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News
Rising Malnutrition in Northwest Nigeria: MSF Warns of Worsening Crisis
The malnutrition crisis ravaging children in northwestern Nigeria has reached “extremely critical” levels, with over 30 per cent of under-five…
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Analyses
Is Nigeria Building Enough Resilience in Local Communities to Tackle Rising Terrorist Attacks?
Many factors aided the incursion of the Lakurawa terror group into the satellite communities of Sokoto and Kebbi states in…
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Analyses
Is Lakurawa Adopting Al-Qaeda’s Strategy in Conflict Areas?
The rise of the Lakurawa terror group has become alarming, particularly given its ties to jihadist factions in Mali and…
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Armed Violence
Residents Protest Against Communities Allegedly Aiding Terrorists in Northwestern Nigeria
Hundreds of residents in Moriki town, Zamfara State, in northwestern Nigeria, staged a mass protest on Friday, Nov. 29, accusing…
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Investigations
Nigerian Child Labourers Toiling to Make Ends Meet From Illegal Gold Mining
Abdulwahab Salisu walked through a murky puddle; each footfall stuck firmly into the slippery soil. He stretched the dirt pan…
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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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