Nigeria’s 2027 presidential race is moving from speculation to hard political tests: court rulings, candidate eligibility battles, opposition fragmentation, regional vote strategy and the...
Your weekly Nigeria and Sahel security briefing — 13 events, fully sourced, fully analysed. This week: nine people killed across Plateau State. Bandits abduct...
ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Armed Forces of Nigeria rescued 655 kidnapping victims and engaged in 367 operational encounters across various regional theatres during September,...
Your weekly Nigeria and Sahel security briefing — 13 events, fully sourced, fully analysed. This week: nine people killed across Plateau State. Bandits abduct...
ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Armed Forces of Nigeria rescued 655 kidnapping victims and engaged in 367 operational encounters across various regional theatres during September,...
Boko Haram and ISWAP are not the same organisation—and they have operated as distinct, frequently hostile insurgent factions since their violent split in 2016.
Understanding...
On August 21, 2026, Lakurawa-linked fighters stormed mosques
in Borgu, Niger State during Friday prayers — abducting more
than 60 worshippers and posting a video of...
Nigeria’s security picture this week is defined by mass killings, mass abductions, rapid-response rescues and renewed pressure along the country’s northern border corridors.
Nigeria: In...
More than a decade after the Chibok schoolgirls' abduction shocked the world, another community in Borno State is asking a painful question: Have we...
