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Mining in Adamawa Turns a Community’s Only Water Source into Poison
Blessing William crouched by the stream in Bole-3 at dawn, scrubbing pots and dishes. The water surface had a milky…
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‘Nowhere to Shit’: Conflict, Flight, and Lagos’s Toilet Crisis
From Zaria to Lagos, Yakubu spent three days. Along the way, he hoped, ate, and even stepped aside to relieve…
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Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems
What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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Asure: The Women Showing Financial Resilience Through Cultural Feasts in Jigawa
The harvest season is a moment of festivity in Medu, a Hausa farming community in the Gagarawa Local Government Area…
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Nigerian Soldiers Fighting Terrorists Mark Armed Forces Day Amid Low Morale
Ali Salim* is a gunner and a member of a special force combating terrorists in Kaduna State, one of the…
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In Adamawa Hospitals, Poor Digital Systems Frustrate Medical Care
On a sunny morning in October 2025, 42-year-old Fatima Ibrahim walked into the outpatient department of the Adamawa Specialist Hospital…
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Three Peace Accords Later, Tshobo and Bachama Still Clash in Adamawa
It was December 23, 2025. A group of young men mounted motorcycles and rode through the warring communities of Lamurde…
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Terrorists in Borno Executed IDPs After Families Couldn’t Raise Ransom
Jidda Hadu is married and has six children who depend entirely on him for survival. His younger brother, Mohammed Hadu,…
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Broken Digital Health Systems Push Insured Patients to Pay Out-of-Pocket in Adamawa
Jimmy John had been battling a severe toothache for days. The pain made eating and sleeping almost impossible. Early in…
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In the Aftermath of the Mosque Bomb Blast in Maiduguri
It was almost 6 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 24. Makinta Bukar had finished attending to a customer…
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