January 10, 2026

    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…
    January 8, 2026

    Broken Digital Health Systems Push Insured Patients to Pay Out-of-Pocket in Adamawa

    Jimmy John had been battling a severe toothache for days. The pain made eating and sleeping almost impossible. Early in…
    December 31, 2025

    The Year I Almost Walked Away

    In an African media landscape often praised from afar but punished up close, the real story of leading an independent…
    December 30, 2025

    In the Aftermath of the Mosque Bomb Blast in Maiduguri

    It was almost 6 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 24.  Makinta Bukar had finished attending to a customer…

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    Displacement

      December 28, 2025

      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…
      December 8, 2025

      Daily Abductions Leave Borno Farmers Terrified as Harvest Peaks

      Aisha Waba’s hands moved quickly through the rows of beans as she harvested under the midday sun at her farm…
      November 29, 2025

      The Plastic Collectors of Makoko 

      As Yusuf collects plastic from the floating streets of Lagos’ Makoko, memories of his wife bring home back to him.…
      November 24, 2025

      Fact Check: False ‘Terrorist Hideout’ Coordinates in Benue Risk Turning Civilians into Targets

      When an X user, who goes by Chibuenyi (Don Machiti), announced that he had obtained “coordinates of [terrorists] hideouts” and…
      November 12, 2025

      Tension as Mass Displacement Trails Local Militia Clashes in DR Congo

      Scores of locals were uprooted from their households following clashes between the Wazalendo militia and the Twirwaneho group in several…
      November 5, 2025

      Widowed by Boko Haram, Swept by Floods, but She Refused to Sink

      The 300 metres separating Aisha Ali’s new house from the old farmhouse may seem short, but it represents the long…

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