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From Fighting Fires to Reading the Weather: Can Nigeria Learn to See the Storm Before It Breaks?

By The Insight Team 58 0
By Crispin Oduobuk At about 2 p.m. on Friday, August 21, Muslims gathered for Juma’at prayers at a mosque in Kpenya, a community in Dekara District of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. For the worshippers, it was an ordinary Friday afternoon. Until armed men stormed the community. Within minutes, worshippers were being marched […]Continue Reading
Investigations Terrorism Monitor

‘I’ve Negotiated the Release of 40 Victims from Terrorist Enclaves’

By The Insight Team 129 0
By Emmanuel Kwada For more than a decade, insecurity has left deep scars across communities in northern Adamawa State. Families have been displaced, livelihoods destroyed and lives lost to attacks, kidnappings and years of fear. But behind some of the stories of survival is a man whose work has largely remained unknown. His name is […]Continue Reading
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Adakole Daniel: An Accountant-turned-Peace Mediator in Benue State

By The Insight Team 292 0
By Sharon Emmanuel Adakole Inalegwu Daniel, a young Accounting graduate, could have chosen the safety of staying away from trouble-ridden communities affected by armed attacks in Benue State. Instead, he has spent years risking his life to promote peace among rural dwellers. Daniel has also invested his personal resources and livelihood in efforts to prevent […]Continue Reading
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Jacob Choji Pwakim: Apostle of Dialogue and Peace in Plateau State

By The Insight Team 369 0
  Jacob Choji Pwakim is one of Nigeria’s leading community peacebuilders whose work over the past decade has demonstrated that sustainable peace is built not only through dialogue but through trust, shared ownership, and practical collaboration among divided communities. As Founder and Executive Director of the Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Continue Reading
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National Security Begins in the Information Space

By The Insight Team 224 0
By Wole Oni For decades, national security was understood largely in military terms. Governments invested in soldiers, intelligence services, law enforcement agencies, and weapons to defend the state against external aggression and internal threats. While these remain indispensable, the digital age has fundamentally altered the security landscape. Today, one of the most Continue Reading
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Now, Nigerian journalists are trapped in ‘theatre of terror’

By The Insight Team 355 2
A disturbing news judgment I made in January 2012 when I occupied the magisterial seat as Editor of Sunday Trust makes me feel like a guilty old man when dry bone is mentioned in a proverb. In this case, I feel unease when security personnel and government officials throw missiles at the media for allegedly […]Continue Reading
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Presidency Celebrates Rescue of Oyo Schoolchildren After 56 Days in Captivity, Vows Justice for Slain Teacher

By The Insight Team 219
By Emmanuel Kwada The Presidency has expressed relief and gratitude following the successful rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from Oriire Community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, ending a harrowing 56-day ordeal that gripped the nation and left families in anguish. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on […]Continue Reading
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‎Borno, Katsina, Zamfara Lead as Violence Claims 15,000 Lives in One Year – Report

By The Insight Team 329
By The Insight Team ‎ ‎Violence across Nigeria claimed 15000 lives in the 12 months between July 2025 and June 2026, with Borno, Katsina and Zamfara emerging as the country’s deadliest conflict hotspots. This is according to data by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), a global conflict data repository. ‎ ‎The data, […]Continue Reading
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From Partnership to Progress: SDP4 and the Future of UK–Nigeria Security Cooperation

By The Insight Team 246
By Chido Onumah Today, Abuja hosts the Fourth United Kingdom–Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership (SDP4) Dialogue, marking another important milestone in one of the most consequential bilateral security relationships on the African continent. More than a diplomatic engagement, SDP4 arrives at a defining moment for both countries and for the wider international Continue Reading
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Weekly Brief: Xenophobe-Returnees from South Africa tell plane-load of sad tales

By The Insight Team 279
By Emmanuel Kwada ‎Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians abroad escalated, with returnees recounting harrowing ordeals. On Democracy Day, Atiku Abubakar lamented widespread hunger as Femi Falana led protests. In Borno, 720 repentant Boko Haram members were reintegrated amid fresh security concerns. Then, the past week blended global excitement with Nigeria’s Continue Reading
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