Nigerian snipers conduct a demonstration during the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, Nigeria on April 17, 2018.
Building Peace - The Only Alternative to a Failed Nigerian State
Nigeria is battling internal conflicts and external insurgencies which threaten the country's future, and which have become a burning issue across the nation. AllAfrica and our colleagues at Premium Times interviewed peace and conflict specialist Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim in 2019 about the peacebuilding challenges which confront the country, including attacks by religious extremists, the shortcomings of military and police responses to nationwide violence, the need for more engagement from civilian and religious leaders, and competition for resources - whether land, water or earnings from oil production.
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Nigeria: Building Peace – The Only Alternative to a Failed State
allAfrica, 15 January 2020
Africa's largest economy and most populous country, with over 200 million people, has been battling internal conflicts and external insurgencies that are threatening the country's… Read more »
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4 February 2020
Nigeria's Legislature Leaders Meet President Buhari Over Insecurity
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The presidency and the national assembly are talking about recommendations to oust all chiefs of service in light of heightening insecurity in the ... see more »
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Nigeria: Return of Banditry in North West
This Day, 30 January 2020
The security agencies must live up to their responsibilities of protecting the people Read more »
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Nigeria: Senator Asks Buhari to Resign Over Insecurity
Premium Times, 29 January 2020
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as president over rising insecurity in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari - I'm Surprised By Rising Insecurity
Daily Trust, 29 January 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed surprise at the current surge of security challenges across the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Stemming Boko Haram's Resurgence
Daily Trust, 29 January 2020
It has been a week of tragedies both at home in Nigeria, and abroad. The whole nation trembled when not only was there a resurgence of deadly Boko Haram attacks, all happening in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - the Face of Buhari's Failure
Daily Trust, 29 January 2020
It will be reasonable to expect that worry lines on the faces of national leaders over the resurgence of Boko Haram would be deeper at this stage. There may be a few Nigerians who… Read more »
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Nigeria: We'll Be Harder On Bandits - Buhari
Premium Times, 28 January 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari says "harder times" await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow to Nigerians, kept many away from their means of livelihood, and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Our Security System Has Failed - Lawan
Daily Trust, 28 January 2020
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the present security system is not yielding the desired outcome and should be restructured. Read more »
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Nigeria: National Security - Unanswered Questions and Doing the Necessary
Daily Trust, 28 January 2020
The uproar by some Northern Elders over the creation of the Amotekun security outfit by the Governors of the South-West Region was totally inappropriate. Within a week of its… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Endless Insurgency
This Day, 28 January 2020
The authorities need to do more to win the war Read more »
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Nigeria: 1.2 Million Beyond Humanitarian Access - Charity
VOA, 28 January 2020
The charity Doctors Without Borders says insecurity caused by the Boko Haram conflict has put more than a million Nigerians beyond the reach of humanitarian workers. Read more »
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Peacebuilding is always hard, and even more difficult when violent conflict is spreading. U.S, French and African policymakers are struggling to balance military responses to ... Read more »
