REFLEXIVE PEACE PRACTICE (RPP) PROJECT

Nigeria's week of 14–18 September 2026 was dominated by a major custodial-deaths crisis in Minna, Niger State, where at least 37 detainees, arrested during an anti-illegal-mining operation, died in NSCDC custody under disputed circumstances, triggering protests, a curfew, and federal-level accountability measures including ministerial suspensions and a presidential order for investigation. Meanwhile, the Northeast saw a relative lull in Boko Haram/ISWAP activity, consistent with the informal Ngoshe truce reported the previous week, while a cleric stabbing in Sokoto added a fresh flashpoint of communal tension.