Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal are two internationally renowned researchers who were jailed in Tehran in June 2019. Roland Marchal was released on 20th of March 2020, while Fariba Adelkhah remains in prison. As other French research institutions, IFRA-Nigeria supports the release of Fariba Adelkhah.

In 2022, the Embassy of France in Nigeria and IFRA-Nigeria have been awarded funding to support efforts by Nigerian researchers and professionals, from partnered institutions, to develop their ideas and projects on the conservation of Nigerian Heritage and Patrimony.

NigeriaWatch, IFRA, and the Institute of African Studies have teamed to conduct a 5- days training (13-17 March 2023) workshop on the methodological challenges of violence studies in Nigeria.

IFRA is welcoming Laurent Fourchard on the 6th of February for a conference at the University of Ibadan. He will present his current historical research on the political relations between the State and the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Nigeria since 1978.