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News
Nigerian Major General’s Death in Terrorist Captivity Highlights Worsening Insecurity
For two weeks, the fate of Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) had become a barometer for testing whether Nigerian authorities…
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Analyses
ISWAP Used Theology to Absorb the Shock of Its Deadliest Week
For the Islamic State (IS) and its West Africa Province (ISWAP), the third week of May 2026 began with a…
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Armed Violence
Still, There Is Nothing Where Satiru Was (1906 – 2026)
Let us begin with what has been forgotten. There is a field, roughly 22 kilometres southwest of Sokoto, between the…
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Disinformation
Nigeria Is Facing An Information War In Its Own Language
Two years ago, Bashir Muhammad received an invitation to attend a journalism summit in Niamey but declined. That decision, and…
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Analyses
Abu Bilal Al-Minuki: The Terrorist Who Died Twice
By the time the announcement that Abu Bilal Al-Minuki was killed reached the outside world, the strike itself was already…
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Investigations
In Niger Republic, The Junta’s Peace Is Not Everyone’s Peace
Aichatou often heard of insecurity for most of her life, but never experienced it herself. She had relatives who had…
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Analyses
Do Terror Attacks in Nigeria Spike During Ramadan? Here’s What We Know
As Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, and reflection, entered its second week, specifically on March 5, terrorists…
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Featured
One Man’s Kidnapping in Kano Unmasks Growing Criminal Siege
Audu Danbaba is in his fifties but trudges like someone in his eighties. He walks carefully, sometimes raising his hands…
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Featured
The Singa Market Fire in Kano That Left Dreams in Ashes
How do you comfort a man who has just watched years of his life turn to smoke? Sulaiman Mustapha remained…
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Armed Violence
Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems
What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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