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1 – 10 of 17The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has broken the convention of a Christian-Muslim balance in its choice of candidates for president and vice-president, while the main…
The claim that one of Boko Haram’s factions sponsored the Kankara attack reinforces fears that jihadist outreach to bandit groups is succeeding and that violence will grow in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258367
ISSN: 2633-304X
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These shocks will sustain already heightened reform pressures on the government during a period of diminishing public revenue. Security crises across various states and regions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257599
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NIGERIA: South-west tensions likely to grow further
Nigerian south-western security.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251180
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but jihadist groups have been expanding their area of operations in recent years from northern Mali and southern Libya to West…
Senate President Bukola Saraki, an ethnic Yoruba from north-central Nigeria, is believed to be a key member of the new grouping. Saraki occupies the third most powerful position…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235970
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The attacks were the bloodiest and highest-profile acts of violence in Plateau State in recent months and reflect a trend of growing rural violence in the north-central states…
The suggestion appears to reflect a degree of alarm about the security situation in Nigeria and the wider region. Amid worsening violence nationwide, Buhari’s own recent decisions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261342
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The notice comes amid rising violence between pastoralists and settled non-Fulani, predominantly Christian farming communities in the south-west. As southern politicians grow…