Daily Query

The liberal, independent, newspaper devoted to fair, balanced, and progressive ideas on Nigerian, African, and global affairs.

The Disappearing Boy-Child: How Violence, Drugs and Poverty Are Swallowing Northern Nigeria’s Sons…

At dawn in a dusty settlement outside Zurmi, Zamfara State, 13-year-old Mubarak quietly ties his younger brother’s worn slippers. His movements are careful, his ears alert to distant motorcycle sounds. Since bandits attacked his village one August night and abducted his two older brothers,
December 14, 2025