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Coverage of security issues in Nigeria, including conflict, crime, military activity, and public safety.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Aug 26, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Tinubu finally confirms deaths and orders a rescue, a diphtheria outbreak kills 50 children in Kano, and Peter Obi breaks with Atiku over fuel subsidy.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Aug 25, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 25 August 2026

A video proves hundreds are missing from Niger's mosques, police still can't confirm the count, and Nigeria's 2027 campaign season kicks off regardless.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 21 August 2026

Aug 21, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 21 August 2026

Dozens die as a boat capsizes in Sokoto and the UK warns against travel to 28 states, even as the government approves NGN540 billion for new hospitals and a national cancer institute.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Aug 18, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Lawmakers demand a full probe into Osun's election violence and uneven security deployment, as fresh attacks hit Benue and Plateau and NDLEA torches NGN301 billion in drugs.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 10 August 2026

Aug 10, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 10 August 2026

Six days before Osun votes, fears of election violence mount — plus a diplomatic rupture with the Sahel and an update to a story we thought was resolved

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 6 August 2026

Aug 6, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 6 August 2026

176 people freed in Kwara after six months, but nobody's saying how — plus a Lagos-founded mobility startup just hit a $2.1B valuation

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Aug 5, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 5 August 2026

A Sokoto community is attacked twice in a week with no help arriving, even as Nigeria closes a $4.5bn debt deal and gives soldiers a real raise.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 3 August 2026

Aug 3, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 3 August 2026

Floods threaten 6.5 million as security stays stretched thin, and Nigeria's markets keep setting records.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Jul 29, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Tinubu condemns the Kaduna attack and orders prosecutions, Nigeria courts the African Union and eyes a clean EITI pass, and manufacturers say they're sinking despite a stable naira

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Jul 28, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 28 July 2026

More than 30 killed in Kaduna despite repeated warnings, cholera spreads in Plateau, and Nigeria's markets barely blink.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 13 July 2026

Jul 13, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 13 July 2026

All 44 Oyo captives come home free, fresh violence hits Benue and Plateau, and Lagos leans harder on private capital.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Jun 30, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 30 June 2026

FEC commits NGN286bn to ports as pension assets hit a record and Borno schools come under fire again

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 26 June 2026

Jun 26, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 26 June 2026

The state police bill's safeguards take centre stage, eight die in a Lagos building collapse, and ICPC arraigns El-Rufai over alleged NGN8.6bn fraud.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 25 June 2026

Jun 25, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 25 June 2026

The Senate passes a landmark constitutional bill to create state police, a second Rivers building collapse in 48 hours leaves one dead, and Nigeria publishes a new terrorism-financing sanctions list.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 15 June 2026

Jun 15, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 15 June 2026

CAN declares Black Sunday, a retired General dies in bandit captivity, 20 are killed in Kebbi, and the IMF pushes new taxes as CPPE warns of stagflation.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 12 June 2026

Jun 12, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 12 June 2026

The House passes the state police bill in a near-unanimous vote, 52.9 million face acute food insecurity, and Burna Boy headlines the World Cup opening ceremony. Happy Democracy Day.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 11 June 2026

Jun 11, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 11 June 2026

The House votes today on state police, bandits attack a Kogi school killing a six-year-old, and the FIFA World Cup opens.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Jun 9, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The government's own data reveals 12,000 kidnapped and 7,000 killed since 2023, the Oyo kidnappers' real demand is exposed, and Miss World Nigeria is crowned.

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Jun 8, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 8 June 2026

Senate passes a sugar tax that contradicts its own reform drive, JAS terrorists push into the South-West, and the army rescues 360 people from Ngoshe.

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Jun 5, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 5 June 2026

State police constitutional amendment is coming "shortly," police debunk Oyo release rumours, and four Nigerian startups make Bloomberg's African watchlist.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 4 June 2026

Jun 4, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 4 June 2026

Four men sentenced to death for the 2022 Owo church attack, a former minister's family kidnapped in Ibadan, and Nigeria's FDI collapses to just 1.3% of total capital inflows.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Jun 3, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 3 June 2026

CAN declares June 14 Black Sunday over Nigeria's insecurity crisis, Adeboye gives the government a 90-day ultimatum, and Dave announces his first Lagos headline show.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Jun 2, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Oyo teachers go on indefinite strike as abducted pupils enter their third week in captivity, Babachir Lawal quits the ADC, and Tems makes Spotify's Songs of Summer list.

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May 18, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 18 May 2026

Nigeria and the US kill ISIS's second-in-command in Borno, the APC's primaries are already on fire, and Ebola is now a global health emergency.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 14 May 2026

May 14, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 14 May 2026

Military denies 100+ civilian deaths in Zamfara airstrike, Makinde enters the 2027 race, and an ex-minister gets 75 years.