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February 10, 2020

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 1–7

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 1 to 7, 2020.

Map of Nigeria shaded to reflect NST-documented deaths per state.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

February 22, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Corruption’s Impact on Voting in Nigeria and Mexico

This is a guest post by Asch Harwood, the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program research associate. Follow him on Twitter at @aschlfod. John Campbell has regularly made the point that from 199…

A policeman stands near a polling booth during the local government election in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos October 22, 2011.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 20, 2020

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: July 11–17

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from July 11 to 17, 2020.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 2, 2020

Local and Traditional Leadership
Nigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

In response to the November 28 killing of civilians working in rice fields in Jere local government area, close to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum appears to be looking for local entities to restore security

Men gather near dead bodies of people who were killed by militant attack, during a mass burial at Zabarmari, in the Jere local government area of Borno State. The bodies are covered in white cloth and placed on wooden structures used to carry the bodies.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 1, 2020

Nigeria
Nigerian Army at the Lekki Toll Gate

On the night of November 20, Nigerian army units attacked demonstrators calling for the abolition of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), an elite police unit known for its brutality. CNN has conducted an investigation of the Lekki episode.

A picture of the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria, the site of a killing of peaceful protesters by the Nigerian military. The #EndsSARS hashtag is seen written in chalk on the ground in the foreground of the picture.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition