Banditry is widespread in Nigeria but knowledge about its character and nature is limited.
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Nigeria’s energy insecurity has become one of its most serious development and security challenges.
Nigeria’s reliance on soldiers for civilian enforcement comes with serious costs, including human rights abuses, corruption and a rise in violent crimes.
Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits major security challenges. Job creation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth may be the solution.
The interests of bandits and jihadists are converging in Nigeria and this poses a formidable threat to the country’s security.
Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
To end banditry, Nigeria first needs to tackle poverty, hunger and unemployment.
The Nigerian government needs to understand that banditry is an act of warfare and should be treated as such.
The atrocities and motivation of bandits have assumed insurgent-type criminality. But the Nigerian government is reluctant to label them terrorists or insurgents.
Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story.
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