Interactive Python Plotly Dash dashboard visualising Nigeria's insecurity crisis 2014–2026
# Nigeria Insecurity Dashboard — 2014 to 2026
**Author:** Atoku Emmanuel Iko-Ojo
**Stack:** Python · Plotly Dash · Pandas
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## Overview
An interactive data analytics dashboard visualising Nigeria's insecurity crisis from 2014 to 2026. Built using Python and Plotly Dash, it tells the full story of violence in Nigeria — from the Boko Haram peak under Jonathan to the banditry surge under Buhari, and the ongoing Middle Belt massacres under Tinubu.
The dashboard covers:
- Annual violent fatalities (2014–2024) with trend line
- Christian casualty estimates — two-source comparison (Open Doors vs Intersociety)
- Conflict type breakdown — battles, civilian attacks, riots, explosions (ACLED)
- Regional hotspots — top states by incident count
- Deaths by armed actor — Boko Haram, bandits, Fulani militants, IPOB, others
- Government-era comparison — Jonathan vs Buhari vs Tinubu
- Yearly fatality line chart mapped to administrations
- Key analyst findings with full source attribution
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## Data Sources
All figures are sourced from verifiable, publicly available data:
| Source | Data Used |
|---|---|
| ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) | Annual fatalities, conflict types, state incidents, actor-level data |
| PMC / Injury Prevention (2023) | 16-year violence analysis, annual totals 2006–2021 |
| US State Dept Religious Freedom Reports (2021–2024) | Christian casualties (Open Doors figures) |
| Open Doors World Watch List (2021–2025) | Conservative Christian casualty estimates |
| Intersociety | Higher Christian casualty estimates (calendar year) |
| Amnesty International Nigeria | Middle Belt death toll since 2023 |
| EUAA Nigeria Security Situation Report (2025) | Conflict type breakdown, state-level data |
| Nextier Violent Conflicts Database | Banditry, kidnapping, herder-farmer statistics |
| Council on Foreign Relations Nigeria Security Tracker | Government-era fatality comparison |
| BSIL (Beacon Security & Intelligence) | Buhari vs Tinubu comparativ …