, No. 1, 1-7 [with Isike, C.].

South Africa’s Emerging Soft Power Influence in Africa and its impending limitations: Will the giant be able to weather the storm?, African Security, Vol. 9, No. 4, 299-319 [with Amao, O.].

Communicating South Africa’s soft power: Agents, instruments, and recipients. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, Vol. 42, No. 3, 293-312 [with Ettang, D.].

South Africa’s ‘Africa Renaissance’ Project: Between Rhetoric and Practice, Socioeconomica, Vol. 5, No. 10, 263-278 [Umezurike, S.].

Can Nigeria be Africa’s hegemon?, African Security Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, 110-128 [with Okeke-Uzodike, N.].

South Africa’s Soft Power: A comparative content analysis, Politeia. Vol. 34, No. 2, 40-58.

Recalibrating Africa’s geopolitical calculus: A critique of South Africa’s hegemonic status, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 42, No. 3, 1-20.

Regional hegemonic contention and the asymmetry of soft power: A comparative analysis of South Africa and Nigeria, Strategic Review for Southern Africa, Vol. 37, No. 1, 152-177 [with Isike, C.].

South Africa's foreign policy and the strategy of soft power, South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 1, 23-41. [with Okeke-Uzodike, N.].

The Impact of the electoral system on the level of women’s legislative representation in post- apartheid South Africa, Africa Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, 134-148 [with Nkala, S.].

Hegemony or Survival: South Africa’s regional pursuit of soft power and the challenges of xenophobia, Africa Insight, Vol. 44, No. 3, 145-163 [with Tella, O.].

The Old Scramble for Africa and its Colonization. In African Politics: From the Age of Empire to Contemporary Times. Edited by S. Folarin & O. Tella. Kendall Hunt.

“Kidnapping for Ransom (K4R) and the Challenges of Nigeria’s International Image. In: Omotola, J.S., Oyewole, S. (eds) The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development [with Idowu, D. L. ]. Springer, Cham.

“An Agential Constructivist Analysis of Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Africa’s Critical Minerals Sector: Insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo”. In Karin Buhmann, Alberto Fonseca, Nathan Andrews, and Giuseppe Amatulli, eds. The Routledge International Handbook on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement [with Surulola Eke, J. Andrew Grant, Evelyn N. Mayanja]. London: Routledge, 225-243.

“Borderless Africa, Illegal Migration and Food Insecurity in West Africa”. In Okunade, S. K., & Ogunnubi, O. eds. ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa: Costs, Benefits and Challenges [with Idowu D. L]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

“A Borderless Region and the Pursuit of Continental Free Trade Agreement in West Africa”. In Okunade, S. K., & Ogunnubi, O. eds. ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa: Costs, Benefits and Challenges [with Okunade, S. K]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

“Big Brother Naija: A Catalyst for Nigeria’s Orange Economy”. In Isike, C., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukwueze, O. eds. Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country’s Cultural and Economic Diplomacy [with Idowu, D. L.]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

“Humour and Laughter in Reality TV: Assessing the Mental Health Effects of the Big Brother Naija Show”. In Isike, C., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukwueze, O. eds. Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country’s Cultural and Economic Diplomacy [with Idowu, D. L.]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

“Introduction”. In Isike, C., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukwueze, O. eds. Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country’s Cultural and Economic Diplomacy [with Isike, C., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukwueze, O]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

“Afrophobia and Cultural Diplomacy in Nigeria-South Africa Relations: The Role of the Creative Industries”. In Afolabi, T., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukwuma, S. T. eds. Re-centering Cultural Performance and Orange Economy in Post-colonial Africa: Policy, Soft Power, and Sustainability. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [with Aja, U. A., & Awosusi, O.].

“Nollywood, the Orange Economy and the Appropriation of Nigeria’s Soft Power”. In Afolabi, T., Ogunnubi, O., & Ukuma, S. T. eds. Re-centering Cultural Performance and Orange Economy in Post-colonial Africa: Policy, Soft Power, and Sustainability. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [with Idowu, D. L].

“Music Diplomacy: The Soft Power of Nigerian Gospel Melody”. In Ogunnubi, O., & Folarin, S eds. Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond (eds). Idaho: Lexington Books. [with Idowu, D.L]

“Nigeria’s Religious Soft Power: Turning the Tide of a Declining Image”. In Ogunnubi, O., & Folarin, S eds. Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond (eds). Idaho: Lexington Books. [with Folarin, S., & Ogbonna, C.]

“Post-Colonial Relations in Africa and the Emergence of Religion as an Instrument for Inter-State Diplomacy”. In Ogunnubi, O., & Folarin, S eds. Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond (eds). Idaho: Lexington Books. [with Malmbo, V.]

“Introduction: Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond”. In Ogunnubi, O., & Folarin, S eds. Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond (eds). Idaho: Lexington Books. [with Folarin, S.]

“’We Know Each Other’: Analyzing Interactions Between African International and Local Students in South African Universities”. In Isike, C., and E. M., Isike. eds. Conflict and Concord: The Ambivalence of African Migrant/Host Relations in South Africa. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 219-241.

“Nigeria’s Creative Industry: From Soft Power Ideation to Instrument of Cultural Diplomacy”. In Eriomala, L., and Wapmuk, S. (eds), Culture and Nigeria’s Foreign Relations in a Globalising World. Nigerian Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO): Abuja. [with Ogbonna, C.].

“Causes, effects, and implications of political violence and disorder in West African states: Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria”. In Amusan, L. and Badmus, I. A. (eds), Political Instability in Africa. Washington: Academic Press. [with Ettang, D.].

“Soft Power: Nigeria’s Emerging Strategy in Africa’s Geo-Politics”. In Ogunnubi, O. & Oyewole, S. (eds), Power Politics in African States: Perspectives on South Africa and Nigeria, pp. 203-228. Cambridge Scholars Publishers: Newcastle.

“Concluding Thought: An Afrocentric Perspective on Regionalism, Hegemony, and Geopolitics”. In Ogunnubi, O. & Oyewole, S. (eds), Power Politics in African States: Perspectives on South Africa and Nigeria, 254-262. Cambridge Scholars Publishers: Newcastle. [with Oyewole, S.].

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“Regional Supremacy or Coaltion? South Africa’s Political-economic Intergration in Southern Africa”. In Bheki Mngomezulu (ed), Foreign Policy Posture in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Consistencies and Ambiguities, pp. 155-178. Cambridge Scholars Publisher: Newcastle. [with Mlambo, D.N.].

“Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities”. In Toyin Falola and Kenneth Kalu (eds.), Africa and Globalization: Challenges of Governance and Creativity, pp. 109-140. Palgrave Macmillan: New York. [with Ettang, D].

“Nigeria’s attitude towards South Africa’s perceived Xenophobia: Any Need for Shared Hegemonic Power?”, In Adeoye Akinola (ed.), The Political Economy of Xenophobia in Africa: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, pp. 53-67, Switzerland: Springer Publishing. [with Amusan, L.].

“Interrogating the Role of Religious Leaders and Institutions in Conflict Management in Plateau State, Nigeria”, In Dele Babalola, and Hakeem Onapajo (eds.), A Country Under Siege of Conflict: Issues of Conflict and its Management in Democratic Nigeria, pp. 180-201. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle. [with Ettang, D].

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