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Insecurity Forcing Ogun Communities To Use Traditional Safeguards In Combatting Crime

by Kúnlé AdébàjòConflict, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

Realising that the Nigeria Police cannot curb crime alone, vigilante groups in a southwest state have stuck to ancient practices of reducing insecurity and seem to be succeeding. When Olajide finally joined the Supreme Eiye Confraternity as a sophomore at the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State, it was not because he wanted to stand out. He …

Sex For Survival: How Officials Use Underage IDP Girls As Objects Of Pleasure

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHuman Rights, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

Young IDPs in Nigeria are sexually assaulted by officials as a condition to receive food and medical supplies. Young Aisha* has had more than her fair share of misfortunes. She was only six years old when the Boko Haram terror group levied war on the secular society in Nigeria. The ensuing carnage and bloodbath has taken the …

An Assessment Of Claims On ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

A Non-Governmental Organisation in Nigeria, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has regularly released figures since 2018, which it says are evidence of an ongoing genocide against Christians by jihadists and jihadist herdsmen in the country. But an analysis of statistics from reliable sources shows that these claims are inaccurate. …

Misleading Photos Used To Justify Blasphemy Laws

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

A Nigerian Twitter user, My Deen My Swag, has shared some misleading pictures to defend the death penalty for blasphemy in some states in Northern Nigeria where Sharia (Islamic canonical law) applies. “Whether they steal food or phone, they don’t deserve to be burnt to dead. They burn people even for stealing N50 to dead …

How Nigerian Army Is Weaponising ‘Fake News’ To Discredit Journalists

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism, Media September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

The Nigerian Army has occasionally made statements condemning the spread of misinformation which, it says, has the potential to undermine national security. It has more frequently debunked particular claims about its operations that are in circulation. But recent trends show that it might have extended its definition of “fake news” to include any information from …

How Innovative Phone Apps Are Helping To Fight Crime Across The World

by Kúnlé AdébàjòJournalism, Tech September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

In many countries, the face of policing and fighting insecurity has changed dramatically in the past decades as a result of advancements in technology. Video surveillance through the use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) became more common in the 1970s with the invention of video cassette recording technology and this has helped in both preventing and …

Why Are Nigerian Policemen Killing Each Other?

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHealth, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

Lagos police spokesperson says the incidents are isolated and the state command is generally “doing well”. Hardly has a month passed since November 2019 without a policeman in Nigeria killing his colleague(s) or himself ㅡ or both. Experts say the trend may be due to accumulated frustration from the job, anger or the absence of …

Data: Crime Rates, Insecurity Worsened Significantly in Nigeria During Lockdown

by Kúnlé AdébàjòData, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

Checks show that abductions, attacks, clashes among other forms of crime and violence have become greatly aggravated during the period of lockdown in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari announced on March 29, 2020, that from midnight of the next day there would be cessation in movements within, to, and from Lagos and Ogun states as well …

Nigeria is Not a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ and has Never Been

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

HumAngle has emailed SANS Technology Institute for clarification but has yet to get a response. Claim: An email purportedly from SANS Technology Institute, whose screenshot has recently circulated on social media, states that Nigeria has been listed as a “state sponsor of terrorism” by the United States Department of State. The name of the email’s recipient …

How Rinji, UNIJOS Student, was Tortured and Shot By Soldiers

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHuman Rights, Journalism September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

After it came to light that one of its operatives in Plateau State had killed a 20-year-old boy early in May, the Nigerian Army declared the next day that the soldier only fired because he had mistaken the victim for a fleeing crime suspect. Multiple accounts later received from witnesses, however, show that it could …