Insecurity

Lake Chad Basin at tipping point as attacks, displacement surge, UN warns

The United Nations refugee agency has warned that escalating violence across the Lake Chad...

Nigeria insecurity: New study challenges narrative on victims and attackers

A six-year study has challenged widely held assumptions about Nigeria's armed violence, arguing that...

Gunmen attacks across three states stir security fears

A wave of violent attacks across parts of Nigeria over the past week has...

Tinubu finally speaks on Oyo school abductions as outrage grows

Nigeria’s federal government has finally mounted a coordinated public response to the abduction of...

Nigeria raises alarm as militants tighten grip on Mali

Nigeria has warned that the worsening militant crisis in Mali could destabilize West Africa...

15 seized in Calabar–Oron waterway attack amid rising coastal insecurity

Gunmen have abducted at least 15 passengers travelling by boat between Calabar and Oron,...

Tinubu’s delayed response to fresh Plateau, Kaduna killings angers Nigerians

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned the latest wave of killings in Plateau and...

Gunmen kill at least 30 in Plateau university community, curfew imposed

At least 30 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a university community in...

Kidnappers get N2.57bn ransom as Nigeria’s abduction economy booms

Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom crisis has hardened into a profitable criminal enterprise, generating at least N2.57...

EU Parliament decries Nigeria school kidnappings, says Christians “targeted”

The European Parliament has decried the abduction of hundreds of schoolchildren in Nigeria and...