Parts of northeast Nigeria are plagued by recurrent terrorist violence, notoriously perpetuated by Boko Haram and its 2016 splinter unit, the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP). Although in recent months, running into years, a now-formidable ISWAP has carried out most of the recorded terror incidents in the region. Twelve years ago, the northeast became […]
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Electoral Poll of Rural Communities in Nigeria Nextier conducted a face-to-face poll of registered voters in rural communities in 12 states in Nigeria. The independent survey by Nextier, a policy consulting firm, defined rural communities as local government areas without tertiary educational institutions. The survey, conducted in person between October 21 and 22, 2022, intentionally
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In less than 100 days from today (November 21 2022), Nigeria’s electoral umpire – the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) – will be conducting the Presidential and National Assembly elections. It will be the seventh general election conducted by INEC since the return to civil rule in 1999. One of the low points of successive
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Nigeria’s capacity to guarantee its citizens’ security is still in doubt as non-state armed actors have continued to wreak havoc. Within the review period (November 06 – November 12, 2022), 30 incidents were recorded across 16 states, which resulted in 89 casualties (deaths and injuries) and 47 kidnap victims. As a result, there was a
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Nigeria is witnessing unprecedented mobilisation for the 2023 elections. As electioneering has kicked off, campaigns have inundated physical spaces and social platforms. Indeed, Nigeria and her allies have enormous stakes in the 2023 elections because, in recent years, the economy has dwindled, infrastructure depleted, and public security has diminished. Amid the despair, many Nigerians, especially
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As it stands, the fate and whereabouts of people in Africa who are referred to as missing persons have not received adequate national and international attention. Even though the responsibility for preventing persons from becoming missing or disappearing lies solely with the state, not much has been done by African states to safeguard their people
This edition of the Nigeria Security Weekly Snapshot shows the most recurrent crisis types and violent hotspots across Nigeria\’s 36 States and Federal Capital Territory using data from the Nextier Violent Conflict Database. The Security Snapshot shows that 45 casualties were recorded in the North Central region, the highest nationwide for the week under review.
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Nigeria has a displacement problem. Despite having about 2.7 million people already displaced in the insurgency-impacted northeast zone, thousands of people continue to make their way out of the nation\’s violent scenes and, more recently, flooded communities. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), about 8.4 million people in the
Nextier, in collaboration with the West Africa-based Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) and, in close partnership with the University of Massachusetts Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD), with financial support from the United States Department of State is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications from interested parties to attend the conference,
In the last days of October 2022, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria\’s seat of power, was in a state of an unsettling security atmosphere. On the 23rd of October, a letter reportedly from the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria warning American citizens about \”elevated risks of terror attacks in Nigeria\”, especially in Abuja, went
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