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From 10 to 62: Binnari and the Cost of Counting Late

On Friday, 23 October, gunmen entered Binnari, a river market town in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, shortly after Jumu'ah prayers...

The Middle Belt’s Empty Villages Need Counting, Not Slogans

Lydia Ingev was 49 when she fled Tse Tokula, a farming village in Guma, Benue State, one night in 2014. She had already lost...

Nigeria’s Deadliest Security Week: 15 Troops Killed, Child Murdered After Ransom Paid

Armed groups struck across six states between 18 and 24 October, killing at least 32 confirmed civilians and security personnel and exposing the limits...

The Middle Belt’s Hidden Crises: What  The  Death Toll Isn’t Telling You

More than 50,000 people have died in Nigeria’s Middle Belt since 2011. In several of those years, the death toll exceeded Boko Haram’s. And...

Strongmen Don’t Build Nations

Across Africa, a familiar argument is making a comeback. It says our problem is not corruption, weak institutions, or poor governance, but leadership turnover....

177 abducted in Kaduna churches. Soldiers killed in Zamfara. Cyber attacks rising. Nigeria’s security situation remains volatile.

Nigeria’s security situation remained volatile over the past week, with fresh developments across multiple fronts — mass kidnappings, deadly ambushes, cyber insecurity, and a...

When Defection Turns Into Defeat

Politics is often mistaken for proximity to power. In reality, it is about leverage. Nigeria’s unfolding wave of defections from the People’s Democratic Party...

Making Peace With Undefeated Bandits Is Not Peace—It Is Capitulation, By Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum

Across Nigeria’s North-West and parts of the North-Central, a dangerous idea has quietly taken root: that peace can be bought by negotiating with armed...

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