Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / Rufus Akinyele and Ton Dietz -- Stephen Ellis: His Life and Work / Gerrie Haar -- Theft in Early Colonial Lagos, 1861–1906 / Paul Osifodunrin -- Smuggling across the Nigeria: Benin Border and Its Impact on Nigeria’s Economic Development / Jackson A. Aluede -- Changing Patterns of Crime and Malfeasance in Nigerian Port Environments since the 1990s / Edmund Chilaka -- Nature and Management of Human Trafficking: The Nigerian Edo People’s Experience / Leo Enahoro Otoide -- Militancy and Criminality in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria / Abiodun Oluwadare -- Crime at the University of Lagos: Insights from Akoka Campus / Franca Attoh -- Reporting Crime in Contemporary Lagos / Samson Folarin -- Currency Counterfeiting and “Substantial Justice” in Colonial Nigeria: Rex vs Tijani Ali, 1931–33 / Ayodeji Olukoju -- Class Based Criminal Justice Regime, Supermarket Courts, and Illicit Interests: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Administration System in Critical Perspective / A.E. Akintayo -- Stephen Ellis, (2016) This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime. London: Hurst and Company / Ayodele Atsenuwa -- Back Matter -- Short CV Stephen Ellis -- Books -- Index.

This volume in honour of Stephen Ellis is a follow-up to the public presentation of his book on the history of organised crime in Nigeria This Present Darkness (Hurst, 2016) at the University of Lagos, Nigeria on 28 October 2016. In addition to four papers, and a book review presented at this colloquium, other contributions about crime in Nigeria have been added, written by Nigerian authors. In July 2015 Stephen died, and he has worked on This Present Darkness almost to his last moments, as a senior researcher of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. This book also contains a tribute to his life and work written by his wife and scholar Gerrie ter Haar. Contributors include: A.E Akintayo, Jackson Aluede, Franca Attoh, Ayodele Atsenuwa, Edmund Chilaka, Samson Folarin, Gerrie ter Haar, Ayodeji Olukoju, Abiodun Oluwadare, Paul Osifodunrin and Leo Enahoro Otoide.