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Elders becoming more visible in drug trade in Nigeria, other West African countries
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Titilope F Ajayi, PhD retweeted
🚨 URGENT | NIGER 🇳🇪
Après une brève accalmie, les tirs ont repris, semant à nouveau la panique parmi les habitants de Niamey. Selon les informations disponibles, il s’agit d’une tentative de coup d’État en cours, et non d’une attaque jihadiste.
Ce qui avait commencé comme un mouvement de mécontentement au sein de l’armée s’est transformé en mutinerie, sur fond de colère liée aux lourdes pertes humaines enregistrées sur le terrain.
Des informations font état d’une prise de contrôle de la télévision nationale par les assaillants, tandis qu’une rumeur évoque la mort du ministre de la Défense. La situation sur le terrain évoluerait en faveur des mutins, avec de nombreuses pertes parmi la garde présidentielle.
Dans ce contexte de confusion, la garde présidentielle placée sous les ordres de Tiani envisagerait actuellement une riposte contre des militaires nigériens présents dans la zone de l’aéroport.
La situation est loin d’être sous contrôle.
🚨 NIGER | NIAMEY 🇳🇪
Le calme serait revenu dans la capitale nigérienne après près de deux heures de tirs signalés à proximité de l’aéroport et de la présidence.
Plusieurs sources locales privilégient la piste d’une action interne, possiblement une tentative de coup d’État contre le général Tiani. D’autres évoquent une attaque de groupes armés jihadistes.
L’identification des assaillants reste difficile, compte tenu de la présence de plusieurs mouvements hostiles au régime, notamment le JNIM, l’EI-S, l’ISWAP, Lakurawa, le FPL, le MPLJ, le FPJ, le MADP, le FAL et le MPN.
Titilope F Ajayi, PhD retweeted
West Africa's drug networks are recruiting elderly couriers, distributors and even kingpins – challenging security profiling and cultural norms that revere older people.
More research and updated profiling assumptions are urgently needed. ISS Today by Titilope F Ajayi
From several arrests this year to the 101-year-old 'great grandma' caught last week, elder involvement in drug trafficking is no longer anomalous.
Read my latest for @issafrica on what this means for changing criminal economies.
Thank you @bafem_ for the very helpful insights.
ISS Today > Unusual suspects: elders in West Africa’s changing drug trade
The apparent rise of trafficking by older adults could reflect a new criminal adaptation rather than individual criminality.
issafrica.org/iss-today/unus…
Belatedly sharing my report for @issafrica on kidnapping in the Chad-Cameroon-CAR borderlands.
Known as the Triangle of Death, #Chad’s southern borderlands with #Cameroon and #CAR are the epicentre of an escalating kidnapping-for-ransom threat.
Details in the new report by Titilope F Ajayi
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#KidnappingForRansom @MataLope
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1/ I just had one of the most frustrating experiences trying to renew my passport at the Nigerian High Commission in Accra @NigeriaHCaccra. My appointment was scheduled for 9:30am for a consulate that apparently does not open to the public until 10am. @nigimmigration
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8/ appeal to the Nigeria Immigration Service @nigimmigration @BTOofficial @MinOfInteriorNG to urgently address the glaring inefficiencies in this process. My last passport renewal in Dakar was seamless. There is simply no excuse for this level of disorganisation, inefficiency and
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9/ poor communication, especially for Nigerians accessing services abroad.
Passport renewal should not feel like an endurance test or an obstacle course! @nigimmigration @BTOofficial @MinOfInteriorNG
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Titilope F Ajayi, PhD retweeted
⏰ 01 day to go!
The Call for Applications for the 2026 APDD Fellowship Competitions closes tomorrow. We encourage you to apply: bit.ly/3L2AQkI
Deadline: January 16, 2026 (11:59 PM EST)
#APDD #AfricanResearch #AfricanScholars #AfricanPeacebuilding
Please share in your Nigeria networks 🙏🏾 @InvictusAfrica @ng_baobab
Summary of how a man allegedly unalived his wife at River Valley Estate, Lagos
- Ayoola Ayanwale is reportedly on the run after violently attacking his wife in front of their children
- The suspect allegedly st@bbed his wife multiple times, including her breast and buttocks, reportedly causing severe injuries, before fleeing the scene
- Sources claim that the woman, Ganiyat Ayoola, had been a victim of constant physical abuse from her husband. Neighbours allegedly heard her screams for help but did not intervene
- While watching her mother lose her life, their 13-year-old daughter reportedly ran out of the house screaming for help
- After the wife was rushed to a hospital, the husband allegedly returned to the house to clean up evidence
- Sources further claimed that he came back after she was taken away, cleaned himself up, packed his belongings, and fled
- Although the police are yet to release an official statement, many believe the act was premeditated
- The family is appealing to anyone with useful information to contact the police, so justice can be served
🕊️ May her soul rest in peace
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Titilope F Ajayi, PhD retweeted
US forces launched an airstrike in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, yesterday, claiming to target members of ISIS.
HumAngle visited the location to assess the impact. Here’s what happened.
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Titilope F Ajayi, PhD retweeted
Many research careers start with a PhD. Our new award will support healthcare professionals to take that step.
We’re funding a new round of doctoral programmes to train the next generation of clinically-active research leaders.
Applications are open now. Find out more ⤵️
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