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Analyses
Can The New Community Guards Slow Tide Of Armed Violence In Nigeria’s North West?
A week after killing 14 locals and wounding 17 others during a religious procession at Rugar Kusa village in Katsina,…
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Armed Violence
50 Terrorists Killed, 122 Arrested Across Nigeria Last Week — Defence HQ
No fewer than 50 terrorists were killed and 122 others arrested in several counter-terrorism operations across Nigeria last week, the…
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Features
Danbango: Missing Home, Dreading Terror In A Northwestern Nigeria Community
The worshippers at a mosque in Danbango had just observed their Ishai prayer, preparing to retire for the day, when…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Attack University Community, Kill One In North West Nigeria
Suspected terrorists, on Friday evening, attacked some satellite villages within the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North West Nigeria. The attack,…
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Investigations
The Nigerian Villages’ Long Wait For Justice Against Oil Giant Shell
At a quarter past 8 a.m. one day in April this year, Cecilia Agbem and other farmers set out for…
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Features
With Nothing To Eat, Nigeria’s IDPs Settle For The Leftover Of Those Who Terrorised Them
After over a decade of waging war in the name of religion, Abubakar* has (apparently) dropped his gun and thirst…
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Election Security
Nigeria’s Off-Season Elections: Did Heavy Security Deployments Contain Anticipated Violence?
Before elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states last weekend, Nov. 11, there were already many signs of…
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Solutions
This School Is Changing The Future Of Herders In Nigeria’s Borno
In 2016, when Boko Haram seized control of Abadam, a local government area in Borno State, North East Nigeria, Aisha’s…
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News
MSF Raises Concern Over Nigeria’s ‘Unprecedented Diphtheria Outbreak’
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical aid organisation, has raised an alarm over an “unprecedented diphtheria outbreak” in Nigeria. …
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Features
The Northern Nigerian Women Reclaiming Their Lives After Divorce
When Aishatu Muhammed was married off at age 17, she was indifferent. Her husband was a 28-year-old man whose family…
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