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Systemic large scale forced abortions in Nigeria’s north-east are a new development.
Protesters and police clash as South Africans march against immigrants.
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Undoubtedly, barbarity lies at the epicentre of modernity.
Young Nigerians holding up a banner at the 1-year memorial of the Lekki shootings.
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Young people’s use of technology such as Twitter shows that they are interested in politics and governance and have found a way to participate.
Soldiers gesture while standing on guard during Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri on June 17, 2021.
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The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
Some members of the Nigerian Armed Forces Sniper Unit.
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The atrocities and motivation of bandits have assumed insurgent-type criminality. But the Nigerian government is reluctant to label them terrorists or insurgents.
A group of protesters demanding better governance in Nigeria just as the country marked its 60th Independence Day anniversary on October 1, 2020.
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Although it’s failed to deliver democracy to citizens, Nigeria is not the collapsed and disintegrated entity which a 2005 US National Intelligence Council analysis predicted it would become by 2020.
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Nigeria is not getting full benefits of increased funding for its military
Protesters at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State during a peaceful demonstration against police brutality in Nigeria.
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There is a need for a special unit for civil-military relations as the police cannot deal effectively with protests.
Anger continues in Nigeria after a shooting in Lagos during ongoing protests against police brutality.
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The International Criminal Court has been called to investigate the shooting of unarmed protesters in Lagos.