“Displaced youth face a 50-60% risk of radicalisation,” states Mike Arnold, stressing that education is the key solution to combating insecurity.

An American entrepreneur and outspoken critic of the Bola Tinubu administration’s handling of insecurity in Nigeria has responded to a controversial amateur video circulating on social media, which allegedly depicts Christians being slaughtered by suspected Fulani militia, by emphasising that education is the key to deradicalisation.

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Solar for the People or Politics for 2027? Questions Trail Nigeria’s $750 Million Off-Grid Power Plan

Advocatus Africa’s in-house data and annotation analyst, Dr. Ijutil Joseph, interrogates Nigeria’s ambitious plan of deploying 1,350 mini solar grids and more than one million solar home systems across underserved communities. At a time when citizens struggle with inflation, unemployment, and insecurity, he asks, “Does this project reflect Nigeria’s most urgent needs?”

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Video: “Our continent’s most strategic asset is not only what we extract, but what we design, build, and govern.” – Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed

President Abiy Ahmed, who spoke during the 39th African Union (AU) Summit at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, tells the world that “By 2035, Africa will add more young people to the global workforce than the rest of the world combined,” arguing that “projections show that Africa’s growth will be on par, if not above, that of Asia.”

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