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Breaking Barriers: How Community-Driven School Brings Hope to Northeastern Nigeria
After finishing secondary school, 19-year-old Fatima Umar faced opposition from her father, who was against her plans to continue her…
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From Captivity to Uncertainty: A Young Nigerian’s Quest to Rebuild After Abduction
When Mukhtar Umaru trudged barefoot through dirt and thorns to escape from his abductors in Zamfara, North West Nigeria, about…
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The Struggles of Borno’s Loggers Amid Deforestation and Official Extortion
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… He stood in the doorway, dressed in a grey, faded kaftan worn…
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How Poverty Forces Teenage Boys in Northeast Nigeria to Grow Up Quickly
At just 14, Umar Muhammad Bello from Tsohuwar Kasuwa, Potiskum in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, had lived through experiences that…
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How Nigeria Police Force ‘Betrayed’ Its Own Officers Despite Senate Intervention
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Before donning the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) uniform, Amos Olaniyan, in the…
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Abandoned by Her Father, This Young Woman Struggles with the Emotional Fallout of Neglect
Maryam Umar’s* father had faded into the background of her life for the past eight years. Before then, he was…
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Teenager Faces Motherhood, Stigma, After Sexual Assault in Nigeria’s North East
At just 18, Asabe Hamisu’s* days in Tashan Kurma, a rural neighbourhood in Damaturu, Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, are…
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After Years of Arbitrary Military Detention, Two Young Nigerians Rebuild Their Lives
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Saleh Hassan tilted his head upwards occasionally, his gaze fixed on the…
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Contagious Skin Disease Plagues Borno’s Displaced Community For Over a Year
There is an alarming health crisis in the Low-Cost displacement camp in Damboa town, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. The camp…
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Nigeria’s Cocoa Industry in Shambles as Farmers Battle Theft and Violence
Every morning, farmers at Araromi Oke-Odo, a rural community in the Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun, South West Nigeria,…
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