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On June 12, 2021, Nigerian youths protesting rising unemployment and a dramatic spike in insurgency and kidnapping across the country were greeted with teargas and hurriedly dispersed by overzealous law enforcement officials. Such punitive actions against protesters are worrisome, as …
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The appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as Nigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police on April 6, 2021, brought a kind of closure to calls for reform of the Nigerian security architecture. It was applauded in some quarters.
The main demand …
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The recent horrific killing of a young Nigerian by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)—an arm of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)—has once again brought the #EndSARS campaign to life. SARS has, over the years, …
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