A New Wave of School Attacks Rekindles Old Fears NIGERIA’S long-running battle against mass abductions has entered a troubling new phase, with recent attacks on schools raising fresh concerns about the safety of students and teachers across the country. On 15 May 2026, armed groups launched coordinated attacks on educational institutions in both the Southwest […]
Fresh Calls for a New Security Strategy SECURITY experts have urged Nigeria to adopt a more coordinated and intelligence-driven approach to confront rising insecurity, warning that piecemeal responses can no longer match the scale of threats facing the country. The call follows renewed attacks by terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, and other armed groups across several regions, […]
Stakeholders Call for Coordinated Peace Strategy THE Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), alongside key stakeholders and development partners, has intensified calls for the urgent adoption of Nigeria’s proposed National Peace Policy as insecurity continues to challenge communities across the country. The demand was made during the Second High-Level Expert Dialogue on the draft […]
STATE POLICE DEBATE RETURNS TO NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT THE long-running debate over the creation of state police in Nigeria has resurfaced with renewed urgency, as former Inspector General of Police (IGP), civil society organisations (CSOs), legal practitioners, and security stakeholders once again call for a decentralised policing structure to address worsening insecurity across the country. The […]
Coordinated Violence Mars Easter Celebrations EASTER celebrations across parts of Nigeria turned tragic as coordinated attacks in Benue State, Kaduna State and Katsina State left at least 27 people dead, several others abducted, and properties destroyed. The incidents, which occurred between late Saturday and Sunday morning, have heightened fears over worsening insecurity in rural communities, […]
States Seek Joint Solutions to Security Threats A high-level dialogue involving stakeholders from Benue, Kaduna, Katsina, and Plateau states has underscored the urgency of coordinated action to address rising insecurity across Nigeria’s North-Central and North-West regions. The consultative meeting, held in Jos, was convened by the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) in partnership […]
A Pattern of Relentless Violence NIGERIA’S security landscape is increasingly defined by a cycle of attack, response, and escalation. Recent bombings and coordinated assaults in Maiduguri illustrate how insurgent groups continue to penetrate both civilian and military targets with alarming ease. What was once a largely rural insurgency has evolved into a more complex threat, […]
A State Once Shielded FOR decades, Kwara occupied a rare space in Nigeria’s security map — a quiet bridge between the volatility of parts of the North Central and the commercial vibrancy of the Southwest. It was agrarian yet cosmopolitan, religiously diverse yet largely peaceful. Violence, many believed, happened elsewhere. That perception has changed. From […]
CDS: Armed Forces Overstretched THE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, has declared that Nigeria’s Armed Forces cannot single-handedly resolve the country’s protracted insecurity, urging urgent strengthening of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to sustain recent gains against insurgency and banditry. Oluyede made the […]
A Familiar Tragedy Repeats Itself NIGERIA is once again confronting a grim and deeply familiar reality: violent attacks erupt, public outrage surges, official reassurances follow, troops are deployed, and then the country slips back into uneasy silence—until the next bloodshed breaks the calm. This recurring cycle, now almost ritualistic, has left many Nigerians questioning whether […]