Why are Nigerians numb to death?

Opening the newspapers over the weekend, I was greeted with headlines like: “26-year-old man arrested for setting grandma on fire in Jigawa” “Police hunt cultists for killing Ogun councillorship candidate” “Gunmen kill 2, set houses ablaze in Benue” “Three killed, one missing in Anambra journalists kidnap” Note that this is not unusual anymore in Nigeria.