As banditry, kidnapping and insurgency spread across Nigeria, some traumatised communities are turning to charms, ritual fortification, magic and ancestral spirits for protection. This...
Mark Lipdo warns that worsening violence, mass displacement and disputes over the causes of attacks are undermining Nigeria’s security response
The Stefanos Foundation says it...
Few subjects generate as much speculation among Nigerians today as migration to Europe. Social media has been flooded with claims that Europe has closed...
The kidnapping and death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has once again forced Nigeria to confront a deeply troubling question: if senior military...
On 13 February 1975, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was killed in Lagos. Fifty years later, the date still matters because his leadership belonged to...
Nigeria’s democracy is again at a familiar crossroads: the point where electoral reform is loudly promised, quietly diluted, and then defended as “procedure.” The...
Over the past week alone, more than 80 people were killed across Nigeria, with Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, and Niger States emerging as the worst-affected...
Across Africa, a familiar argument is making a comeback. It says our problem is not corruption, weak institutions, or poor governance, but leadership turnover....
Nigeria’s security situation remained volatile over the past week, with fresh developments across multiple fronts — mass kidnappings, deadly ambushes, cyber insecurity, and a...
