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Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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A media nerd whose work centres politics, gender, social commentary, and pop culture.

Nigeria’s Secret Deals With Boko Haram Undercut Its Public Resolve

Nigeria’s Secret Deals With Boko Haram Undercut Its Public Resolve

According to an exclusive report from The New Humanitarian, Nigeria has maintained a ceasefire with Boko Haram for roughly three months, tied to negotiations that freed 360 civilians abducted from Ngoshe village in Borno State earlier this year. The truce, in place since June, is likely to be extended for another 40 days. The arrangement reportedly involved a ransom payment of 3.7 million Dollars, which the government denies making.

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Nigerian National Parks Were Meant To Save Nature, Now They Shelter Terrorists

Nigeria’s national parks and game reserves were set up by colonial and post-independence governments to protect wildlife and forests. Today, several of them have become safe havens for terrorists, bandits, and kidnap gangs in the country. To understand why, we have to look past the immediate security failures and into a conservation system that has long been starved of money, staff, and proper management before any armed group ever set foot in these forests.

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2 weeks ago

Nigerian National Parks Were Meant To Save Nature, Now They Shelter Terrorists

Is Tyla’s “A*POP” A Case of False Advertising?

A*POP isn’t a disappointing album because it is poorly made, it’s disappointing because it was marketed as a fearless leap into African electronic-pop innovation and mostly settled into safe, radio-friendly pop and R&B with occasional South African accents. The neon rollout, the tracklist reveal, the framing around “the A in pop” all promised something the record only delivers in flashes.

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4 weeks ago

Is Tyla’s “A*POP” A Case of False Advertising?

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Spreading Faster Without a Vaccine to Stop It

The Ebola outbreak tearing through the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than the response can keep up with, and has become the country’s deadliest ever recorded, and the second-largest in history since 2016. More than 2,000 people have died, and over 4,300 cases have been confirmed across five provinces since the outbreak was declared in mid-May. Only the West Africa epidemic of 2014–2016, which killed more than 11,000 people, has claimed more lives. 

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4 weeks ago

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Spreading Faster Without a Vaccine to Stop It

The Structure Problem Behind Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid

Obi’s answer, so far, has been serial departure, five parties without pausing long enough at any one of them to leave it stronger than he found it. Charisma got him 6.1 million votes and a historic win in Lagos and the FCT, but it has not  shown any sign of getting him anywhere near the seat of power, the coalition arithmetic that turned Buhari’s fourth attempt into Nigeria’s first opposition victory at the polls is still missing. Until Obi can point to something structural rather than personal, the answer to whether charisma alone can  make him Nigerian president will always be no.

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4 weeks ago

The Structure Problem Behind Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid
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