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Crime & justice

Global database on impact of terrorism, including deaths attributed to Boko Haram in Nigeria

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.
29 October 2020
Global database on impact of terrorism, including deaths attributed to Boko Haram in Nigeria
Crime & justice

Lethal violence in Nigeria, 2016

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).
29 October 2020
Lethal violence in Nigeria, 2016
Crime & justice

Corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force, 2010

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.
29 October 2020
Corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force, 2010
Crime & justice

Registered public complaints and action by Nigerian police, 2017

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.
29 October 2020
Registered public complaints and action by Nigerian police, 2017
Crime & justice

Prison population totals and related data for Nigerian prisons

The World Prison Brief by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research collates prison statistics from countries across the world, including Nigeria.
29 October 2020
Prison population totals and related data for Nigerian prisons
Crime & justice

Crime statistics: Nigerian prisons, 2016

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.
29 October 2020
Crime statistics: Nigerian prisons, 2016
Crime & justice

Nigeria Security Tracker

The Council on Foreign Relations' Nigeria Security Tracker is an effort to catalogue and map political violence based on a weekly survey of Nigerian and international press. The data presented include violent incidents related to political, economic, and social grievances directed at the state or other affiliated groups (or, conversely, the state employing violence to respond to those incidents.)

02 February 2021
Crime & justice

Crime Statistics: Reported Offences by Type and State 2017

 

18 February 2021
Crime & justice

Nigerian drug abuse and enforcement data, 2012 to 2016

Crime data on drug abuse and law enforcement covering 2012 to 2016, available for download in PDF format from the National Bureau of Statistics website.
29 October 2020
Nigerian drug abuse and enforcement data, 2012 to 2016

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