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Insurgency Victims Divided Over Efforts To Reconcile Parties Without Compensation
The torn flaps of the umbrella sway to the direction of wind blowing from the east of the roadside market…
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Travails of Mama Boko Haram: Why She Is Held In Prison Since February
Seated outside the dock in a Maiduguri courtroom, her entire body veiled from head-to-toe with her typical adornment of niqab…
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How COVID-19 Upset Family Planning Services, Threatened Women’s Lives
Omolara* had an unsafe abortion this year and it nearly killed her. Since she gave birth to her first child…
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The Deradicalised (1): One Man’s Journey From Almajiri To Jihadist And Then IDP
Nothing about Usman’s* demeanour is menacing. The 25-year-old, thin as a rake, radiates good cheer wherever he goes. He is…
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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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