Search Results for: Northwest Nigeria
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Investigations
The Making of the Boko Haram Army
On a hauntingly cold night in 2008, a 28-year-old impressionable fan of Mohammed Yusuf sat in the latter’s compound in…
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Features
Illicit Gold Mining Is Fueling Gang Violence in Niger State’s Capital City
For Ike Uche and many others looking to flee the turmoil of gang violence in Niger State, North Central Nigeria,…
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Armed Violence
Beneath the Tracks: The Systemic Failures of the Abuja-Kaduna Train
Panic came last for Mubarak Hassan* on the evening of March 28, 2022. It’s been four years since the terrorist…
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Kasuwan Daji: A Community Burnt, Bereaved, and Branded as Thieves
Kasuwan Daji, once a bustling village, now lies in haunting silence. The aftermath of the Jan. 3 terror attack has…
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One Man’s Kidnapping in Kano Unmasks Growing Criminal Siege
Audu Danbaba is in his fifties but trudges like someone in his eighties. He walks carefully, sometimes raising his hands…
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The Defiant Health Worker Targeted to Treat Injured Terrorists in Zamfara
On 15 different occasions, terrorists trailing Amiru Bala failed to capture him. They succeeded on their 16th attempt in the…
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News
HumAngle Foundation Holds Roundtable with Plateau Peacebuilding Actors
HumAngle Foundation, a sister organisation of HumAngle Media, has convened 17 peacebuilding actors, including civil society organisations, government institutions, and…
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Armed Violence
The People Left Behind After Kaduna Church Abductions
A bowl of leftover pap saved Audu Gimba* from being abducted, but his wife, children, and relatives were not as…
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Features
‘Nowhere to Shit’: Conflict, Flight, and Lagos’s Toilet Crisis
From Zaria to Lagos, Yakubu spent three days. Along the way, he hoped, ate, and even stepped aside to relieve…
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Armed Violence
Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems
What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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