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Chased By Terrorists, Caught By The Military: Two Sides Of An Ugly War
Boko Haram wanted Adam Lawan dead. As a politician and vigilante, he represented everything they detested: allegiance to democratic rule…
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The Buni Yadi Tragedy: The Boy Who Saw It Coming
For a very long time after Fatima Tanko Haruna was given a million naira by the Yobe state government as…
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The Buni Yadi Tragedy: When The Boys Came
“It will take a cinematographer’s eyes. Mine will not do, I admit. And she will need a button that makes…
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How Many Teachers Does It Take To Run A School? The Answer May Surprise You
One thing so unavoidably distinct about the head teacher’s office, is the plastic furniture stacked against the walls of the…
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Nigeria’s Floods Leave A Trail Of Ruin And Heartbreak — Photo Essay (III)
Abubakar Muhammad and Salihu Muhammed sat beside the road on granite rocks, what remained of materials used to refill the…
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Nigeria’s Floods Leave A Trail Of Ruin And Heartbreak — Photo Essay (II)
One after another, passengers alighted from their cars. Two men in their mid-twenties, Mohammed and Tasihu, emerged from a boat…
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Nigeria’s Floods Leave A Trail Of Ruin And Heartbreak — Photo Essay (I)
Young Aliyu Abubakar wore his beret like a union leader and folded his trousers above his knees to keep them…
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Life For The Displaced Woman When Her Husband Goes Missing
When Hajja Hawwa Saleh arrived in Maiduguri in late 2015 as a displaced woman, there wasn’t enough food for her…
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Financing The Ambazonian Dream
Lambi, the son of a cocoa farmer, ditched his childhood dream to make his family proud by becoming an accountant.…
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Caught In the Floods: Tales Of Residents Affected In Nigeria’s Delta State
Madame Christiana sits to count her losses. She recently woke up to a flooded compound. Naturally, that meant flooded farmlands…
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