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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]