Crimes in Nigeria
In-depth stories and reports on major crimes, notorious criminals, financial fraud, organized crime networks, and justice in Nigeria.
The Chibok Girls Abduction: The Night That Changed Everything in Nigeria
It was supposed to be a normal school night in Chibok, a quiet town in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. Inside the Government Girls Secondary...
The Asaba Massacre of 7 October 1967: A Civil War Tragedy of Civilian Killings and Broken Trust
The Asaba Massacre took place during the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970 following the attempted secession of the Republic of...
Barkin Ladi’s Night of Grief, How Fear Followed Nding Susut From Homes to the Burial Ground
Nding Susut, a community in the Fan District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State, became the scene of another deadly rural attack...
When Gunfire Followed the Dead to Burial in Barkin Ladi
Barkin Ladi has again returned to Nigeria’s painful record of rural violence. The latest tragedy came from Nding Susut, also written in some reports...
Nigeria’s Repeated Killings Reveal a Security Crisis the State Can No Longer Treat as Routine
Nigeria’s insecurity has entered a dangerous historical phase. The killings in different parts of the country do not all come from the same source,...
Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor and the Protest Treason Debate
Nigeria’s long battle with insurgency has forced the state to use both military force and nonviolent security strategies. One of the most debated of...
How Former Governors Retain Political Influence After Leaving Office in Nigeria
In many parts of Nigeria, the end of a governor’s tenure is marked with ceremony, applause, and the symbolic transfer of authority to a...
How Government Projects Are Split Into Small Contracts in Nigeria and What Audit Reports Reveal
In official documents, government projects in Nigeria often appear straightforward. A road is to be rehabilitated, a school is to be renovated, a hospital...
They Shared Rice, Cash and Big Promises… So Why Do These Communities Still Look Forgotten After Elections?
Election season in Nigeria has a way of changing the atmosphere of an entire community almost overnight.The same streets that usually feel ignored suddenly...
Huge Security Budgets and the Rising Tide of Kidnapping in Nigeria
It often begins like an ordinary journey.Passengers settle into buses heading across state lines. Traders stack goods carefully. Students scroll through phones. Families assume,...