Analyses
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More Pictures From Nigeria’s Middle Belt Crisis Have Surfaced. Some Are Misleading
The social media narrative around the deadly conflict in Nigeria’s Plateau state and other parts of the Middle Belt region…
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How Effective Is Nigeria’s Fire Service Despite Huge Allocations?
On June 7, 2022, the building where Bolanle Ajayi lived in Lagos, South West Nigeria, got engulfed in flames. It…
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False! Terrorist Leader Bello Turji Not Recruited By Nigeria Police
Social media users recently circulated a picture of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist leader in North West Nigeria, wearing a…
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Social Media ‘Crowdfunding’ Signals New Phase In Nigeria’s Spiralling Kidnapping Crisis
In Nigeria, kidnap-for-ransom has become a disturbingly booming enterprise over the past few years. There are frequent reports of violent…
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Some Communities In Nigeria’s Capital Have Become Increasingly Unsafe. Satellite Data Explains It
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria is the most protected place in the country. Priority areas like Asokoro and…
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African Countries’ Ringing Support For Palestine Stems From History Of Violence
In a few weeks, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) may give its initial verdict on the South African application…
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More Accountability, Less Politics: Experts Set Agenda For Nigeria’s Security Response
Nigeria enters 2024 with a burden of devastating and multifaceted crises, from increasing attacks in the North West to the…
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No, HPV Vaccine Won’t Make You Infertile. Here Are Other Things You Should Know.
Thousands of people lose their lives to cervical cancer every year in Nigeria. Now, thanks to the free Human Papillomavirus…
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Nigerian Journalists Dodged Attacks, Mourned Lost Colleagues As They Chased Stories In 2023
Three days after he was declared missing by his family, the corpse of Hamisu Danjibga, a long-serving broadcast journalist at…
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Data Says Security Improved In 22 Nigerian States This Year. Here Are Their Names.
Data shows Nigeria recorded an overall improvement in security in 2023, but some states more than others. The Armed Conflict…
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