Useful sources about Africa

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services' annual report details its performance and achievements for the 2017/18 financial year.

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 RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents includes terrorism data from 1968 to 2009. Data access requires free registration. It provides disaggregated data as well as commentary, reports and analysis on conflict in Africa.

This open database includes information on terrorist-related activities from 1970 to 2016. It includes data on domestic and international terrorist incidents with information on the date, locations, weapons, nature of targets, casualties and, when identifiable and available, responsible parties.