North East
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Features
Borno Communities Fear Repeat Floods as Alau Dam Remains Unrepaired
Every weekday, 38-year-old Fatima Musa grips her sonās hand as they step onto a makeshift bridge in Fori, a community…
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News
INSO Ordered to Suspend Services in Nigeria
In a move that threatens to destabilise Nigeriaās already fragile humanitarian landscape, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) has been…
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Featured
Eight Months After Maiduguri Flood, What Has Recovery Looked Like for Victims?
When the devastating floods washed through Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria in September 2024, Aisha Ahmed, a resident of Gwange community,…
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Featured
What Resettlement Looks Like When The Gunshots Havenāt Stopped
There is a tenderness between Fati Bukar and her eldest son, Lawal. When he sits next to her, she holds…
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Analyses
Nigeriaās Military Triumphs And the Unfinished Battle Against Corruption and Bad Governance
The Nigerian military’s quest to reclaim the North East from the brutal grip of Boko Haram over the past decade…
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Displacement & Migration
Lost Homes, No Aid: The Forgotten IDPs Uprooted by Terrorists in North Central NigeriaĀ
Musa Murjanatu, 40, was once a thriving trader in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, where terrorists have taken roots for clandestine…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Resurging Terror Attacks Amidst Global Displacement Crisis
The recent Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) paints a troubling picture:…
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Analyses
The Evasive Funding Channels Sustaining Boko Haram/ISWAP in Nigeria
Beneath the violence that has come to define the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) lies a highly organised financial…
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Analyses
ISWAP Overruns Key Borno Sites in Coordinated Assault
A coordinated wave of violence has raged through Borno State in northeastern Nigeria between May 12 and 13, as the…
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Featured
What Life Could Have Been for Leah Sharibu at 22
Itās May 14, so she posts a birthday photo on Instagram: a selfie in scrubs after a long hospital shift,…
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Features
A Displaced Nigerian Teenagerās Search for Home and Education
She was just seven years old when they were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.…
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Features
Beyond The Masks (II): The Struggles of Nigerian Women Living with Mental Health ConditionsĀ
One of the hardest parts of living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) for Emily Audu* is becoming emotionally tethered to…
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