May 31st, 2020 Security

Nigeria Security Index: Lagos and Borno Have Highest Concentration of Violence Among States

Over the years, Nigeria has been caught in spreading acts of violence, ranging from terrorism, ethnoreligious clashes and land disputes to crimes, and such as rape and armed robbery, and political clashes. An analysis of the Nigeria Watch Data, a platform which monitors violence between, 2006 and 2020, showed recorded 27,584 cases of violence. These acts of violence led to 130,527 deaths. The number of deaths recorded was at an all-time high in 2014 with a record of 22,119 deaths. This, the 2014 statistic, represents 16.95 per cent of all deaths in the period under review.

May 22nd, 2020 Security

Nigeria Security Index: Boko Haram Rely Largely On Explosives, Landmines and IED for Attacks, Data Shows

Dataphyte launches The Nigeria Security Index Series to provide data, trends and insights on various security challenges in Nigeria.

March 4th, 2020 Security

Operation Safe Corridor and the Misplaced Investment on Terrorism

Boko Haram Islamic insurgency began in 2009 when the jihadist group started an armed rebellion against the Nigerian government. Since 2011, Boko Haram Islamic insurgency has resulted in about 37,500 deaths making it the most deadly extremist group according to the Global Terrorism Index. Attacks and casualties have been rising and in 2019 alone, insurgents caused at least 750 security force casualties. Literature suggests that the original Boko Haram Islamic insurgent group has split into different factions and at least two factions of the terrorist group have been identified.

January 14th, 2020 Security

Increasing Defence Budget And The Real Cost of Insecurity In Nigeria

My trip from the FCT to the Southwest last December was largely uneventful. A day before, I had called Akeem, a trusted cab driver, to pick me up at my residence at 5 am the next day so that I could join the first vehicle leaving Abuja for Ile-Ife, which was my destination. Ordinarily, at 5 am, I could have easily hailed a cab just a few metres away from my residence but of the series of security reports on the escalating growth of petty and violent crimes in Abuja made me choose the more costly alternative.

January 9th, 2020 Security

Your Freedom Is Non-negotiable: A Reflection On Mpape Bank Robbery

Reflecting on the needs that pushed the suspects of the foiled Mpape, Abuja, robbery to the attempted robbery act, Rashid a roadside electrical technician and Solomon a painter, both residing in Mpape, uniformly echoed “My freedom is unnegotiable”. Asking them what they meant, they went further to state that, it is better for them to go through whatever hardship ordeal they are facing at the moment, be it inability to feed or pay rent and still have the freedom to move about and sleep when they want, rather than trade this freedom for a shady deal that will land them in prison custody.