Nigeria Records Higher Death Toll from Banditry and Insurgency in First Half of 2025 Than All of Previous Year
Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has taken an alarming turn, as fresh data reveals that more lives were lost to insurgent and bandit-related violence in just the first six months of 2025 than in the entire year of 2024. The disturbing statistics, released on Tuesday by a reputable conflict-tracking organisation, underscore the intensifying wave of insecurity