At a moment when Nigeria’s security landscape has become as much digital as physical, the Federal Government, the Kaduna State Government, and the nation’s military have issued a powerful joint appeal for stronger inter-agency collaboration against fake news, disinformation, deepfakes, and cyber threats. Speaking on Tuesday at the ongoing Second National Symposium on Crisis Communication, organised by the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) in Kaduna State, senior officials made clear that the country’s challenges are no longer confined to the battlefield. The seminar, themed “Inter-agency Collaboration, Public Trust and Cyber Threat Management in Crisis Communication,” drew a striking picture of…

In the quiet, agrarian heartland of Madhya Pradesh, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the monsoon and the harvest, a sinister shadow has been cast over two small villages. Chandana and Binjana, in the Dewas district, have become the epicenter of a tragedy that has left 13 families mourning and an entire community grappling with fear and anger. The deaths, which occurred between late September and mid-October, were initially shrouded in confusion—a sudden ailment, a rapid decline, and then silence. But as the number of victims grew, it became clear that this was no ordinary sickness. It was…