





A report tallied 2,266 fatalities from armed groups in six months. The violence has spread and adapted, outpacing a costly official response, leaving communities to calculate...






When the rains stopped for three weeks last June, maize withered in northern fields. This small interval is rewriting Nigeria's hunger arithmetic, with the 2026 harvest...






Food inflation hit 37.92%, but the number hides a journey of levies. From farm to kitchen, a bag of rice pays a gauntlet of over 50...






Lagos expands faster than oversight can follow, with thousands of new buildings and a backlog of safety checks. The gap between rules on paper and construction...






Nigeria sits at 106th on the 2026 World Happiness Report. This number reflects daily pressures—from inflation to security—that shape how people evaluate their lives. It's more...






Community policing in Nigeria leans on a patchwork of local vigilantes, from Amotekun to informal village groups. This messy partnership fills a security vacuum but operates...






3.6 million displaced people form a nation within Nigeria, a mobile population creating security vacuums. From conflict to climate change, this crisis fuels instability, straining the...






With an N841 billion police budget, Nigeria tries to balance protest rights and state security. It's a high-wire act between constitutional promises and street-level reality, where...






A police officer visits the palace first. This is Nigeria's primary intelligence layer, a social contract older than the state. We look at the role of...






Two thousand former fighters have been released, but the real test of Nigeria's deradicalization program happens in the communities they return to. The gap between official...