Dancing in Kaduna, Mourning in Sokoto: A tale of two Nigerias, by Hassan Ahmad Nigeria has become a land of contradictions—where joy and sorrow, hope and despair, coexist side by side most painfully and shamefully. Just days ago, the political class and elite of this country gathered in Kaduna, adorning themselves in expensive fabrics and basking in glamour, to celebrate the marriage of the children of a former governor and serving senator. The images of jubilation—cheerful faces, flashing lights, luxurious banquets—flooded social media. But at the very same moment, in Sokoto,...