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Police Denials of Abductions of 160 during Church service Triggers Security Credibility Crisis

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The most critical domestic security concern this week centers on Kaduna State, where reports emerged of a coordinated mass abduction targeting Christian worshippers in Kurmin Waje village, Afogo Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area. According to eyewitnesses and local representatives, heavily armed attackers stormed three churches during Sunday services and abducted congregants into nearby forests. Initial…

Kajuru and the Retreat of Truth, By Abdul Mahmud

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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, Broken Farms: How Imports and Policy Are Destroying Nigerian Agriculture

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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…

Nigeria Spent $9 Million Lobbying Washington While Christians Were Being Killed at Home

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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…

Bandits Killings in Niger and Zamfara as Military Raids and Global Security Shocks Escalate

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Nigeria’s security landscape remains deeply volatile as armed banditry, kidnappings, and insurgent violence persist across multiple regions, even as security forces intensify operations. In this edition of Security Update, hosted by Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum, we provide a verified, region-by-region breakdown of last week’s most critical security developments in Nigeria, Africa, and the global arena, with…

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

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They say when evil falls, it falls like rain. Today, that proverb feels painfully accurate for Nigeria. kidnappings, terrorism, and violent crime, a deeper and more dangerous crisis is unfolding — one defined by hunger, collapsing rural livelihoods, and a rapid slide into mass poverty. In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum…

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Police Denials of Abductions of 160 during Church service Triggers Security Credibility Crisis

Kajuru and the Retreat of Truth, By Abdul Mahmud

Cheap Food, Broken Farms: How Imports and Policy Are Destroying Nigerian Agriculture

Nigeria Spent $9 Million Lobbying Washington While Christians Were Being Killed at Home

Bandits Killings in Niger and Zamfara as Military Raids and Global Security Shocks Escalate

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