Investigations
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The Making of the Boko Haram Army
On a hauntingly cold night in 2008, a 28-year-old impressionable fan of Mohammed Yusuf sat in the latter’s compound in…
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Ideology, Blood, and War: Rethinking the Origins of Boko Haram
Before he became a fugitive preacher, during which time security officials learned to mutter his name with a foreboding weight,…
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In Niger Republic, The Junta’s Peace Is Not Everyone’s Peace
Aichatou often heard of insecurity for most of her life, but never experienced it herself. She had relatives who had…
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Beneath the Tracks: The Systemic Failures of the Abuja-Kaduna Train
Panic came last for Mubarak Hassan* on the evening of March 28, 2022. It’s been four years since the terrorist…
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The Performative US Airstrike That May Have Killed No Terrorists in Nigeria
In the evening, moments before the United States’ aerial operation in northwestern Nigeria, a helicopter hovered above the perimeters of…
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Poor Pay, Zero Growth: Nigeria’s Casual Workers Sinking into Despair
Bilkisu Haruna’s* voice carried over 25 years of frustration, rising through the phone. Her life, which she expected to change…
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Inside Nigeria’s Criminal Rosewood Economy
The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt…
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Climate Shocks, Governance Gaps and the Refugee Crisis in the Sahel
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. Yusuf Abdullahi stood beside the only well left in his town, its…
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The Exploitative Slot Systems Targeting Desperate Job Seekers in Nigeria
After Zahra Usman* quit a job she described as toxic in a law firm that overworked and underpaid her, affecting…
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Children’s Education Suffers as IPOB Fighters Infiltrate Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
Nine years after the “Anglophone Crisis” in October 2016, violence has engulfed the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon. The…
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