Security and Peacebuilding
People cannot live freely where violence goes unmeasured. We make patterns of insecurity visible and bring community evidence into national conversations about public safety.
People cannot be safe when violence remains poorly understood. By July 2026, 36.2 million Nigerians were food insecure, with conflict in the north a leading driver.
Nextier SPD’s Violent Conflict Database tracks violence across all 36 states and is cited in peer-reviewed research. Each week SPD turns it into the Nigeria Violent Conflict Weekly Spotlight, a short brief on where violence rose, who was behind it, and which states need attention. The Foundation will open a public portion of this record to researchers, journalists, and communities.
We are also a partner in the People-Centred Public Safety Initiative, funded by the Open Society Foundations and delivered by a consortium that includes Lawyers Alert, Spaces for Change, CJID, CLEEN Foundation, and SERAP. In Benue and Bayelsa, it turns communities’ experience of insecurity into evidence that shapes security planning. In 2026, Benue adopted the people-centred model as state policy.
Programmes
Public conflict data
Open a public portion of the Nextier Violent Conflict Database to researchers, journalists, and communities
People-Centred Public Safety
Turn communities’ experience of insecurity into evidence for security planning; Benue adopted the model as state policy in 2026
From the library
Nigeria Security and Safety Perception Wave 2 Survey Report
The second wave of the Nigeria Security and Safety Perception Survey (NSSPS), conducted in July 2026, captures how citizens across all 109 senatorial districts perceive safety, security threats, institutional trust,…
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The Policing Conversation: Security Imperative or Fiscal Time Bomb for State Governments
As Nigeria moves closer to establishing State Police, the debate is increasingly shifting from whether it is necessary to whether state governments have the fiscal capacity to establish, operate, and…
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Nigeria Violent Conflict Bi-Monthly Report
The July–August 2026 reporting period unfolded amid intensifying political activity and a security environment marked by multiple violent conflicts. On July 9, 2026, President Bola Tinubu convened security chiefs in…
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People cannot be safe when violence remains poorly understood. By July 2026, 36.2 million Nigerians were food insecure, with conflict in the north a leading driver.
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Nextier SPD’s Violent Conflict Database tracks violence across all 36 states and is cited in peer-reviewed research. Each week SPD turns it into the Nigeria Violent Conflict Weekly Spotlight, a short brief on where …
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We are also a partner in the People-Centred Public Safety Initiative, funded by the Open Society Foundations and delivered by a consortium that includes Lawyers Alert, Spaces for Change, CJID, CLEEN Foundation, and …
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Turn communities’ experience of insecurity into evidence for security planning; Benue adopted the model as state policy in 2026