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Zamfara Killings, Kidnappings, Escalate In Zamfara AS COVID-19 Rages
As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, citizens of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, are contending with additional nightmares. Several communities have…
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Zamfara Groans As Lead Poisoning Spreads
Misfortune is hitting communities in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, from all corners, as bandits have been on the prowl, killing, raping,…
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Armed Violence
Zamfara State Governor Faults Incessant Banditry On Porous Borders
The Zamfara State government, Northwest Nigeria, has blamed the fresh onslaught by bandits on communities across the state, on the…
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Anxiety In Kaduna Following Fresh Bandit Attack In Rigachikun
Residents of Rigachikun in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, are still in trauma after no less than 20 armed bandits stormed…
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Zamfara: Miners In Bed With Bandits Amid Rising Attacks
While Zamfara state, Northwest Nigeria, is engulfed in vicious banditry, killing and pillaging, only miners seem to have figured out…
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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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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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