Nigeria Risk of becoming a failed state and it dates back to 2007 when the International Crisis Group recommended that the government “create a more conducive environment to resolve its many internal conflicts and strengthen its credentials as a leading peacemaker”. The organization, which draws attention to situations in order to prevent deadly conflict, said that instead the April 2007 elections “generated serious new problems that may be pushing it further towards the status of a failed state”. The kidnapping and Bokoharam attacks have been so frequent until it raises questions on whether the country has a government.