Militant group Niger Delta Avenger has launched a fresh attack on oil installations belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. The separatist group which confirmed the suspension of its twitter handle yesterday, blew up two...
On February 23rd, 2016, MEA Risk issued an alert specific to the militant group Niger Delta Avengers announcing plans to up its attacks on oil infrastructure. The group has been lamenting lack of social and economic progress for the local population and has vowed to...
The Nigerian police arrested a drug gang of 8 in the city of Asaba, in the southern Delta State. What’s new in the bust is the arrest of eight Mexican nationals who are allegedly senior manager of the methamphetamine laboratory (meth lab), alongside four Nigerians....
Compared to many Nigerian States, in particular their peer regions in the northeast, south, and the southeast, Kano State boasts relatively low-level security issues. Over a period of three months starting December 1, 2015 and ending February 29, 2016, our Analysts...
For the period of February 22, 2016 to February 28, 2016, there were 46 critical incidents in Nigeria, resulting in 362 deaths, 291 wounded, and 7 arrests. The vast majority of the deaths comes from one incident and that is the killing of 300 villagers in Benue by...
MEA Risk is warning of some potential new risk and escalation of violence in Nigeria, specifically in the southern and southeastern states and to a limited extent in the Federal capital Abuja. The ongoing incarceration and trial of Biafra leader Kinu, who is charged...
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