Between June and August 2023, emerging domestic and international events shaped Nigeria’s political, social, economic and policy landscape. For example, the new administration is confronted with domestic grievances from the hardship brought about by the fuel subsidy removal and other reforms, which triggered nationwide upset. The accompanying high cost of living pushed people into opportunistic crimes, as seen in the looting in Adamawa and fed into already existent crimes. Politically, the disputed presidential elections stoked tensions from the beginning of the petition by aggrieved parties down to the final verdict.
This edition of the Nigeria Violent Conflict Bi-Monthly report captured the country’s security situation between July and August 2023 from the lens of the most prevalent crisis types in the country. Between July and August 2023, banditry was commonplace in North West Nigeria, while farmer-herder conflicts and gunmen attacks dominated Northcentral and Southeast.
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