The French Institute for Research in Africa, IFRA, has said that about ten thousand six hundred Nigerians died from herdsmen clashes, banditry, Boko Haram conflict, cultism and other violence nationwide.
The Institute in a report, titled ‘Nigeria Watch: Eighth Report on Violence; 2018″ added that the number of deaths recorded in 2018 was 1.4 percent higher than what was recorded in the country from same lethal violence in 2017.
It lamented that the major causes of violent deaths in Nigeria within the year under review were crime, political, land and religious issues, cattle grazing and road accidents.
The report added that the most dangerous states in Nigeria in 2018 included Borno, Zamfara, Benue, Kaduna and Adamawa states, adding that they had the highest number of lethal violence within the year under review.
According to the report, the consistent decrease in fatalities from violence in Nigeria since 2014 was halted in 2018 which marked a rise in general crime across the country with Banditry becoming prevalent in Zamfara and Kaduna states.
