OLASUPO OLAKUNLE THOMPSON

@funaab.edu.ng

Senior lecturer
Federal UNiversity of Agriculture Abeokuta



                 

https://researchid.co/tomobaba

Dr Olasupo Olakunle THompson teaches History and Political Science to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. His areas of specialsations are on Social and Politcial History. He has published in local, national and international journals including AFrika Focus, African Identities, Ethnic Stueis Review among others. He is a fellow of Institute of French Studies in AFrica (IFRA), member of the Historical Soceity of Nigeria (HSN) and Social Studies Assocaition of Nigeria (SOSAN).

EDUCATION

University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State. Nigeria

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

History, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Political Science and International Relations

FUTURE PROJECTS

NHIS to NHIA: perception and Wareness of Rural Dwellers in Abeokuta, Southwest NIgeria

The paper examines the awareness and percetion of rural dwellers about the newly eacted NHIA which was formely NHIS.


Applications Invited
Internal Collaboration
8

Scopus Publications

107

Scholar Citations

4

Scholar h-index

2

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications


  • "If You All Don't Save Me, I Will End My Life": An Assessment of (Il)legal Online Digital Lenders (Loan Sharks) in Nigeria
    Olasupo Thompson, Funmi Bode-Alakija, and Phoebe D. Awange

    Brill
    Abstract This article examines the activities of (il)legal online lenders in Nigeria. A qualitative method was adopted in which literature, media reports, commentaries and indepth interviews were deployed. We argue that the insufficient regulatory role of the government, the laxity of laws, a failure to initiate social security, poor access to loan facilities, corruption and poverty, among other factors, account for the incursions of illegal online lenders (loan sharks) who deploy unorthodox methods in reclaiming their loans from defaulters in Nigeria, and that use of force remains ineffective. We recommend a more robust and holistic framework to tackle (il)legal online lenders. This must, among other things, start from the government’s political will, revamping the economy, establishing an effective regulatory role of government and its agencies in the online and offline financial institutions, and creating job opportunities, access to loans and an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

  • ‘Carry us along and you will see wonders’: COVID-19 pandemic and search for local cures in Nigeria
    Ridwan Tosho Idris and Olakunle Olasupo Thompson

    Informa UK Limited
    This paper examined how the panic created by the advent of corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic led to the search for local cures, the responses and reactions of the government to the local cure as well as why the government preferred Western solution over local cures in spite of its investments and efforts to develop local cures in Nigeria. The study adopted the qualitative methods and thus relied on data elicited from books, journals, COVID-19 news reports, bulletins, and newspapers. The study finds a gap in the manner in which the government adopted the Western cures over its own in spite of its huge investments in local solutions. The rationale for reliance on western solutions were the lack of data, lack of replicability among others. The paper concludes that local search for the COVID-19 vaccine if encouraged would not have only saved the nation huge export of scarce financial resources but would have also created the take-off for novel therapeutic or prophylactic products for the prevention and treatment of endemic and emerging diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and other preventable diseases. One of the recommendations for the study is the need for adequate funding and political will to support local cures. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of African Identities is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

  • Beyond the 2019 general election: Critical lessons for Nigeria's democratic experiment
    Uche S. Odozor, Olasupo O Thompson, Ngozi S. Atata, and Stanislaus O. Okonkwo

    De Gruyter

  • Beyond the Capture of ‘Camp Zero’: Terrorism and Insecurity in a Failing-Weak State
    O. O. Thompson, A. S. Afolabi, and A. Shola Abdulbaki

    SAGE Publications
    In 2016, the spiritual base of Boko Haram, known as ‘Camp Zero’ was captured. With such success, most had thought that the chicken has finally come home to roost. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Because aside from Boko Haram, the country seems to experience other vagaries of insecurity. This range from kidnapping, cult and ritual groups in the south—such as female pant hunters, Badoo—oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism, cattle rustling and herdsmen–farmers crises, among others. Against this backdrop, this study is an attempt to trace the history of the terror group and examine the numerous insecurity challenges across the country despite international collaborations. The study revealed among other things that the perpetuation of terror and insecurity in the land is a reflection of the nature of the state itself—a failing, weak state. The study recommends that until there is a solution to the nature of the state itself, the insecurity will continue. Some of the solutions suggested are entrenchment of good leadership, political will, rule of law, good governance, eradication of poverty and illiteracy, and inclusive policies, among others.

  • A Conceptual and Ethical Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa’s Development Crisis: The Marange Experience
    U. S. Odozor, R. R. Aduradola, O. O. Thompson, and E. O. Akintona

    Springer International Publishing

  • ‘The World Against Us’: The Vulnerable Group, Marange Diamond Mines and the Corporate Social Responsibility Question
    O. O. Thompson, R. R. Aduradola, U. S. Odozor, O. G. F. Nwaorgu, A. S. Afolabi, and A. O. Ade-Ibijola

    Springer International Publishing

  • Sweeter with age: The enigmatic Miss Jane McCotter in the colonial services of the Egba Native administration in Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1929-1955


RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • 'WHEN WE NOTICE THESE, CALAMITY IS COMING: SOOT, MATERNAL HEALTHCARE AND THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA'S NIGER-DELTA
    O THOMPSON, O AJEWOLE, BJ JINADU, PD AWANGE, EO ADEMOLA, ...
    Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development 7 (5) 2024

  • PROTRACTED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS’VIOLENCE AND FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS TO COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS BY THE NIGERIAN STATE: BETWEEN OPTIMISM AND DESPAIR
    OS AINA, OO THOMPSON
    PROCEEDINGS 2024

  • ASSESSING THE RELEVANCE AND EFFICACY OF TRADITIONAL MODELS OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN MODERN AFRICAN STATES
    OS AINA, OO THOMPSON, MA OBI
    Journal of Humanities, Social Science and Creative Arts 19 (1), 35-48 2024

  • ARE YOU GONNA COOPERATE WITH ME OR I RELEASE YOUR NUDE': SEXTORTION, RESPONSES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
    OO THOMPSON, RT IDRIS, EO ADEMOLA, BA AKINRETI-RAJI, ...
    OCHENDO: An African Journal of Innovative Studies 5 (3) 2024

  • Blood on the Dance Floor: Police Brutality,# EndSARS Protest Movement and Responses in Lagos, Nigeria
    OO Thompson, IA Adams, PD Awange, SO Adekoya, OS Aina, ...
    Journal of Administrative Science 21 (2), 118-146 2024

  • ‘Show no Mercy in the Other Room’: Examining Local Alcoholic Aprodisiac Consumpion among Male Youths in Rural Abeokuta, SOuthwest Nigeria IA
    OO Thompson, SO Oladele, F Falobi, T Dada
    AFRICAN JOURNAL FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SOCIAL ISSUES 27 (3), 254-270 2024

  • ‘Beyond our pregnancies and bodies’: benefits and barriers to antenatal care clinic utilisation among pregnant women in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria
    O Thompson
    African Identities, 1-18 2024

  • Has Banditry Come to Stay? Triggers, Impacts and Failures of Responses to Banditry in Northern Nigeria
    OO Thompson, PD Awange, M Obi, O Aina, K Adeosun, B Jinadu
    African Journal of Politics and Administrative Studies (AJPAS) Copy Right 2024

  • “If You All Don’t Save Me, I Will End My Life”: An Assessment of (Il) legal Online Digital Lenders (Loan Sharks) in Nigeria
    O Thompson, F Bode-Alakija, PD Awange
    Afrika Focus 37 (1), 94-121 2024

  • Deity As Power Broker In A Predatory State: Politics Of Oro Religious Rites In The 2023 General Elections In Lagos, Nigeria.
    O Thompson, A Adebiyi, O L. C, SO Oladele, BJ Jinadu
    Benue State Journal of Political Science, 7, 7 (2), 347-368 2024

  • Destroy their Tongue and Identity so that they will Never build the House: Language, Identity and (Under) development of Africa
    OO Thompson, KG Adeosun, EC Chinaguh, AA Adebiyi
    Journal of Social Development 15 (2) 2024

  • When gods Return in Body Bags: The Evolution of Depositions, Exiles and Medical Tourisms among Yoruba Traditional Rulers in Southern Nigeria, c. 1476–2016
    OO Thompson, OGF Nwaorgu
    Social Evolution and History 23 (1) 2024

  • YOUTH CHALLENGES AND FAILURES OF STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NIGERIAN ‘LAZY’ YOUTHS
    O Thompson, OS Aina, M Obi, PD Awange
    Indian J. Society. & Politics 11 (1), 23-34 2024

  • “He Would Have Been Born if Not For Emefiele”: Impact of Currency Redesign on Maternal Healthcare Services in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria
    O Thompson, B Kanumuangi, R Aduradola, AN Raheem
    Advances in Women's Studies 5 (2), 31-37 2023

  • Preparations Of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) And Outcome Of The 2023 General Elections In Nigeria
    OO Thompson, R Idris, O Ademola, M Obi
    Journal of African Elections 22 (2), 114-148 2023

  • Beyond the Border that Bothers Us: Illicit Drugs, Borderlands Insecurity and Responses in Nigeria
    OO Thompson
    African Amani 9 (2) 2023

  • ‘Carry us along and you will see wonders’: COVID-19 pandemic and search for local cures in Nigeria
    TR Idris, O Thompson
    African Identities 21 (2) 2023

  • Nigeria: Birthed by Decree, Struggling under Democracy
    O Thompson
    A Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures (Security and Professional 2023

  • Covid-19 Lock Down Measures And Domestic Violence In Nigeria”
    O Thompson, P Awange
    The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems: Major Reference Work 2022

  • ‘Down But Not Out’: Responses of the Church in Mitigating the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown in South-West of Nigeria
    OO Thompson, F Bode-Alakija, AA Adebiyi, CA Onifade
    Diva Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 10 (1), 21-45 2022

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Management of organizational conflict in nigeria polytechnics, an empirical study of the federal polytechnic, ede osun state
    A Adebile Olukayode
    International Journal of Asian Social Science 2 (3), 229-243 2012
    Citations: 32

  • United we fall, divided we stand: Resuscitation of the Biafra state secession and the national question conundrum
    OO Thompson, CC Ojukwu, OGF Nwaorgu
    Journal of Research in National Development 14 (1), 1-14 2016
    Citations: 23

  • Gender violence in Nigeria: An unremitting allotment of a frankenstein
    OO THOMPSON
    J. Hum. Soc. Sci. Crtv. Arts 7, 14-29 2012
    Citations: 6

  • ‘When I See the ‘Broom’, I Will Pass over You’: An Assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Crusade in Nigeria, 2015-2019
    OO Thompson, AS Afolabi, AN Raheem, CA Onifade
    UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 21 (2), 195-232 2020
    Citations: 4

  • Terrorism, the Vulnerable Population and Social Inclusion Question in Nigeria
    O Thompson, R Aduradola
    ASUU journal of Humanities 3 (3), 1-14 2016
    Citations: 4

  • Mutiny, Desertion and State Response in the Nigeria Armed Forces and its Implications
    O Thompson
    Ife Social Sciences Review 29 (1), 14-30 2021
    Citations: 3

  • Public reaction to federal government’s farmer-herder conflicts through the RUGA policy-can one continuously do the same and expect different result?
    A Afolab, O Thompson, O Ademola, O Nwaorgu, A Onifade
    Africa Insight 49 (4), 88-103 2020
    Citations: 3

  • Beyond the capture of ‘Camp Zero’: Terrorism and Insecurity in a Failing-Weak State
    OO Thompson, AS Afolabi, AS Abdulbaki
    India Quarterly 75 (3), 303-322 2019
    Citations: 3

  • The Implication of Fake News, Hate Speech and Government Responses in Nigeria, 2015-2019
    OO Thompson, OGF Nwaorgu, A Afolabi, Aduradola, R., US Odozor, ...
    Journal of Communication and Media Research 11 (2), 159-171 2019
    Citations: 3

  • Maternity Leave, What about Paternity Leave? Child Care and the Social Inclusion Question in Nigeria
    OO Thompson
    Gender and Behaviour 14 (1), 6966-6974 2016
    Citations: 3

  • The Leahy Law , Nigeria's counter terrorism Measures and Foreign policy direction
    O Thompson, OGF Nwaorgu, F Boge
    african journal of international affairs and Development 20 (1&2), 61-85 2016
    Citations: 3

  • Has Banditry Come to Stay? Triggers, Impacts and Failures of Responses to Banditry in Northern Nigeria
    OO Thompson, PD Awange, M Obi, O Aina, K Adeosun, B Jinadu
    African Journal of Politics and Administrative Studies (AJPAS) Copy Right 2024
    Citations: 2

  • ‘Carry us along and you will see wonders’: COVID-19 pandemic and search for local cures in Nigeria
    TR Idris, O Thompson
    African Identities 21 (2) 2023
    Citations: 2

  • Sweeter with Age: The Enigmatic Miss Jane McCotter in the Colonial Services of the Egba Native Administration in Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1929-1955
    OO Thompson, SA Afolabi, OGF Nwaorgu
    Journal of International Women's Studies 20 (7), 334-348 2019
    Citations: 2

  • A Dereliction of the Child Rights Act: A Diagnosis of a Pretext in Nigerian Context
    OO Thompson, POM Njemanze, RR Aduradola, CA Onifade, FIO Boge
    IRORO: Journal of Humanities 16 (1), 16-36 2015
    Citations: 2

  • When gods Return in Body Bags: The Evolution of Depositions, Exiles and Medical Tourisms among Yoruba Traditional Rulers in Southern Nigeria, c. 1476–2016
    OO Thompson, OGF Nwaorgu
    Social Evolution and History 23 (1) 2024
    Citations: 1

  • Preparations Of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) And Outcome Of The 2023 General Elections In Nigeria
    OO Thompson, R Idris, O Ademola, M Obi
    Journal of African Elections 22 (2), 114-148 2023
    Citations: 1

  • Beyond the Border that Bothers Us: Illicit Drugs, Borderlands Insecurity and Responses in Nigeria
    OO Thompson
    African Amani 9 (2) 2023
    Citations: 1

  • Covid-19 Lock Down Measures And Domestic Violence In Nigeria”
    O Thompson, P Awange
    The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems: Major Reference Work 2022
    Citations: 1

  • ‘Down But Not Out’: Responses of the Church in Mitigating the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown in South-West of Nigeria
    OO Thompson, F Bode-Alakija, AA Adebiyi, CA Onifade
    Diva Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 10 (1), 21-45 2022
    Citations: 1

Publications

Thompson, O. O., Adeosun, K. G., Chinaguh, E. C., Adebiyi, A. A. 2024. Destroy their Tongue and Identity so that they will Never build the House: Language, Identity and (Under)development of Africa. Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS), Vol. 15, 2: DOI: . Published by the Department of Public Administration, Nnamdi Azikwe Univerisity, Awka. ANambra State.
1. Thompson, O. O and Nwaorgu, O.G. F. 2024. When gods Return in Body Bags: The Evolution of Depositions, Exiles and Medical Tourisms among Yoruba Traditional Rulers in Southern Nigeria, c.1476-2016. Social Evolution and History Vol. 23: (Scopus).
2. Thompson, O. O.. Alakija, F. B., and Awange, P D. 2024. ‘If you all don’t save me, I will end my An assessment of (Il)legal online lenders (Loan Sharks) in Nigeria. Afrika Focus Vol 35, 1: 91-121. (Scopus)
3. Thompson O.O, Aina O. S., Obi M. A., Phobe D Awange 2024 Youth Challenges And Failures Of Stakeholders’ Interventions in Africa: The Experience Of The Nigerian ‘Lazy’ Youths. Indian J. Soc. & Pol. 11 (01):23-34. Published by the Winsome India Educational Trust, Mau, U.P. India
4. Thompson, O. O., Ridwan Idris, Oluniyi Ademola, and Modupe Obi, 2023. Preparations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Outcome of the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria Journal of African Elections 22, 2: 114-148 Education Institute of South Africa.
5. Thompson, O.O., Bukola Kanumuangi, Aduradola, R

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

11 years Experiece in Research and Teaching