Southeast Nigeria has witnessed a steady rise in violent secessionism in the last two years. Fifty-two years after the horrendous Nigeria/Biafra civil war, resentments and agitations in the region...
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Learning in Crisis
The intensity of violence in Nigeria poses significant risks for school children. Several places of learning have turned to piles of ruin due to attacks by non-state armed groups. Instances are more...
Responding to Violence
Violence in Nigeria has created new security actors and concerns. Formal security agencies appear ineffectual in managing the scale of security challenges across the country. Various response by the...
Fleeing Violence - June 22, 2022
In 2022, thousands of Nigerians continue to make their way out of the nation’s violent scenes. Places once home and sources of livelihood are either deserted, turned into piles of ruin or both. The...
Nigeria’s Most Violent States - June 21, 2022
In the last eighteen months, many Nigerian states have witnessed a spike in terror. Attacks have become frequent, with hundreds of deaths and kidnap victims. In 2021, tracked data from the Nextier...
Policy Weekly Vol 6 Issue 18 | June 20 - 27, 2022: Strengthening Civil-Military Relations in Anambra State, Nigeria: Including Sustainable Peace-Building in CMR
In response to the increasing violence perpetrated by criminal gangs, particularly the unknown gunmen (UGM), across Anambra State, the state government declared a dusk to dawn curfew in eight local...
Return to Normalcy
Millions of Nigeria’s conflict-impacted populations seek refuge in overburdened displacement camps. Others are found in often hostile host communities. The new reality has created new sub-populations...
Fading Peace
Peace in many Nigerian rural communities is sparse. Old and emerging wars threaten the continued existence of many residents and their access to livelihood sources. While many have remained in the...
Torrents of Violence
Nigeria’s fragility is worsening. Rural communities appear to be at the mercy of gunmen. Also, the propensity of violence in urban and suburban areas has spiked with peace and safety increasingly...
War on Hunger and Terror
Many Nigerian farmers are faced with recurrent terror and climate change. Rising violent conflicts limit access to farmlands, destroy farms, and disrupt agricultural activities. Similarly, several...
Education on the Brink?
In 2022, Nigeria’s out-of-school children are estimated at 18.5 million, according to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The figure is a sharp rise from 10.5 million recorded in...
Policy Weekly Vol. 6 Issue 12, May 9 - 16, 2022: Strengthening Security and Peace in Northern Nigeria: Benchmarking the North-East Recovery and Stability Programme
Policy Recommendations There is an urgent need to reposition the NEDC to bring about the effective reconstruction of the region. Members of the military operations in the northern region, as in other...
Policy Weekly Vol. 6 Issue 9, April 18 - 25, 2022: A Cautionary Note on Hate Speech and Violence - The Forthcoming 2023 General Elections in Nigeria
Introduction In the early weeks of April 2022, a pastor and politician, Tunde Bakare, preaching to his congregation, gave an unusual version of the account of the death of Nigeria’s first Prime...
Northeast’s Vicious Cycle
Since 2009, northeast Nigerian states (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) have been hotbeds of violent conflict driven by jihadist organisations. Due to the unending seasons of terror, about 35,000 people have...
Break the Bias
Across Nigeria, millions of Nigerian women are caught in wars as victims and enablers. In addition, women face distinct challenges due to violent conflicts and socio-cultural biases, from the terror...
Unending Communal Wars
New cases of intercommunal wars is a periodic reminder that many vistas of conflict in Nigeria are largely unresolved. For instance, on Wednesday, 16th February 2022, renewed clashes occurred between...
Southeast Conversations
In light of current tensions in Southeast Nigeria, the Nigerian House of Representatives have asked the Chief of Armed Forces (COAS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to probe alleged...
Troubled Nigerian Children
The challenges of young Nigerians are profound and pervasive. Many adolescent girls, young women (AG&YW) and boys are inhibited by socio-cultural and socio-economic factors that impede their...
Nigeria: Education in Emergency
January 24th of every year has been mapped out to celebrate the International Day of Education. The event’s theme has always revolved around education as a basic human right and public...
'Return to farm'
Violence has characterised the relationship between Nigeria’s farming and pastoral communities for years. Indeed, lands are unsafe for agricultural activities. Even residential areas in rural...