Monthly Policy

Non-state violent actors have held Northern Nigeria to ransom in the last ten years. As the state and society grapple ineffectively with these conflicts, rampaging bandits have emerged in the North-West rustling cattle, kidnapping, raping, and killing the people. But surprisingly, instead of the state and its allies to rise to the challenge of banditry, they have opted for an […]

Land in Nigeria are not only a factor of production with economic worth, but also has historical and ancestral values. These values as well as factors such as faulty colonial boundary demarcations and the new economic role of land introduced by colonial-capitalist domination, are some of the main enablers of violent conflicts over land. Click

Whether as objects of local conflicts between miners and the surrounding communities or regional conflicts such as militancy in the Niger Delta and banditry in the North-West region, mining has continued to play significant role in conflicts and insecurity across Nigeria. Although violent conflicts and insecurity have preoccupied the attention of the Federal Government, security

Over the last decade, kidnapping for ransom has evolved into one of the most pervasive and atrocious forms of criminal violence in Nigeria.  Whether in scale or frequency, kidnapping has metastasised into one of the most visible forms of security threats in the country (Osumah and Aghedo, 2012).  These days hardly does a week pass

Kaduna State has been a major flashpoint of sectarian violence for several years. In the last one year, it has been embroiled in recurrent communal clashes. In February 2019, low-intensity conflicts in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state resulted in over 60 deaths, wanton destruction of properties, and massive displacement of persons. Though there have

Plateau State which used to bear the appellation ‘Home of Peace and Tourism’ has metamorphosed into a killing field in recent years on account of sectarian violence. The 3.2 million populations of the state are composed of over 50 ethnic groups out of Nigeria’s 374 groups, making the state a miniature Nigeria in terms of diversity. However, cyclical violence on