





Community policing in Nigeria leans on a patchwork of local vigilantes, from Amotekun to informal village groups. This messy partnership fills a security vacuum but operates...






Forty-seven attacks on schools in two years. The conversation about protection is now a daily calculation of risk for families. Real safety needs more than gates—it...






N2 trillion vanishes yearly from Nigeria's economy, funding violence from Zamfara to Plateau. This is the shadow trade of illegal mining, where holes in the ground...






The Gulf of Guinea was once the global epicenter for maritime kidnappings. A quiet shift is underway, driven by regional cooperation and a complex security machine....






3.6 million displaced people form a nation within Nigeria, a mobile population creating security vacuums. From conflict to climate change, this crisis fuels instability, straining the...






Billions move, funding terror through kidnap ransoms, cattle rustling, and informal banking. Tracking this money trail offers a way to dismantle networks without a single bullet,...






With an N841 billion police budget, Nigeria tries to balance protest rights and state security. It's a high-wire act between constitutional promises and street-level reality, where...






A new platform aims to connect Nigeria's security agencies on one screen. The technology is funded and ready, but old habits of secrecy and spotty infrastructure...






A police officer visits the palace first. This is Nigeria's primary intelligence layer, a social contract older than the state. We look at the role of...






Nigeria's border stretches over 4,000 kilometers, much of it porous and unmonitored. The solution involves technology—drones, sensors, cameras—but the investment competes with everything else. It's...