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Analyses
Misinformation May Aggravate Tension As General Elections Approach In Nigeria
There was outrage on Nigerian social media on Thursday, June 23, after a video went viral. The person who recorded…
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News
Anglophone Separatists Kill 27 Cameroonians, 5 Nigerians In Cameroon
At 32 persons, including five Nigerians, were killed on Saturday, June 25, during an attack by Anglophone separatist fighters on…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Deadly History Of Electoral Violence In Five Charts
Nearly all of Nigeria’s general elections since independence have been tainted with the brush strokes of violence. The outrage that…
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Analyses
Violence During Party Primaries And What It Means For Nigeria’s Next General Elections
Nigeria is preparing for its general elections, which happen every four years. But already, events suggest that they will likely…
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Analyses
Chinese Expats In Nigeria Facing Increased Security Risks. What’s The Big Picture?
Chinese manufacturing investment in Africa is said to be the continent’s best hope “to industrialise in this generation”. But, in…
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Analyses
Over 820 Killed, Kidnapped In Nigeria In May, Electoral Violence On The Rise
Analysis of data collected by the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) for May 2022 shows that at least 594 people were…
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Features
Nigeria Police Interference In Civil Disputes Fueling Human Rights Abuse
Nnamdi Daniels runs a fashion designing business in Abuja, North-central Nigeria. His business survives on a constant power supply from…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Secret Police Attack On Journalists Suffocating Press Freedom
On May 13, 2022, Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) officers arrested Olamilekan Bashiru, founder of a privately owned news website…
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Features
Nigerian Rural Community Stuck In Water Crisis. A Nonprofit Takes A Photo, And It Tilts The Narrative
Kemi Gbereogun, 52, scowls as she stirs dough into Fufu, a staple made from cassava, over a fire. She is…
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Displacement & Migration
Over 500 Cameroonian Refugees Crossed To Nigeria In April – UNHCR
Reports by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) indicate that over 500 Cameroonian women, men, and children have arrived in Nigeria…
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