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…
Christian Solidarity Worldwide – Nigeria (CSW-N), has alleged that its team was denied access to Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where scores of residents were reportedly abducted by bandits. The organisation said the incident occurred during a fact finding visit to verify reports that armed men attacked three churches…
The Kaduna State Police Command has denied reports that over 100 people were abducted from three churches during Sunday worship in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. There were reports that bandits invaded the community and abducted 177 people from three churches during worship on Sunday. According to the reports, the…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gbenga Hashim, a chieftain of the has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of engaging in legal and institutional actions aimed at weakening opposition participation in the 2027 general elections In a statement issued on Sunday by his media office, Hashim declared that no legal or…
