On January 27, 2023, Nextier conducted a nationwide face-to-face poll of eligible voters in rural and urban communities in Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The polls show Labour Party leading the voters’ preference at 37 percent of the survey respondents. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secured 27 percent of the survey responses, while the […]
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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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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
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,
Since 2020, Nextier has maintained a database of violent conflicts in Nigeria. The database tracks violent conflicts such as banditry, terrorism, extra-judicial killings, farmer-herder incidents, armed robbery, cultism, piracy, secession agitation, and communal clashes. The Nextier Violent Conflict Database aims to provide detailed insights into violent conflicts in Nigeria for research, policy advocacy, development and
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On the 30th of August 2022, Nextier launched the Nigeria Security Situation Analysis Report. The report is based on tracked data from the Nextier Violent Conflict Database between January 2021 to June 2022. The in-person and virtual event brought together experts and relevant stakeholders to interrogate Nigeria\’s armed conflict trajectory. There were two-panel sessions. While the
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In February 2022, when Chukwuma Soludo was sworn in as the elected Governor of Anambra state, his recurrent mantra was to hit the ground running from day one. But like most development objectives, security and stability are major prerequisites. Anambra state and other southeast states are home to gunmen violence and persistent pro-Biafra secessionism. As
As a security, peace and development consulting firm, Nextier SPD seeks to provide insights into the state of insecurity in Nigeria as its input to the continued efforts to impact security policy and programming in Nigeria. This study aims to understand the state of insecurity on Nigerian roads. Data on road security would provide insights
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Cultism and gang-related activities are not unique to Nigeria. It is a growing security threat that is prevalent among Nigeria’s youth. For decades, Nigerian schools, especially tertiary institutions, have been the breeding grounds for violent cults and gangs. The cults have moved from the tertiary institutions into the streets in direct negation of the founding
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Nigeria’s communal and ethnoreligious struggles draw from its multicultural and multi-ethnic diversity. However, the various unresolved group wars have worsened from the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War to the various low intensive conflicts. As a result, diversity, which should be Nigeria’s source of socio-economic strength, is a liability. Anugwom (2000) argues that the ethnic factor in Nigeria
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