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Tales Of Medical Care Struggles Of The Ouaka People In Central African Republic
“We didn’t think Aboubakar would survive,” says Clara, nine-year-old Aboubakar’s aunt, as she recalls how the little boy arrived at…
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After Kankara Abduction: ‘Never Again’, Parents Share Traumatic Experience
All was well for the Ismails until a strange phone call the in the morning of Saturday, December 12. It…
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Maiduguri: A City Under Siege – Special Report
On Monday, December 21, an outraged Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, captured the mood of many residents about the…
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Evicted By Guns: How Niger State Residents Lose Homes, Families To Violent Crimes, Kidnappings
Perturbed over the safest means of transportation to the epicentres of armed violence and kidnapping spurring insecurity in Niger State,…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Why Empowerment Programmes Have Failed To Reduce Street Hawking In Lagos (PART 2)
Deborah, a secondary school student in a public school, sells vegetables on the street in the evening. The 17 years…
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How Empowerment Programmes, Unclear Policies Failed To Reduce Street Hawking In Lagos (PART 1)
Nineteen years old Mariam has been hawking on Lagos streets for five years. Without being ignorant of the imminent dangers,…
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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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