Analyses
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REPORT CARD: Nigerian Govt’s Response To Recurrent Floods Under Buhari-led Administration
2015 At the start of the administration floods affected six states, resulting in the loss of 53 lives and displacing…
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REPORT CARD: How Much Development Did Nigeria See Under Ex-President Buhari?
As the curtain closes on the Muhammadu Buhari-led government, the presidency has begun listing the accomplishments and milestones achieved by…
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REPORT CARD: Human Rights Abuses Marred Buhari’s Tenure As Nigeria’s President
He rode to power in 2015 on a promise to respect the rule of law, but Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure as…
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Street Robberies: Losing Hope In Police, Kano Residents Fight Back With Mob Violence
A recent spike in incidents of fatal mob violence in Kano, a city in Northwest Nigeria, sparked by cases of…
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‘Firewood Rape’ Too Widespread In Rural Africa
All over wartorn parts of Africa, displaced women are often exposed to many kinds of sexual violence. But a particularly…
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No Way Home: Satellite Images Reveal Dozens Of Towns Destroyed By Boko Haram Conflict
Tunbun Buhari was once a lively town with a network of dirt roads, hundreds of homes and public buildings. If…
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World Malaria Day: Nigeria Has Approved The Use Of Malaria Vaccine. What’s Next?
Nigerian medicines regulators have granted provisional approval for a new malaria vaccine, as final testing continues in three other African…
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Terrorists Using Local Language To Spread Propaganda On Facebook
Members of an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group in Nigeria have been using social media to spread their jihadi propaganda, recruit members…
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Civilians Adapt To Survive As Insurgents Fight For Influence In Africa’s Central Sahel
Civilians in the conflict-torn Central Sahel have developed complex and innovative relationships with competing factions of insurgent and other extremist…
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Concerns After Human Rights Commission Say Ex-Boko Haram ‘Exonerated’ Soldiers Of Abortion Charges
Questions are being raised about the way Nigeria’s top human rights organisation is administering a panel set up to examine…
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