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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:03:50 +0200

Seventeen Arrests in Alkaleri: What a Witchcraft Accusation Looks Like in 2026 At approximately 1:00 am on Sunday, 18 October 2026, an armed mob breached a family compound in Gobirawa village, Gwana District, […]

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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:53:21 +0200

From Volunteers to a Law: How Hisbah Became a State Institution, and the Question Nobody Has Answered On 30 May 2003, approximately twenty Hisbah personnel entered a private wedding reception in Kano. Declaring the event an “immoral […]

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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:38:58 +0200

From ₦1,049 to ₦1,400: The Rising Cost of Living and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria In December 2025, the average pump price of petrol in Nigeria stood at approximately ₦1,049 per litre. Ten months later, s […]

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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:13:29 +0200

99 Days: What the Numbers, the New Law and the Calendar Mean for Nigerian Voters Nigeria votes in fewer than 100 days. On Saturday, 16 January 2027, eligible voters will head to the polls to elect a president and […]

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:55:26 +0200

One Constitution, Three Kinds of Court: How Common Law and Sharia Came to Share Northern Nigeria Nigeria operates under a single supreme constitution, yet at least three distinct legal traditions run simultaneously beneath it. As […]

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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:54:50 +0200

Child Brides of the North: The Law That Exists, The States That Refuse It, and the Girls Caught Between In Jigawa State, 63 percent of girls are married before they turn 18. In Zamfara, 63 percent. In Sokoto, 61 percent. In Katsina, 61 […]

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Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:05:08 +0200

Blood and Ballots: How Nigeria's Political Class Has Weaponised Religion Since 1960 In the early 2000s, Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have urged Muslims to support candidates who would uphold Islamic and traditional […]

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Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:16:12 +0200

The Lost Hospitals: How Northern Nigeria Was Left Without Healthcare — And Who Left It There In Bauchi State, where I live, only 10.9 percent of surveyed health facilities had at least one medical doctor, according to a 2022 […]

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:42:36 +0200

The Sharia Experiment: What Really Happened When Twelve Northern States Adopted Islamic Law On October 27, 1999, Governor Ahmed Sani Yerima of Zamfara State launched the state’s new Sharia legal system at a major public rally […]

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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:42:00 +0200

How Colonial Education Created Two Nigerias — And Why We Are Still Living in Both of Them The divisions were already visible in the colonial record. By the early twentieth century, British rule had produced a widening […]

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Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:51:03 +0200

The Girls Who Never Came Back: Northern Nigeria's Other Education Crisis In November 2025, armed men stormed a girls’ boarding school in Maga, Kebbi State, at 4am. They shot the vice principal. They took 25 […]

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Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:12:35 +0200

The Fish Under the Chair: Four Boys Are Dead, and We Need to Talk About Why Their names were Abdulfatah Mohammed, 15. Yusuf Nuhu, 16. Buhari Iliyasu, 14. Ibrahim Muhammad, 22. On Sunday night, August 16, […]

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Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:14:43 +0200

Born Guilty: The History of Witchcraft Accusations Against Children in Northern Nigeria In March 2024, a young boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bauchi State, reportedly lost his eyesight after an attack linked to […]

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Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:41:45 +0200

One People, Two Names: The History Behind the Hausa-Fulani Identity And Who Benefits From Breaking It In March 2025, sixteen Hausa hunters travelling to Kano were lynched by a mob. They had not committed any crime. They were […]

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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:42 +0200

Nigeria Has Banned Street Begging in Almajiri Schools. We Have Heard This Before This month, the Federal Government unveiled what it is calling a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s Almajiri education system. Street […]

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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:56:23 +0200

The Medicine Men: How Unregulated Drug Sellers Endanger Public Health in Nigeria Go to any bus stop in Kano, Bauchi, or Kaduna. You will find him. He has a folding table. Bottles arranged in neat rows. Sachets with […]

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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:52:17 +0200

Who Owns the Land? The History Behind Nigeria's Farmer-Herder Crisis In May 2023, over 130 people were killed in Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, in two days. Farmers. Herders. Villages burned. […]

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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:16:47 +0200

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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:23:38 +0200

The Almajiri Pipeline: How a Centuries-Old System Became a Recruitment Ground for Extremism in Northern Nigeria The Boy on the Road He is easy to miss. He stands at a junction in Kano, Kaduna, or Bauchi bare feet on hot asphalt, a tin bowl in […]

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Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:45:42 +0200

The Silence of the Emirs: How Northern Nigeria's Traditional Rulers Have Failed Their People The Meeting That Changes Nothing In May 2025, the governors of all 19 northern states gathered with members of the Northern Traditional […]

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Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:06:55 +0200

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Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:42:55 +0100

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