North West
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Armed Violence
After Freeing His Mother From Terrorists’ Den in Zamfara, He Killed Two of Her Captors
Left with no other choice, Usman Jabbi, a local man in Zamfara state, said he hacked to death two terrorists…
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Analyses
Mapping the Dangerous Enclaves of Lakurawa Terrorists in North West Nigeria
Authorities in Sokoto called them a new terrorist group, even though they had existed for more than six years. When…
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Analyses
Lakurawa: Once Called Harmless Herders, Now a Deadly Terror Group in North West Nigeria
About six years ago, locals in the Tangaza and Gudu areas of Sokoto raised an alarm over the suspicious activities…
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News
Terrorists Kill 5 Soldiers at Military Checkpoint in Zamfara
Terrorists attacked a military checkpoint in the Zurmi area of Zamfara, North West Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring two…
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Analyses
Power Outages Compound Economic Hardship in Northern Nigerian States
Darkness has descended upon towns and villages in many parts of Northern Nigeria following the disruption of two 330kV Ugwaji-Apir…
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Features
The Risks of Living With An Undiagnosed Health Condition as a Nigerian Woman
“Why don’t you just get married?” This was what a doctor told Rahma Jamila Hassan when she complained about her…
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Investigations
The Young Nigerians Caught in the Gold Rush Financing Terrorism in the Sahel
The dim light of the boys’ quarters cast a long shadow over his forehead as he walked into the tiny…
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Emergencies
Nigerian Gov’t Deploys 2,000 Water Pumps to Drain Floodwaters in Maiduguri
The Nigerian government has deployed 2,000 water pumps to assist residents of Maiduguri, Borno state’s capital in North East Nigeria,…
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Displacement & Migration
Photo Essay (II): Vestiges of Buildings Destroyed by Maiduguri Flood
For thousands affected by the recent flooding in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria, recovery is another long journey of pain and…
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Analyses
‘Symbolic, Populist Move’: Why Reactionary Fights Against Terrorism May Fail In North West Nigeria
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, touched down at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport in Sokoto, North West…
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News
MSF Raises Concerns Over Soaring Cases Of Acute Malnutrition In North West Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a global organisation providing humanitarian medical care, has declared that one in four children in the…
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Features
Heavy Rainfalls Bring More Miseries For IDPs In Nigeria’s Sokoto
It’s early August, a little after the Isha’i (Muslim night) prayer. Aisha Muhammad watched the clouds gather with anxiety. She…
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Gender & SGBV
Her Husband Promised To Either Kill Or Cripple Her. Hours Later, He Accomplished One.
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… On the day Huraira Buba now recognises as her last day with…
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Features
‘Haunted’: Family Of Nigerian Policeman Killed By Boko Haram Struggling 12 Years Later
When the love of your life is gone, and the fear of never finding that kind of love again grips…
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Analyses
Inside The Propaganda World Of Nigerian Terrorists On Tiktok
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Northwestern Nigeria, long bedevilled by terrorism locally referred to as banditry, now…
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News
Nigerian Police Officer ‘Gunned Down’ By Soldiers Despite Identifying Himself
Six officers of the Nigerian Army allegedly killed one Haliru Liman, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the Danko-Wasagu Local…
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Features
Civilians Bear The Brunt As Terror Gangs Team Up Against Security Forces In Sokoto
Bello Turji, a Nigerian terror gang leader, is forming an army of criminals to quell operations by security forces in…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Intensifying Landscape Of Chaos
Nigeria’s northern region is experiencing continuous armed violence and a decline in rainfall as a result of climate change, both…
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