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Tinubu Declares Nationwide State of Emergency on Security, Orders Massive Army, Police Recruitment

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By Emmanuel Kwada President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday declared a nationwide security emergency in response to the recent surge in violent attacks and kidnappings across several states. The President announced sweeping measures, including mass recruitment into the police and armed forces, accelerated training programmes, and the deployment of forest guards to confront Continue Reading
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Data: Now, herdsmen shed more blood than bandits and terrorists

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Key Points:  Over 800 Killed, Scores Injured, Many Kidnapped in 48 Days  North-Central is epicenter of killings  Governors lament; no solution in sight By Emmanuel Kwada Nigeria is grappling with an alarming surge in violence, with no fewer than 872 persons killed, hundreds injured, and over 350 abducted across multiple states in the last 48 […]Continue Reading
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‘Why Chibok Schoolgirls were abducted’- by former Borno State Governor Shettima

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(This is an excerpt of an interview Governor Shettima granted Theophilus Abbah and published in Daily Trust on Sunday in May 2014) It’s about two weeks since Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram. Is there any good news for their parents? ‎That incident is one nightmare that troubles me so much as a father […]Continue Reading
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‘How to curtail insecurity in South-East’

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Barrister Charles Odenigbo is a veteran journalist and lawyer. He is enthusiastic about unity, justice and economic development in Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on what both federal and state governments should do to stem insecurity in the South-East.   How does the current insecurity affect national cohesion and the economy of the South-East? […]Continue Reading
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The Intelligence Community and the New Challenges

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By Eric Teniola The crisis is an opportunity to make good on big changes. So never waste a good crisis. The late British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874-24 January 1965) once wrote,” never let a good crisis go to waste”. After the brutal assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (8 November 1938 […]Continue Reading
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ISS: New insights into how communities resist Boko Haram

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By Akinola Olojo, Senior Researcher, ISS Communities affected by violent extremism are frequently considered to have risk factors linked to socio-economic deprivation, bad governance, and religious radicalization. These factors prevail across the whole of northern Nigeria, and in the north-eastern Bauchi and Gombe states. However, despite Boko Haram’s factions being active Continue Reading
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Regrouping Sokoto bandits force thousands out of their communities

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Recent military operations in Sokoto has seen bandits regrouping away from their usual hideouts. In retaliation for aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force, they have been attacking villages, displacing thousands of farmers.  Our correspondent speaks to some of the people displaced by this latest twist in the bandits’ crisis. Recent military bombardments of bandits’ Continue Reading
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[Terrorism Tracker] Joint Task Force, Mama Boko Haram, and other stories

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By Ifah Ele Sunday As Nigerians worry about Covid-19, they tend to push the activities of terrorists and bandits to the background. However, these evil men have killed many more persons than Covid-19 has in the last four months and counting. In this edition of Terrorism Tracker, we provide insight into the perennial violence and […]Continue Reading
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