The importance of women in the society cannot be downplayed. Today, what has become a social problem is women-women marginalisation in politics and political process despite the fact that women constitute significant ...

Both institutional and procedural uncertainties have marred electoral practices and resulted into gross misconduct in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. In 2015, the Smart Card Reader (SCR) was introduced to Nigeria’s elections ...

Community policing is a model of policing or strategy adopted by Nigeria to curb crime from the grassroots, starting from the local level. The strategy is based on the idea that local police have local responsibility to ...

Since the return to civilian government in Nigeria on May 29th, 1999, elections in Bayelsa state have been characterised by violence. This intensification of the struggle for power often results in election related violence ...

Protection against violence, abuse, and neglect are few of the cardinal rights of children. Many countries including Nigeria are signatories to the United Nations (UN) Children’s Rights (UNCRC) declaration but these ...

This Brief has brought to the fore the need for the government, both federal and state, to adequately cater for and appreciate security personnel in the country. This Brief suggests that: The three Bills (viz. 2020/HB.1047, ...

This brief adds to the discourse on insecurity in Nigeria by providing data on violent attacks and deaths across the nation for the year 2020. In its analyses, the brief shows that over 3,300 Nigerians lost their lives in ...

The morbidity and mortality rates of the coronavirus, otherwise called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, ignited the urgency of developing and ensuring access to affordable, safe and ...

The main issue addressed in this brief is Nigeria’s disregard for the sanctity of contracts and terms of agreement, and the failure of its representatives to enter into agreements that are in the best interest of the ...

This brief provides insight into some of the discriminatory laws against women in Nigeria, and suggests steps that may be taken to address them. Some of the existing laws that discriminate against women are the 1999 ...

This data brief analyses Nigeria’s position in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index. The brief reveals that despite all the measures taken to fight corruption by the present and past administrations, not so much has been ...

The objective of the brief is to identify the causes of rising drug intake among youths in Nigeria. Rising cases of drug intake in Nigeria is alarming which has caused huge and unquantified damage to the society There ...

Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and resolving the crisis. This brief takes a look at what drives the widespread skepticism about government's coronavirus response ...

The agriculture sector plays a crucial role in the Nigerian economy, in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment, household income and poverty alleviation. However, statistics have shown that the sector’s performance ...

Various forms of multiparty political systems have been introduced around the world since the start of the third wave of democratization in 19741. Today, we live in times when more countries elect their leaders through ...

Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and finding ways out of the crisis. This brief takes a look at what drives the widespread skepticism about government's coronavirus ...

This brief discusses the issue of open defecation in Nigeria. It notes that open defecation is a major issue in Nigeria, as more than 47 million Nigerians (or 10 million households) are estimated to defecate in the open.1 ...

Nigeria’s lack of good and systematic database has, in no small measure, affected effective national strategic planning and management of migration and crime control. The aim of this brief is to advocate for the creation ...

The main objective of this policy analysis is to examine the policy declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant voting rights to Nigerians in diaspora in 2023 general elections. The analysis ...

This policy brief argues that most of the factors hampering the development of the girl-child in Nigeria are institutionalized and require a systematic approach to tackling them. Factors such as poverty, cultural and ...