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Nigeria 2027 Election: Supreme Court, Atiku vs Tinubu and the Battle for North Central Votes

Nigeria’s 2027 presidential race is moving from speculation to hard political tests: court rulings, candidate eligibility battles, opposition fragmentation, regional vote strategy and the...

Plateau Attacks · Sokoto Bandits · Lakurawa Crisis · Katsina Ambush · Sahel Cross-Border Threat

Your weekly Nigeria and Sahel security briefing — 13 events, fully sourced, fully analysed. This week: nine people killed across Plateau State. Bandits abduct...

Causes of the Middle Belt Conflicts Nobody Tells You Middle Belt Files epi 3.

How does a cow walking into a farm turn into 50,000 deaths? In Episode 03 of The Middle Belt Files, we go underneath Nigeria's deadliest...

Nigerian Military rescues 655 kidnap victims in nationwide operations as Senate prepares for high-level security summit

ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Armed Forces of Nigeria rescued 655 kidnapping victims and engaged in 367 operational encounters across various regional theatres during September,...

When Nigeria Outsources Trust to Machines, By Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum

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...

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....

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...

Nigeria Should Rebuild Lives at Home, Not Lobby Washington

https://youtu.be/a2b7jCe-1dU?si=AhTtobGb2eNtNpyK Nigeria is facing a crisis of trust—both at home and abroad. Yet rather than confront this crisis through transparency and accountability, the Federal Government...

Nigeria’s Poverty Crisis: 141 Million Poor, Failing Reforms, and the Food Security Time Bomb

https://youtu.be/006zpx7Uas0?si=FGTa87yl0CFCdpeL They say when evil falls, it falls like rain. Today, that proverb feels painfully accurate for Nigeria. kidnappings, terrorism, and violent crime, a deeper...

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