Police Denials of Abductions of 160 during Church service Triggers Security Credibility Crisis
The most critical domestic security concern this week centers on Kaduna State, where reports emerged…
Police Denials of Abductions of 160 during Church service Triggers Security Credibility Crisis
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…
2027: North Central PDP rallies behind Hashim
Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North Central Zone have declared support to Dr. Gbenga Hashim, ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement on Wednesday by his media team, the endorsement followed a meeting of the North Central PDP Chairmen’s Forum, held on Wednesday in Lafia, Nasarawa state. The…
Sani visits Kurmin Wali Community, where bandits abducted 177 worshippers, assured of safe return of victims
Kaduna state governor Senator Uba Sani has visited Kurmin Wali, the community where 177 worshippers were abducted during an attack by bandits on three churches in the community on Sunday. Speaking during the visit on Wednesday, Sani assured that his administration, in collaboration with other security agencies, will ensure the safe return of the victims…
Group demands apology from police, council chairman for allegedly denying Kaduna church abductions
The Adara Development Association, ADA, has asked Muhammad Rabiu, the Kaduna state commissioner of police, and Dauda Madaki, chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area, to tender a public apology to the Adara people over what it described as the deliberate suppression of the truth surrounding the abduction of 177 worshippers in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru…
Kajuru and the Retreat of Truth, By Abdul Mahmud
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
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…