Useful sources about Africa

Production figures for cotton, garlic, ginger, shea nuts and tea, viewable on the Nigerian Data Portal. The data is presented in an interactive timeline covering 2010 to 2011.

The Global Terrorism Index provides data to help people understand the global, regional and local impact of terrorism. It includes information on terrorism deaths in Nigeria attributed to Boko Haram.

A report covering lethal violence in Nigeria between 1 January and 31 December 2016. The sixth of its kind, it's available in PDF and was published by Nigeria Watch with the support of the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) and the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nigeria).

A report on how corruption fuels the national police's abuse of power. It 102-page report was published in 2010 and is available for download from the Human Rights Watch website.

Public complaints by Nigerian citizens highlighting resolved, false and pending cases. The report was released by the Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force in 2017.

The World Prison Brief by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research collates prison statistics from countries across the world, including Nigeria.

Nigerian prison statistics detailing prison capacity by state, inmate populations and petitions received by geopolitical zones. Released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2016.

The National Universities Commission's (NUC) website lists federal, state and private universities as well as the year each institution was established. The NUC registers, accredits and regulates universities and the website provides general project updates on tertiary education in Nigeria.

Nigeria's election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) provides online data on election results, analyses, political parties and polling units.