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Seven attacks every day — yet the most deadly militias escape global attention, finds six-year data study Terror groups are tearing Nigeria apart, while the outside world misreads the picture, acco...

The data presented are based primarily on primary data from our local research partners and on secondary ACLED data for Nigeria. Both sources are essential, as neither is exhaustive.Furthermore, ACLED...

The data presented are based primarily on primary data from our local research partners and on secondary ACLED data for Nigeria. Both sources are essential, as neither is exhaustive. Furthermore, ACLE...

By Steven Kefas Nigeria is often portrayed in international headlines as simply “unstable,” a sweeping, unhelpful label that conceals a far more complex and geographically specific crisis. For ...

Inside the two-tier captivity system of Fulani ethnic militias — where faith determines who suffers, how much a life is worth, and whether a hostage comes home at all. By Steven Kefas, May 2026 ...

By Steven Kefas In 2015, when the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) ranked Armed Fulani militants as the fourth deadliest terror group in the world, Nigeria was already grappling with the brutal reality...

By Steven Kefas or Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) As President Bola Tinubu marks his second year in office this May, a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria's security landscape rev...

Islamist extremists enjoy relative freedom to carry out atrocities against civilians in large regions of Nigeria, according to data scientists behind a four-year study. Researchers at the Observato...

This 4-rear report provides an overview of violence in Nigeria Click here to download the report.

Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa data reveals the scale of abductions and the targeting of Christian communities Some days I cannot bear to look at Nigeria. June, just one month ag...