Analyses
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Nigeria’s Use Of Airstrikes For Security Operations Puts Civilians At Risk
The Nigerian government is rapidly increasing investment and use of military aircraft to support the growing militarisation of internal security…
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Out Of Sambisa: Boko Haram Defectors Face Bumpy Road Ahead
The threat of relapse and resource shortfall is casting a shadow on the disengagement process for tens of thousands of…
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‘Inefficient’ Judicial System; Mob Violence Persists In Nigeria
“Ole, ole!” (thief, thief!) “Stone him!” “Kill him!” The above are sometimes all that need to be screamed in Nigeria…
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MSF Says Children No Longer Dying Of Lead Poisoning In Northwest Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) /Doctors Without Borders, has revealed in its latest assessment that children are no longer dying of…
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Nigerian Children Used As ‘House Helps’ Face Life Of Abuse
From his narration, John Akinkunmi (not real name) was trafficked from Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria to work as a house…
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Despite Child’s Rights Act, Violence Against Children Remains Rampant In Northern Nigeria
Giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child and the African Charter on the…
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Human Rights Sinking Further With Suspect Parades In Nigeria
The public parade of suspects by Nigeria’s security operatives can be traced back to the military days when the repressive…
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Nigerian Military Captures Weapons As ISWAP Attacks Intensify In Southern Borno
Vulnerable communities in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State bore the brunt of most security incidents and attacks claimed by the Islamic…
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5 Coups In 3 Years, Democracy Under Threat Across Africa
The recent power grabs by the military in African countries may not be unconnected with bad governance perpetrated by heads…
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Reign Of Impunity: Nigeria’s Security Forces Torturing Suspects To Death
Although a signatory to the ‘United Nations Treaty Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’, adopted…
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