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Armed Violence
As Rain Returns to Zamfara, So Do Terror Attacks on Local Farmers
When dozens of farmers bade farewell to their family members on the morning of Friday, June 12, and headed out…
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News
Nigerian Major General’s Death in Terrorist Captivity Highlights Worsening Insecurity
For two weeks, the fate of Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) had become a barometer for testing whether Nigerian authorities…
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News
Rifles, ₦50 Million Demanded for Release of 39 Abducted During Peace Meeting in Zamfara
Residents were thrown into despair after a terrorist leader, Jammo Smally, abducted 39 community leaders who had gone to discuss…
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Names of Students Abducted in Zamfara Emerge
Hours after residents went to bed on the morning of Wednesday, June 3, sounds of gunshots pierced through the air…
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Armed Violence
Still, There Is Nothing Where Satiru Was (1906 – 2026)
Let us begin with what has been forgotten. There is a field, roughly 22 kilometres southwest of Sokoto, between the…
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Analyses
Ethics Under Fire: When Survival Meets Storytelling in Nigeria’s Conflict Zones
In one of the world’s most deprived and volatile regions, HumAngle’s reporting and experience reveal that journalists in Nigeria are…
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Analyses
Inside the Nigerian Military’s Quiet Gains Against a Fragmented War
In Nigeria’s North East, the Boko Haram insurgent group once carved out territory and declared a caliphate. In the North…
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Featured
One Man’s Kidnapping in Kano Unmasks Growing Criminal Siege
Audu Danbaba is in his fifties but trudges like someone in his eighties. He walks carefully, sometimes raising his hands…
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Featured
The Singa Market Fire in Kano That Left Dreams in Ashes
How do you comfort a man who has just watched years of his life turn to smoke? Sulaiman Mustapha remained…
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Featured
The Defiant Health Worker Targeted to Treat Injured Terrorists in Zamfara
On 15 different occasions, terrorists trailing Amiru Bala failed to capture him. They succeeded on their 16th attempt in the…
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Armed Violence
The People Left Behind After Kaduna Church Abductions
A bowl of leftover pap saved Audu Gimba* from being abducted, but his wife, children, and relatives were not as…
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Armed Violence
Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems
What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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Featured
Asure: The Women Showing Financial Resilience Through Cultural Feasts in Jigawa
The harvest season is a moment of festivity in Medu, a Hausa farming community in the Gagarawa Local Government Area…
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Investigations
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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Armed Violence
Mass Displacement Looms in Northwest Nigeria Following US Airstrikes, Misinformation
When the explosive devices from the US airstrike landed in Birkini, a satellite village in Jabo town, Sokoto, North West…
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Armed Violence
The US Launched an Airstrike in Northwestern Nigeria. Here’s How it Went
A few locals gathered in an open area around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, when they saw a projectile…
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Disinformation
Fact-Check: Trending Photos of Nnamdi Kanu in Prison Uniform Are AI-generated
Multiple photos have shown Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in an awkward prison setting,…
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Armed Violence
Portraits of Grief: Inside Abducted Kebbi Girls’ School after Brutal Terror Attack
The terror struck in the wee hours of Monday, Nov. 17, shattering the quiet of the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary…
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