Nigeria Summary – 27 August 2021

https://www.facebook.com/101209985249548/posts/226557959381416/?flite=scwspnss 12 August 2021 – Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, is accused by IGBO History in a report released by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law,...

Nigeria Update: 11 August 2021

Violence continues unabated across the South East. Political tensions have been raised by IPOB’s announcement that the entire South East would be on “stay at home” every Monday until Nnamdi Kanu is released. The first “stay at home” occurred on Monday 9 August. It was...

Nigeria Update: 6 August 2021

Violence continues to escalate. The South East is bracing for further hardship following a call by IPOB for a total stay away should Nnamdi Kanu not be released unconditionally. This is likely to add immeasurable hardship to a population already suffering from...

Nigeria Update – 27 July 2021

Violence and internal displacement continue to escalate. Over the weekend of 24 July 2021, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Emmanuel Shior, confirmed that there are now over a million internally displaced in Benue...

Nigeria Update – 23 July 2021

The presentation by  Bishop Hassan Kukah (Bishop of Sokoto) to the U.S.A House Committee on Religious Freedom in Nigeria on 13 July 2021 continues to provoke discussion. Below is his presentation in full:   From its inception as an independent nation, Nigeria has...

Nigeria Update – 16 July 2021

Violence continues in the south of Nigeria. The kidnapping of school students, a tactic often used by Boko Haram in Borno State, is now widespread in the South East and in the Central Belt. See below a summary of incidents reported during the past week: Insecurity:...

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