Factors that trigger violence and conflicts in Nigeria lack a definite list. Conflict experts easily link the country’s existential problems to many issues including poverty, bad governance, youth...
Background The incidence of gun violence has soared across Nigeria in recent years. A day hardly passes without media reportage of gunrelated injuries and killings by violent criminals. The...
As part of the review of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Nextier SPD team conducted an institutional assessment of the programme to determine areas where it has been successful, highlight...
Nigeria has continued to lag in human capital and infrastructural development despite being the world’s tenth-largest producer of crude oil and Africa’s largest exporter of petroleum. The Niger Delta...
Background An understanding of individuals or groups' responses to circumstances can only be more evident when there are explorations on actions. With that, we can understand their invisible but...
In some communities of Southern Kaduna, residents live in perpetual fear. Some people have witnessed the recurrent violence and survived it. Hundreds of others have died during the attacks, some...
The world is currently enmeshed in a displacement crisis. Over 79.5 million persons are displaced worldwide due to several factors, such as violent conflicts and persecution. With 3.4 million...
Local conflicts in Nigeria will continue to generate numerous negative outcomes as security operatives are insufficient to address them. Discussions around regional security and community policing...
Northeast Nigeria is a stage that holds two opposing events simultaneously. The Nigerian government is realising its goal of rehabilitating low-risk repentant Boko Haram fighters as part of...
They move together in groups clutching plastic bowls. In a quest for self-survival, they go from one stranger to the another, pleading for alms. In the evenings, they return to their masters to rest...