Line of Sight

Line of Sight

Lakurawa and the terrifying price of Nigeria’s national security blunders

This week, most Nigerians are coming to terms with the announcement of the birth of a new terror group operating in the North of Nigeria. It is called

Scarred children, broken systems: Nigeria’s betrayal of its future

As Nigerians love to say, a gust of wind has exposed the chicken’s rump. It is a rather unrefined proverb but one that seems crudely fitting for what

Ikwechegh and the impunity of Nigeria’s elite

As we have learnt this week, some Nigerian public officials apparently have the power to make Nigerians disappear and “nothing will happen.” No, we ar

Breaking the cycle: Addressing Nigeria’s fuel tanker explosions and flooding crises

We have seen this before, haven’t we? Perhaps a dozen or a hundred times, already. It doesn’t seem to matter. A tanker filled to the brim with highly

Matawalle and the politicisation of banditry

The discourse on the current state of insecurity in Nigeria will not be complete if Zamfara is not featured at the heart of that conversation. It is,