Search Results for: southwest Nigeria
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Armed Violence
Amid Terror: Playing ‘Hide And Seek’ With Terrorists In North-central Nigeria
It is one thing to live in terror and completely another to know that you are surrounded by it. This…
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Human Rights
‘Thief! Thief!’: Living With The Scars Of Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Rage
Frank Afanvi, 38, was a Nigerian-Togolese who lived all his life in Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos State. He taught French at…
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Armed Violence
The Deadly Crises Tearing Nigerian Rural Communities Apart
Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of…
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Armed Violence
Owo Church Massacre: Nigerian Military Announces Arrest Of Suspects
Nigeria’s military says it has arrested persons suspected to have orchestrated the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo,…
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Displacement & Migration
Life Under Bridge: The Hard Realities Of Displaced Nigerians In Lagos
Adedokun Olatundun, 65, lost her husband and three of six children to the age-long communal crisis between Offa and Erin-Ile…
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Analyses
Nigeria Is Struggling To Protect Its Prisons Despite Attempts At Reform
The attack on the Kuje medium-security custodial facility in Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday, July 5, led to the escape of…
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Armed Violence
Insecurity Worsens As Nigeria Records 736 Deaths, Abduction Victims Double In June
Following periods of improvement, the number of deaths recorded in Nigeria as a result of insecurity spiked in June, as…
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Analyses
How Civil Wars Start And Lessons For Today’s Nigeria
For decades, social scientists have researched factors which, combined, best predict that a country will experience civil war. Nigeria ticks…
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Armed Violence
As Terror Groups Expand Operations Beyond Nigeria’s Northeast
Many believe Nigeria’s counterinsurgency campaign has contained the terror groups and their cells in the Northeast. However, the swath of…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s ‘Holding Charge’ Policy Affecting Access To Justice
Sikiru Rahman, 24, was arrested by the police in January 2020 while returning from work at Badore, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…
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