British Government Updates Travel Advice Across Nigeria

According to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), about 117,000 British nationals visit Nigeria each year. Sequel to this, the FCO recently updated its travel advise across Nigeria. The latest information updated on June 2, 2016, is remains current as at 6 June, 2016.

Security Alert! Niger Delta Militants Dares Buhari, Vows To Cripple Nigeria's Economy

A new militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria that goes by the moniker - Niger Delta Avengers, has threatened to make the country's economy worse by acts of sabotage, particularly in the oil sector. The threat, made via a statement issued by the group, is a response to comments made by President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to China. 

Cultural Intelligence, Security Awareness, Tips For Expats Coming To Nigeria

Preamble:

Notwithstanding a battered image, negative publicity occasioned by unremitting Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency, sporadic Fulani herdsmen attacks, proliferation of kidnap for ransom and extortion, pervasive corruption and advanced fee fraud or ‘’419’’ narratives by few unscrupulous Nigerians, far from it that Nigeria is a bastion of instability, insecurity, crime and fraud. It’s said that in every twelve, there’s a Judas; it is not usual that there will be bad and desperate folks in a country of 170 million people, where many suffer in the midst of abundance. The goings-on, hitches inherent in Nigeria are largely man-made and characteristic of a disparate body politic trying to negotiate itself into nationhood. The gospel truth and good news is that Nigeria is imbued with great potentials and many Nigerians are sanguine, morally antiseptic, benevolent, and very hospitable.

Security Mapping: Guide To Threats, Crime And Terrorism Hotbeds In Nigeria (Part 3)

As I said in the introductory part of this essay, this project is aimed at mapping or collating salient risks, threats, safety concerns, crime, terrorism or violence extremism hotspots representative of Nigeria’s cities and 36 states of the country. This is the third tranche of this research. If you missed part one, read it here. Part two of the essay can also be found here. The current essay maps, collates threats, risks, crime and security hotspots or security, safety challenges inherent in South-South, popularly known as the Niger-Delta – comprising - Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers states; the North-East – comprising - Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states and North-Central - Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau states geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

Security Mapping: Guide To Threats, Crime And Terrorism Hotbeds In Nigeria (Part 1) (Updated)

Aim: This project is designed to map or collate salient risks, threats, safety concerns, atrocious crimes, terrorism or violence extremism hotspots representative of Nigeria’s cities and 36 states of the country.  This research became exigent given the paucity of up-to-date official crime survey and statistics in Nigeria.

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Slaughter 50 People, Police Inspector in Niger State

Tragedy struck Tuesday evening in Alawa community, Shiroro Local Government council of Niger State, when gunmen invaded the town killing 50 people and injured hundreds of others.

Boko Haram Insurgency: Nigeria Not Safe Yet – US, UK and Canada Warn It's Citizens

Notwithstanding the weakening of Boko Haram’s capacity to carry out large-scale attacks against civilians and soldiers by Nigerian troops in the North-East, the United States, United Kingdom and Canada still warn their citizens against travelling to Nigeria.