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Analyses
AI Cannot Protect What It Does Not Understand
Artificial intelligence is steadily changing how the world responds to crises. Governments use it to analyse satellite imagery after natural…
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Featured
Nigeria is Finally Prosecuting Terrorists at Record Levels. Here’s What That Means
For nearly two decades, Nigeria fought Boko Haram and its offshoots, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Ansaru,…
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Armed Violence
IEDs Tear Through Northwestern Nigerian Roads and Their Travellers
On Tuesday, June 9, a disturbing incident left many locals mourning in the rural areas of Zamfara State, in northwestern…
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Armed Violence
Renewed Violence in Southern Taraba Communities Shatters Peace Deal
Joy Oga, a pregnant woman in her second trimester, was harvesting yams on her farm in Kwanta/Dooshima area when armed…
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Features
How Nigerians Absorb the Cost of Delayed Digital Payments
On a hot Tuesday afternoon in Yola, Adamawa State, in northeastern Nigeria, 32-year-old Fidelis Mbai walked to a point-of-sale (POS)…
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Features
Hundreds Return to Kumalia After Terrorists Ban Farming
“I am temporarily relocating to Kumalia.” When Kaka Ali said those words over the phone on June 8, I nearly…
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News
Teachers Dead, Students Abducted in Lassa School Attack in Northeastern Nigeria
Students at Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, were preparing to…
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Features
The Invisible Data Trail Behind Everyday Life in Nigeria
Even before the first naira changes hands or the first customer calls, Musa Lekki reaches for his phone. It is…
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Features
Cholera Hits a Resettled Borno Community Still Struggling to Recover
When the first three people fell sick on Thursday, June 11, residents of Doron Baga were unsure what was happening.…
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Environment & Climate Change
How Repeated Flooding Is Worsening Child Malnutrition in Adamawa
Every Thursday, 35-year-old Fatima Sani joins hundreds of other women from neighbouring communities across Demsa, a local government area in…
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Features
Inside Nigeria’s Tedious Paths to Harmonised Digital Identity Systems
Jadon John keeps a diary in which he records reference numbers for government-mandated registrations. Based in Jimeta, a commercial district…
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Features
Borno IDPs Caught Between Terrorists’ and Troops’ Wrath
It was midnight on April 12 when Modu Baluye woke to the sound of gunfire. He was asleep with his…
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