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Illustrated hands exchanging Nigerian naira bills, conveying a theme of transaction or bribery, set against a blue background.

Hauwa Saleh AbubakarDecember 11, 2025

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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…

Freshly cut rosewood planks stacked inside Sunawara Forest, Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. Loggers sometimes process the timber into transportable sizes before moving them to depots outside the area.

Alamin UmarSaduwo BanyawaOctober 13, 2025

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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…

A group of people sitting and standing by mud huts in a rural setting, with trees in the background.

Ibrahim AdeyemiSeptember 29, 2025

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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…

View from the back of a tuk-tuk, focusing on the driver, with a street scene visible through a cracked windshield.

Hauwa Saleh AbubakarJuly 9, 2025

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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…

Illustration of masked individuals with rifles in front of a red, black, and green flag with a yellow symbol.

Daniel JohnJune 13, 2025

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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…

Person wearing an orange robe and a beige headscarf, with face partially covered, against a plain background.

Ibrahim AdeyemiJune 2, 2025

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The Boys Lured into Boko Haram’s Enclave with Food Rations

Hassan Audu is lost in the past. Tricked into a Boko Haram camp in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, the 16-year-old…

Sign for Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Plant, operated by North South Power Company Limited, near a small building and tree.

Ibrahim AdeyemiIsah IsmailaMay 5, 2025

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In Nigeria’s Shiroro Town, Terrorists’ Incursions on Power Plant Threaten National Grid (2)

When a national treasure was planted on the shore of Shiroro in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, the locals heaved a…

Children working in a rural area with tools and water containers, surrounded by dirt and trees.

Abdullahi AbubakarIbrahim AdeyemiEric MugendiTalibeh HydaraRob RoseThomas MukhwanaVernon WesselsApril 30, 2025

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Civilians, Gov’ts on The Losing End As Gold Smuggling Booms in Africa

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Nasiru Adamu has a toxic relationship with terrorists operating in Zamfara, a…

Illustration of armed figures in vests with a warthog in the foreground, under a blue and red abstract background.

Alamin UmarApril 30, 2025

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From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Under a tea seller’s makeshift shade in the Molai community in Borno…

People sitting on a loaded truck with bags, heading to an unknown location. Bright daytime with clear skies.

Ibrahim AdeyemiIsah IsmailaApril 22, 2025

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Shiroro: Once a Safe Town, Now a Haven for Boko Haram’s Violent Campaigns (1)

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The vices in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) are shielded in a…

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