It is interesting to read Dr. Reuben Abati's explanation on the status of negotiation with the Boko Haram sect and other associated 'political affiliated or influenced' violent extremism committed in the name of Boko Haram.

Over the years, I have drawn attention to the fact that Nigeria's inability to address the violent extremism challenges are not solely restricted to political struggle ...

In an exclusive interview with African Searchlight, the London-born Preventive Counter Terrorism Expert, Temitope Olodo, provides a unique insight into Nigeria ongoing terrorism challenges and strategic solutions to the complex Socio-political religious issue from a diaspora perspective

ASL: How did you develop your interest in terrorism in Nigeria?

My interest in Nigeria...

The Nigeria Security Tracker

The Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), a project of the Council on Foreign Relations' Africa program, documents and maps violence in Nigeria that is motivated by political, economic, or social grievances. Different groups in Nigeria resort to violence. The militant Islamist movement Boko Haram is active in northern Nigeria. Violence among ethnic groups, farmers, and herdsmen sometimes acquires religious overtones. A new generation of Niger Delta m...

It is interesting to watch and read that Nigeria legislatures are getting worried about insecurity in the country especially when it is becoming clearer that Boko Haram and other copycat violent extremists could overrun their premises anytime.

For security analysts and people with the security know-how, it is clear that any government structure could be penetrated with little effort and secur...

As we all pray for a better security situation in Nigeria for 2013, there are growing concerns about the emergence of another terror group in the country known as, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan, which roughly translates as Vanguards for the Aid of Muslims in Black Africa.

Security analyst describe the growth of this embryonic terror group JAMBS as a threat to...