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…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman In 2025, I wrote an article titled “Power, politics, and the north: Ganduje’s exit and the battle for 2027” published in this medium on July 7, 2025. The piece was about the resignation of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In that piece, …
The Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC) has appealed to the international community, to investigate alleged “genocide and discrimination against the Southern Kaduna people during the eight year administration of former governor, Nasir El- Rufai. El-Rufai was governor of Kaduna state between 2015 to 2023. The group also called on Governor Uba Sani, El-Rufai’s successor, not…
Angry residents of communities along the Makurdi–Lafia road, on Saturday, blocked the highway in protest over the killing of five on their way to the farm in the outskirts of Makurdi, bordering Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. The protesters were said to have blocked the road with the corpses of three of the…
Amnesty International has said that the death toll from the latest attack on a community in Bassa LGA of Plateau state has on Monday, risen to 54. In a statement on Monday, Amnesty International said hundreds of people have been displaced since the incident, adding that residents are living in fear of the next possible…
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI-35P helicopter has crashed in Portharcourt, Rivers state. Spokesperson of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet however said, no life was lost in incident as the five member crew survived the crash with very minor injuries and were being treated at NAF Medical…
