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Features
Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do?
Babagana Muhammad spent 14 years seeking religious knowledge. He started when he was five, around the same age children get…
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Armed Violence
Residents Of Sokoto Village In Agonising Wait After Almajiri Children’s Abduction
It was late Saturday evening, a little after 5 p.m. Umaru Tsoho, 57, sat on a broken piece of mudbrick,…
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Armed Violence
Buda: Escaping Abduction In A Southern Kaduna Village. But For How Long?
Idris Umar, 19, bolted up in the dead of night four days after the infamous abduction of about 280 school…
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Analyses
Slain Soldiers: ‘As Army Intensifies Manhunt, Troops Must Respect Human Rights’
Following the brutal killings of personnel of the Nigerian Army on a peace mission to two warring communities in Delta…
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News
IOM Suspends Volunteers Following Allegations Of Aid Diversion In Borno
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has suspended two members of a third-party support team after investigating allegations of fraudulent…
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Development
‘Nowhere To Go’: Lagos Residents Say Hardship Worsened By House Demolitions
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, has, in the last few years, been in the news for the demolition of low-income…
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Emergencies
New Wave Of Cholera Outbreaks In Africa Despite Containment Measures
A few days before Christmas in 2008, 15-year-old Nigel Chigudu told UNICEF that he watched as his siblings struggled with…
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Features
SGBV Survivors Struggle For Justice In Borno State
It was a steamy August afternoon in Bulumkutu, Maiduguri, Nigeria. The kind that makes people sullen with discomfort. I found…
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Features
The Toxic Taps Of Old Maiduguri
There are many things wrong with the water in Shuwari II suburb of Old Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria.…
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Armed Violence
Kuriga: The Many Attacks That Culminated Into A Mass Abduction In A Kaduna Community
The door-to-door toting of guns in Kuriga started as far back as 2011. “We have had at least 15 attacks,”…
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