Council for African Security Affairs, CASA

07/29/2024

In light of the proposed mass protests in Nigeria, I can't help but wonder if there are efforts to sabotage this government or if it's self-sabotage. How do you explain the sudden fuel scarcity and the abrupt disconnection of phone numbers due to NIN issues? These actions are like adding salt to an open wound, further stressing and angering the public. President Tinubu's government must take immediate steps to ease the growing tension.

12/04/2023

02/13/2023

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is projected to win the Nigerian 2023 election scheduled for February 25, 2023. The interim report from nine months study led by Dr. Oludare Ogunlana of June Group Research and Council for African Security Affairs (CASA) with other Intelligence practitioners in the United State...

08/04/2022

Dr. Oludare Ogunlana

02/22/2022

In Putin’s quest for influence, military and trade expand, and a second Russia-Africa summit is taking shape

01/01/2022

Happy New Year!

07/18/2020

Adamu had last week ordered the disbanding of the formations as part of moves by the Force Headquarters to reposition the security organisation for greater accountability.

07/04/2020

American authorities also alleged that Hushpuppi conspired to launder funds stolen in a $14.7m (N5.5bn) cyber-heist from a foreign financial institution in February 2019

05/26/2020

Of course, COVID-19 changed everything, including law enforcement as men and officers are deployed all over Nigeria to enforce the stay at home order at the risk of their own lives. Policing is dynamic as related to tasks and responsibilities

05/18/2020

Dozens of doctors are infected and gravediggers are overwhelmed in Kano, Nigeria’s second-largest city, where inaction led to an unchecked outbreak. Across Africa, other hot spots are emerging.

05/12/2020

At least four Burkinabe soldiers were killed in a jihadist attack on Monday in the restive north of the country.

04/10/2020

The country’s record stimulus package to try to offset the effects of the pandemic includes US$2 billion for companies shifting production back to Japan.

03/03/2020

The new leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, Lawan Abubakar, otherwise called Ba Lawan, is moving rapidly to consolidate his position, by executing five Shura council members

02/14/2020

A new UN report raises serious doubts about the respect of fundamental rights for those accused of being members of the Islamic State and facing trial in the Iraqi court system.

12/11/2019

A Nigerian newspaper has called President Muhammadu Buhari's administration a dictatorship because of its alleged human rights violations and "disregard" for democratic institutions.

12/06/2019

A Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate whose detention has prompt...

12/06/2019

Sudan's army says it has caught six Chadians accused of belonging to Boko Haram, in the country's first such arrests of suspected members of the jihadist group which originated in Nigeria.