Analyses
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Can The New Community Guards Slow Tide Of Armed Violence In Nigeria’s North West?
A week after killing 14 locals and wounding 17 others during a religious procession at Rugar Kusa village in Katsina,…
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Nigeria’s Off-Season Elections: Did Heavy Security Deployments Contain Anticipated Violence?
Before elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states last weekend, Nov. 11, there were already many signs of…
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Nigeria’s Off-Season Polls: As Election Day Draws Near, Terror Lurks Around Kogi’s Streets
Blessing Ubodo was happy to work as an ad-hoc staff for Nigeria’s elections body known as the Independent National Electoral…
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Why Are Terrorists In North West Nigeria Targeting Female Undergraduates?
In a new turn of events, terrorists in North West Nigeria are repeatedly kidnapping female university students, which may be…
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Off-Cycle Polls: Insecurity Threatens Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Governorship Elections
With a total of 5.41 million eligible voters, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct governorship elections…
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Nigeria’s 2023 Elections And The Undercurrents Of Coordinated Internet Campaigns
The general elections in Nigeria this year were tightly contested — the presidential race especially. Nothing illustrates this better than…
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#EndSARS: Reopening Old Wounds Three Years After Lekki Massacre
After Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared a curfew on Oct. 20, 2020, in Lagos, Nigeria, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation…
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Independence Day: The Hurdles Against Press Freedom In Nigeria Since 1960
Though the history of the Nigerian press dates back to 1859 with the appearance of Iwe Iroyin in the South…
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How Many Nigerians Will Be In Poverty Because Of Cost Of Living Crisis?
Over half of all Nigerians could be living below the poverty line in the next few years as a result…
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Mozambique Grapples With Escalating Violence As Terror Attacks Persist
Members of the Islamic State’s affiliate in Mozambique have continued to wreak havoc in the rural areas of the coastal…
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