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Ahmad SalkidaJune 27, 2025

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Nigeria’s Governance Gap Widens as Ungoverned Areas Multiply

The spate of insecurity in Nigeria is turning many local communities into ungovernable spaces. As the secular government withdraws from…

Burned-out minivan in a dirt lot, surrounded by debris, with buildings and a tree in the background.

Johnstone KpilaakaaSalim YunusaJune 25, 2025

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Plateau Mob Action: When Identity Becomes a Death Sentence in Nigeria

Bashar Abubakar embarked on a journey with his relatives and family friends from Basawa, a community in Zaria, northwestern Nigeria,…

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Ibrahim AdeyemiJune 24, 2025

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The Journalists Hounded by Victims of Armed Violence They Cover

Taiwo Adebulu got a grip on the story he had always wanted to tell in Kebbi State, North West Nigeria.…

A rural scene with a thatched-roof house, clay structures, scattered items, and two people outside, surrounded by trees and dirt ground.

Johnstone KpilaakaaJune 17, 2025

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Massacres in Border Communities Ignite New Terror Wave in Benue State

Doowuese Kohol*, a woman in her 70s, was fast asleep on the night of Saturday, June 13, after what she…

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Daniel JohnJune 13, 2025

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Children’s Education Suffers as IPOB Fighters Infiltrate Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

Nine years after the “Anglophone Crisis” in October 2016, violence has engulfed the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon. The…

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Johnstone KpilaakaaJune 9, 2025

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Displaced Families in Benue Risk Everything to Bury Their Loved Ones

At dawn, a small convoy snakes through Kwande, Benue State’s dusty backroads in North-central Nigeria. A police siren pierces the…

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Abubakar Muktar AbbaJune 5, 2025

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Borno Communities Fear Repeat Floods as Alau Dam Remains Unrepaired

Every weekday, 38-year-old Fatima Musa grips her son’s hand as they step onto a makeshift bridge in Fori, a community…

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Isah IsmailaJune 4, 2025

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One Chance: Inside Abuja’s Unending Crime Wave of Car Abductions and Burglary

“‘Oya Oya, tell am make him wire us ₦200k before we leave you; if not, na Kaduna we go carry…

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Usman Abba ZannaJune 3, 2025

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Eight Months After Maiduguri Flood, What Has Recovery Looked Like for Victims?

When the devastating floods washed through Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria in September 2024, Aisha Ahmed, a resident of Gwange community,…

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Ibrahim AdeyemiJune 2, 2025

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The Boys Lured into Boko Haram’s Enclave with Food Rations

Hassan Audu is lost in the past. Tricked into a Boko Haram camp in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, the 16-year-old…

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