Features
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Nigerian Fire Service Officers Drown in Debt Over Unpaid Salaries
In December last year, Talle Bello* received his appointment letter to join Nigeria’s Federal Fire Service. Like many others, he…
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The Lagos Fishermen Who Catch the Dead
From his home, Idowu Usu can tell when someone has died in the lagoon. Among fishermen in Ago Egun, a…
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Floods Push Families from Their Homes in the Benue River Valley to the Streets
Under the scorching sun, away from their makeshift tent of thatch, bamboo, and a tarpaulin sheet used as roofing, Pwanabeshi…
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South East Nigeria Still Reels from Nnamdi Kanu’s Incarceration
Most communities in southeastern Nigeria fall silent every Monday. Markets that once buzzed with commerce stand empty, schools that nurtured…
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Boko Haram Displaces Over 10 Borno Villages in One Month
Modu Bintumi was sleeping peacefully with his wife and eight children that Tuesday when, just before dawn, they were jolted…
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The Unknown Flesh-Eating Disease in Nigeria’s Adamawa
Abubakar Ibrahim woke one morning in June to find his leg swelling. By nightfall, the entire limb was ballooned and…
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Children of War, Fathers of Regret
On a dusty morning in Nigeria’s northeast, the echoes in camps are no longer the rattle of gunfire or the…
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Land Disputes Tear Adamawa’s Bachama and Tshobo Tribes Apart, Leave Distrust Behind
After losing his three-bedroom apartment and a store during a crisis in Adamawa, North East Nigeria, Morisson Napwatemi says it…
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A Year After Maiduguri Flood, Fears Linger Despite Positive Forecasts
Weather forecasts suggest Maiduguri and surrounding communities in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, are set for reduced rainfall in the coming…
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Why Saturdays Terrify a Delta Community
On the fringes of Okpanam in Delta State, South South Nigeria, there was once a place known simply as “Fulani…
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