Failure of the state and the rise of banditry
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Across Northern Nigeria, the seasonal migration of Fulani pastoralists continues year after year—largely unchecked and seemingly undeterred by decades of debate, policy failures, and escalating communal tensions. Despite repeated promises to resolve the frequent and often deadly clashes between these nomadic cattle herders and sedentary farming communities, little has been done…
