Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu is the Managing Editor at HumAngle. She researches and investigates terrorism & insurgency and its human cost and aftermath, particularly how they affect transitional justice issues, displacement, migration, and women. She is a 2023 Pulitzer Centre grantee, a 2023 International Women Media Fund awardee, and a 2022 Storify Africa fellow, among several others.

Accountability

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAhmad SalkidaDamilola AyeniIbrahim AdeyemiJuly 13, 2025
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Nigeria’s Former President Buhari Dies: What His Legacy Means for Security

In December 2014, an incumbent president lost a re-election bid for the first time in Nigeria’s history. It was a…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuApril 21, 2025
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She Walked into Boko Haram Territory to Free Her Husband With A Ransom

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Babagana Abacha’s sister had just died that November morning in 2024, in…
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Development

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMarch 6, 2025
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#HumAngleAt5: The Evolution of Conflict Reporting and HumAngle’s Innovative Approach

In 2009, when Mohammed Yusuf first began the process of what would later culminate in a terror group declaring war…
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News

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMarch 2, 2025
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#HumAngleAt5: HumAngle Strengthens Governance with New Advisory Board Appointments

HumAngle has appointed a new advisory board, bringing together leading voices in journalism, media innovation, human and digital rights, security,…
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Armed Violence

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 5, 2025
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Falmata’s Killer Flees as Authorities Search Following HumAngle Investigation

HumAngle has confirmed that Awana Lawan Umar, the individual implicated in the tragic death of his 17-year-old niece, Falmata, has…
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Featured

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuDecember 22, 2024
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Here Are Our Reporters’ Favourite 2024 HumAngle Stories

Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do? Almajiris in the Tandari community of Borno, northeastern Nigeria,…
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Podcast

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuDecember 6, 2024
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Her Husband Wants Her to Come to Sambisa with Him

VOV 118: Her Husband Wants Her to Come to Sambisa | RSS.com This podcast episode follows Maijiddah, a returnee in…
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Investigations

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuNovember 18, 2024
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A Tragic Femicide Case in Northeastern Nigeria Smells Like Honour Killing

Yakaka Alhaji Aisami did not know it when she woke up that morning in April this year, but two things…
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Podcast

Adejumo KabirHauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 29, 2024
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The Price of Pleasure

The Price of Pleasure | RSS.com According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), human trafficking is one of the biggest…
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Impact

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 7, 2024
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What Does 11 Years in Military Detention Do to a Woman?

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Somehow, in all the 11 years she spent in detention at the…
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