A garrisoned state should not wake up to the disappearance of one hundred and seventy-seven citizens and then drift into equivocation. Kaduna State is one of the most securitised states in Nigeria. Barracks dot its landscape. Checkpoints punctuate everywhere. Intelligence formations abound. When such a place loses an entire community to abductors, the first duty…
Cheap food should be good news. But in Nigeria today, falling food prices are quietly destroying farmers, livelihoods, and the future of agriculture. In this episode of The Other Side, hosted by Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum, we examine a troubling paradox at the heart of Nigeria’s economy: why lower food prices — driven largely by massive…
Why would a country battling mass displacement, violent insurgency, and communal killings spend $9 million lobbying Washington—instead of rebuilding shattered lives at home? In this hard-hitting episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines the controversial decision by the Nigerian government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hire a U.S. lobbying firm to counter…
