The current security situation in Nigeria calls for establishment of state police.
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One of west Africa’s most popular action films speaks to Nigeria’s pressing security issues.
Banditry is widespread in Nigeria but knowledge about its character and nature is limited.
In response to the general state of insecurity in Nigeria, local community groups in Lagos are mobilising and providing solutions.
The fragile state of Nigeria’s police contributes to the persistence of insecurity, particularly banditry, in the northern region.
Experts provide insights into the various actors involved in Nigeria’s security challenge, their motivation and why efforts to rein them in haven’t quite succeeded.
Elite competition for dominance over illegal mining locations leads to funding of armed bandits, and the use of violence against civilians in north-west Nigeria.
The capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force have geopolitical implications for combating terrorism and threats of coups in west Africa.
In Nigeria, the festive season comes with security and safety challenges. Here’s how to keep safe.
Nigeria describes Lakurawa as a new terror group. It is not. It’s been operating along the Nigeria-Niger border since 1999, an indication of the region’s growing ungoverned spaces.
Large banditry and terror attacks were relatively rare in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria’s south-west region until recently.
Governance failure and location of schools around large expanses of unprotected forest zones make school children easy targets for bandits in Nigeria’s north-west.
Nigeria’s school abductions are a sign of neglect of territorial and human security in the country.
To defeat armed banditry in its north-west region, Nigeria needs to adopt a new approach to policing.
Ecowas regulations on pastoralism discourage big investment in livestock and need to be reformed in line with present day realities.
Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
To stem the tide of violent extremism across the Sahel region, especially northwest Nigeria, the vulnerabilities and grudges of border communities need to be properly addressed.
Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
Top contributors
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Associate professor, University of Lagos
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Security Assessment in North Africa project at the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oslo
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology
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Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and also affiliated to the Centre of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria
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University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy, University of Ibadan