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Election Security
2023: Election Campaigns Have Begun, So Has The Violence
On Monday, Nov. 28, armed men killed Victoria Chintex, a women’s leader in the Labour Party (LP) at her residence…
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Development
MSF Sensitises Communities To Contain Spread Of Lassa Fever Ahead Of Dry Season
Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is encouraging and sensitising communities in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria on preventive measures…
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Armed Violence
Reporter’s Diary: Experiencing The Nightmare Of Southeast Nigeria’s “Sit-At-Home” Order
“No story is worth your life,” I was once told by a senior journalist. “Do everything to stay alive so…
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Gender & SGBV
Nigeria’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act Has Been Widely Accepted, But What Now?
Since 2015 when the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act was signed into law, Nigerian women, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), civil…
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Emergencies
Over Half A Million People In Nigeria Affected By Floods This Year
More than half a million people in Nigeria have been impacted by the flooding that has swept through 22 states…
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Armed Violence
The Deadly Crises Tearing Nigerian Rural Communities Apart
Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of…
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Development
‘We Depend On Rain For Water’: Residents In Ibadan Community Lament Scarcity
Salaudeen Safurat, 67, is one of many residents struggling to access potable water in the Mapo area of Ibadan, Southwest…
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Armed Violence
Insecurity Worsens As Nigeria Records 736 Deaths, Abduction Victims Double In June
Following periods of improvement, the number of deaths recorded in Nigeria as a result of insecurity spiked in June, as…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Deadly History Of Electoral Violence In Five Charts
Nearly all of Nigeria’s general elections since independence have been tainted with the brush strokes of violence. The outrage that…
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Analyses
Chinese Expats In Nigeria Facing Increased Security Risks. What’s The Big Picture?
Chinese manufacturing investment in Africa is said to be the continent’s best hope “to industrialise in this generation”. But, in…
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