Analyses
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Blood, Betrayal, and the Fractured Caliphate
Behind the facade of order and cunning that the terror group Boko Haram, and its splinter group ISWAP, flaunt to…
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The Deepfakes Moving Africa Carry European Fingerprints
“So what?” Richard Martin, a US-based pan-Africanist, shot back on LinkedIn, dismissing another user who dared to call a trending…
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After Katsina Mosque Attack, Familiar Question Returns: Do Peace Deals Work?
The first call to prayer in Malumfashi, northwestern Nigeria, was barely finished when gunmen stormed the Unguwan Mantau area. It…
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What Arrests of Ansaru’s Top Leaders Mean for Nigeria’s Security
On Aug. 16, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, announced that security services had captured two terror leaders, including…
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Nigeria’s Mental Health Act and the Struggle for Implementation
A lunatic. An idiot. A person of unsound mind. These three phrases were used in The Nigerian Lunacy Ordinance of…
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Miscarriage, Childbirth in Jail: The Failure of Nigeria’s Criminal Justice System
She lost her pregnancy in prison in what she describes as “a miscarriage of justice”. The experience Ayodele Bukunmi had…
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Nigeria’s Policing Crisis: A Role Lost to the Military
From camps in Borno to street corners in Jos or online forums in Lagos, Nigerians are asking the same question:…
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Nigeria’s Former President Buhari Dies: What His Legacy Means for Security
In December 2014, an incumbent president lost a re-election bid for the first time in Nigeria’s history. It was a…
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Blockage of Biafra Memory Websites Highlights Disturbing Pattern in Nigeria
She did not know her mother was a Biafran refugee until she was about 18 years old. They were watching…
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Nigeria’s Governance Gap Widens as Ungoverned Areas Multiply
The spate of insecurity in Nigeria is turning many local communities into ungovernable spaces. As the secular government withdraws from…
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