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Armed Violence
Terrorists Attack Police, Claim 3 Lives In Zamfara State
Suspected Ansaru terrorists attacked a police checkpoint near the village of Gidan Giye (Kwanoni) in Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA)…
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Investigations
Cheap Drugs, Delays Keep Kaduna’s Health Insurance Beneficiaries Dissatisfied
Emmanuel (surname withheld) was angry. Here he was at the hospital pharmacy to collect his prescribed medication, only to be…
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Features
A Blind Woman’s Search For Happiness
When 31-year-old Habiba (surname withheld) was married off at the tender age of 14, she still had her sight. Underage…
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News
17 Girls Abducted To Serve As Cooks For Terrorists In Zamfara
When Balarabe Umaru*, 32, was abducted on Aug. 2, alongside seven teenage girls from Masa village, he thought all hope…
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News
Farmers Hold 2 Women Captive As Negotiating Pawns In Zamfara
Farmers of Birnin-Magaji community in Zamfara State on Tuesday, Aug. 28 abducted two milkmaids suspected to be Fulani women in…
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News
Terrorists Abduct Village Head, 4 Others In Zamfara
Terrorists have kidnapped Danjimma Hakimi, the village head of Kwali in Bukuyum area of North West Nigeria. He was abducted…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Abduct 35 Residents During Attack In Zamfara
Residents of communities in Mafara and Maradun Local Government Areas of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, say 35 people were abducted…
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Armed Violence
Residents Stage Protest Against Insecurity In Anka, Burn Down IDP Camps
Residents in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara state in Nigeria’s northwest staged a massive protest earlier today, blocking a…
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Features
Friends Crowdsourced A Loan For His Ransom. Now He Can’t Pay Back
Weeks after his kidnap and subsequent release by terrorists, Muhammadu Lauwali, 51, still does not feel free in his own…
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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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