REFLEXIVE PEACE PRACTICE (RPP) PROJECT

Nigeria's security situation deteriorated sharply during the week of 21–25 September 2026. A sustained wave of Fulani ethnic-militia attacks south of Jos, Plateau State, killed more than 40 people over roughly ten days, including a pastor and a police superintendent, prompting a dusk-to-dawn curfew and a rare public US State Department statement urging further protection. Concurrently, the Minna NSCDC custodial-deaths investigation deepened, with survivor testimony alleging guards sprayed a substance into the overcrowded cell where 37 detainees died, while troops in the Northeast foiled an ISWAP infiltration attempt and rescued six kidnap victims.