Nigeria: The Failing State that the World is Ignoring.

Nigeria’s silent descent into chaos: overlapping insurgencies, rampant corruption, and collapsing governance push Africa’s most populous nation toward the brink. Why is the world still looking away? Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Nigeria, Fractured 11:22 An Intensifying Crisis 17:50 The Cavalry Isn’t Coming 24:56 What Can Be Done? References https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2025#PR https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/nigeria https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68402662 https://databankfiles.worldbank.org/public/ddpext_download/poverty/987B9C90-CB9F-4D93-AE8C-750588BF00QA/current/Global_POVEQ_NGA.pdf https://www.theafricareport.com/365284/more-than-half-of-nigerians-live-in-poverty-says-world-bank/ https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/nigeria https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/taking-action-against-corruption-nigeria https://www.unodc.org/conig/uploads/documents/Corruption_Survey_2019.pdf https://acleddata.com/2024/04/16/a-decade-after-chibok-assessing-nigerias-regional-response-to-boko-haram/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/fighting-among-boko-haram-splinters-rages https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-boko-haram-borno-conflict-damasak-1eb22e035f0d01cdfe7345f93ea122b6 https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/b196-jas-vs-iswap-war-boko-haram-splinters https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/b196-jas-vs-iswap-war-boko-haram-splinters https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5140607 https://issafrica.org/iss-today/boko-haram-factional-violence-worries-islamic-state https://issafrica.org/iss-today/boko-haram-factional-violence-worries-islamic-state https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-the-islamic-state-in-west-africa-province-is-growing-in-strength-and-sophistication/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/nigeria-how-solve-problem-biafra https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/04/07/unfinished-business-biafran-activism-in-nigeria-today/ https://theconversation.com/nigerias-security-problems-deepen-as-anglophone-insurgency-in-cameroon-spills-across-border-223078 https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2017/02/13/oil-and-violence-in-the-niger-delta-isnt-talked-about-much-but-it-has-a-global-impact/?sh=532d63f54dc6 https://www.cfr.org/blog/nigerian-government-threatens-use-hammer-south-east https://unidir.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/UNIDIR_MEAC_Banditry_Brief.pdf https://africacenter.org/spotlight/spiraling-criminal-gang-violence-in-north-west-nigeria-causing-displacements-and-diminished-government-control/ https://liberties.aljazeera.com/en/northwest-nigeria-a-region-under-siege-by-violence-and-despair/ https://theglobalobservatory.org/2024/05/northwest-nigeria-has-a-banditry-problem-whats-driving-it/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/halting-deepening-turmoil-nigerias-north-west https://saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/dont-call-it-farmer-herder-conflict/ https://africacenter.org/publication/growing-complexity-farmer-herder-conflict-west-central-africa/ https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-journalists-should-know-about-farmer-herder-crisis-nigeria https://nigeriaclimate.crisisgroup.org/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-least-52-people-nigerias-plateau-state-2025-04-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-51-killed-another-attack-nigerias-plateau-state-2025-04-14/ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250512-23-killed-in-multiple-attacks-by-gunmen-in-central-nigeria-says-red-cross https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250420-gunmen-kill-at-least-56-people-in-central-nigeria https://thedefensepost.com/2025/04/15/attackers-central-nigeria/ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/14/dozens-killed-in-nigeria-attack-as-president-tinubu-vows-crackdown_6740220_4.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250416-none-spared-in-nigeria-gun-machete-massacre-survivors

Fronts Staff • May 31, 2025