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News
Why Terrorists Are Moving Into Kano Villages from Katsina
For years, the commercial hub of Kano stood apart in the insecurity-ravaged northwestern Nigeria. It is a state often spoken…
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Features
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.…
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Mass Abduction at Girls’ Secondary School in Kebbi State
Terrorists have launched an early-morning attack on the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko Wasagu Local Government…
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Analyses
After Katsina Mosque Attack, Familiar Question Returns: Do Peace Deals Work?
The first call to prayer in Malumfashi, northwestern Nigeria, was barely finished when gunmen stormed the Unguwan Mantau area. It…
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Features
A Woman’s Ordeal with Repeated Kidnapping in Zamfara
The first time they came for her, in May 2023, Lubabatu Ibrahim was preparing to sleep. Terrorists broke into her…
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News
Ransom-for-Peace Deal Crumbles as Terrorists Strike Zamfara Community
Peace has collapsed in Adabka. But it was not always so. For three uninterrupted years, the town enjoyed calm after…
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New Wave of Boko Haram Attacks Target Commuters, Schoolchildren in Northern Cameroon
Since June, a significant increase in Boko Haram activities has been recorded in northern Cameroon, particularly in the Far North…
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Features
Gang Violence Traps Minna in a Cycle of Bloodshed
The day after Eid al-Fitr, a festive period for Muslims, is usually quiet; a time for rest, reflection, and recovery…
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Extremism
Maitatsine: The Preacher of Fire (1927 – 1980)
It begins with the memory of smoke. Hadiza Yahaya, now in her late 70s, folds her shawl over her shoulders…
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Investigations
Children’s Education Suffers as IPOB Fighters Infiltrate Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
Nine years after the “Anglophone Crisis” in October 2016, violence has engulfed the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon. The…
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