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The Almajiri Girl’s Long Distance Race To Relevance
In 2012, when she was only seven, Maymunah* left her home in Dandinshe, a small community in Kofar Ruwa, Kano…
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She Went For Some Firewood But Returned With A Terrorist’s Child
Balu Agah, 25, has been through hell and high water. But nothing compares to the events of the past year.…
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8,000 Kraals Lost To The Conflicts In Southern Kaduna (Part Two)
For Ardo Haruna, grappling with the challenges of founding a new pastoral community and developing new kraals (traditional villages of…
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Borno IDPs Returning Home Amid Safety Concerns
“Is it safe for us to return home?” Mallam Baba Kurama, an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) from Marte Local Government…
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Hundreds Of Farming Communities Affected By Protracted Conflict In Southern Kaduna (Part One)
What most frightens Alhaji Kabiru Ahmadu, if you ask him, is the impending hunger and deepening impoverishment threatening the survival…
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With 100 Naira, You Can Falsify Your Identity To Evade Justice In Nigeria
It’s 1:13 pm, on a Wednesday afternoon in March. The pavement of one of the buildings in the court premises…
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‘Slavery’ At The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Where Lecturers Are Paid N19,800 Monthly
Funmilayo* was 28 when she started working at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, as a youth corps member. In 2015, she was…
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‘Repentant Boko Haram’: A Look At Operation Safe Corridor Deradicalisation And Rehabilitation Camp — ICIR Report
On the morning of September 6, a 78-year-old man climbed aboard a green-white-green “Borno State Government Free School Bus”. Alkali…
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Why Deepening Tension, Aggravating Insecurity May Trigger Insurgency In South-East Nigeria
Tension on the rise It is difficult to miss the signs. Ominous signals continue to dog the path of peace…
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Knifar: Family Stricken Over Detainee-TB Patient Abandoned In Borno Hospitals
Ina, an internally displaced woman in Borno State, visited the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), in May 2019, with…
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