Search Results for: North-central 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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Features
What Happens To The Abducted And Forgotten?
She was standing by a stove outside her captor’s tent, holding a bowl from which she was supposed to fry…
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Features
Children Go Missing In Benue IDP Camp
Janet Mfanyi’s little boy was the first child to be taken. Since then, she has been besieged by a combination…
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Investigations
When Witchcraft Accusations Are Loud Enough, People Get Burned To Death
Though Justin Kyadoo looks nothing like it now, he had been a soldier once. During that time, he had gone…
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Armed Violence
Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Plateau Following Gruesome Christmas Day Attacks
Bwei Hali, 35, was preparing to have a grand Christmas celebration in Plateau, North-central Nigeria, when he started receiving phone…
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Extremism
The Dark World Of Jihadist Propaganda Channels On Telegram
Following the crackdown on Ansaru jihadist accounts on Facebook and WhatsApp in Feb. 2023, the group has shifted its operations…
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Features
The Tragic Abduction Of Lilian Daniel
There are days when Briskila Kwa’s conviction and faith are strong enough to power her through life. On those days,…
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Armed Violence
The Ghost Town Of Bagana
Bagana, a once thriving market town in Kogi State, north central Nigeria, is a ghostly shell of what it once…
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Human Rights
A Lone Walk To Justice
Once upon a time, 11 years ago, during the early years of Boko Haram, a young man in Maiduguri, Northeast…
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Armed Violence
Chased By Terrorists, Caught By The Military: Two Sides Of An Ugly War
Boko Haram wanted Adam Lawan dead. As a politician and vigilante, he represented everything they detested: allegiance to democratic rule…
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