Tag: Nigeria

(Nigeria) Nigeria’s Internal Security Problem (CFR)

Nkasi Wodu The Nigerian minister of defense recently enjoined Nigerians to take up arms to defend themselves against marauding bandits in their communities. The minister’s statement aligns...

(Nigeria) Rising insecurity in northwest Nigeria: Terrorism thinly disguised as banditry (Brookings)

Oluwole Ojewale In spite of government efforts, the security situation in Nigeria is deteriorating. Indeed, the lingering conflict between herders and farmers in north-central Nigeria has been rated six...

(Nigeria) More Schoolchildren Abducted in Nigeria (HRW)

Anietie Ewang Gunmen in Nigeria’s northwestern Niger State attacked a government school yesterday, reportedly abducting hundreds of students and teachers and killing one student. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/17/more-schoolchildren-abducted-nigeria

(Nigeria) Gunmen Kidnap ‘Hundreds’ of Schoolboys in Central Nigeria (The Defense Post)

Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with...

(Nigeria) Nigeria’s New Military Chiefs Face Uphill Battle (Chatham House)

Matthew Page https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/nigerias-new-military-chiefs-face-uphill-battle

(Nigeria) Investing in national public health institutes for future pandemics: Lessons from Nigeria (Brookings)

Chikwe Ihekweazu https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/02/10/investing-in-national-public-health-institutes-for-future-pandemics-lessons-from-nigeria/

Gunmen raid villages in northwest Nigeria, killing 19 (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/8/gunmen-kill-19-in-village-raids-on-northwest-nigeria

(Nigeria) North Nigeria City in Dark for Week After ISWAP Sabotages Supply Lines (The Defense Post)

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/02/02/nigeria-city-dark-iswap/

(Nigeria) Gunmen Kidnap, Kill Dozens in Nigeria After Military Revamp (The Defense Post)

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/01/29/gunmen-kidnap-kill-dozens-nigeria/

(Nigeria) Nigerian President Buhari replaces top military commanders (Al Jazeera)

Buhari has been under pressure due to the deteriorating security situation in the country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/nigerian-president-buhari-replaces-top-four-military-chiefs

(Nigeria) Armed group captures military base in northeast Nigeria (Al Jazeera)

Government troops and hundreds of residents have been forced to flee after an armed group overran a town and captured a military base in...

(Nigeria/Pandemic/Vaccines) Nigeria warns against fake COVID vaccines (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian authorities have warned against fake coronavirus vaccines in the country where 10 million real doses of the shots are expected to arrive in...

Perceptions of the AfCFTA among small enterprises in Nigeria (Payce Madden, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/01/06/figure-of-the-week-perceptions-of-the-afcfta-among-small-enterprises-in-nigeria/

NIGERIA – Radical social change in Nigeria beyond #EndSARS (Doris Okenwa, Al Jazeera)

2020 is the year we wish we could erase from memory and, if possible, imagine it never happened. But it did happen and some...

NIGERIA/BOKO HARAM – Freed schoolboys arrive in Nigeria’s Katsina week after abduction (Al Jazeera)

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state...