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Featured
The Silent Exodus from Sabon Birni in North West Nigeria
Since late 2019, families fleeing relentless violence in eastern Sokoto in Nigeria’s northwestern region have poured into the Guidan Roumdji…
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Investigations
The Exploitative Slot Systems Targeting Desperate Job Seekers in Nigeria
After Zahra Usman* quit a job she described as toxic in a law firm that overworked and underpaid her, affecting…
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Armed Violence
Disappearing Migration Routes Fueling Farmer-Herder Violence in Northern Nigeria
Bello Ardo still remembers how they were sent away from Dapchi, a town in Yobe State, North East Nigeria. It…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Governance Gap Widens as Ungoverned Areas Multiply
The spate of insecurity in Nigeria is turning many local communities into ungovernable spaces. As the secular government withdraws from…
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Analyses
Plateau Mob Action: When Identity Becomes a Death Sentence in Nigeria
Bashar Abubakar embarked on a journey with his relatives and family friends from Basawa, a community in Zaria, northwestern Nigeria,…
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Analyses
Six-Month Killing Spree: Lakurawa Terrorists Leave 59 Dead in North West Nigeria
Between January and June 2025, Lakurawa terrorists carried out multiple attacks across Sokoto and Kebbi States in northwestern Nigeria, killing…
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Features
Climate and Conflict Are Straining Minds in Nigeria’s North East
Kaka Ali once came close to ending his life. The 27-year-old farmer, displaced by conflict in North East Nigeria, said…
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Analyses
Radio Silence: The Fragility of Independent Broadcasting in Nigeria
In many towns and cities across northern Nigeria, the voices once carried on the airwaves to inform, empower, and provoke…
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Features
Birnin Gwari Is Still Offline Three Years After Nigeria’s Telecom Shutdown
At dusk, Najibullah Nakaka begins a 20-minute steep climb to Wajen Etisalat, a hilly neighbourhood in Birnin Gwari, Nigeria, where…
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Displacement & Migration
Lost Homes, No Aid: The Forgotten IDPs Uprooted by Terrorists in North Central Nigeria
Musa Murjanatu, 40, was once a thriving trader in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, where terrorists have taken roots for clandestine…
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