killings continue to spread fear. A recent analysis described Nigeria as an “insecurity here is a dangerous silence spreading across Nigeria. It is the silence of exhausted hotspot” in the Sahel, warning that governance failures and under-governed spaces are citizens, people who no longer complain loudly because they are tired of speaking T allowing violence to thrive. without being heard. Beneath that silence, however, lies frustration, anger and deep For citizens already struggling to eat, insecurity compounds hopelessness. Farmers uncertainty about the future. abandon their lands. Businesse…