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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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Analyses
America’s War on Terror, Revisited
On December 25, 2025, the United States launched strikes on some specific targets in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria. Fired from…
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Armed Violence
Nigerian Soldiers Fighting Terrorists Mark Armed Forces Day Amid Low Morale
Ali Salim* is a gunner and a member of a special force combating terrorists in Kaduna State, one of the…
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Investigations
The Performative US Airstrike That May Have Killed No Terrorists in Nigeria
In the evening, moments before the United States’ aerial operation in northwestern Nigeria, a helicopter hovered above the perimeters of…
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Featured
Broken Digital Health Systems Push Insured Patients to Pay Out-of-Pocket in Adamawa
Jimmy John had been battling a severe toothache for days. The pain made eating and sleeping almost impossible. Early in…
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Analyses
What JNIM’s Entry into Nigeria Means for Security in the Sahel
On the morning of Oct. 31, a short propaganda message began circulating across jihadist-aligned online channels. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin…
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Featured
Poor Pay, Zero Growth: Nigeria’s Casual Workers Sinking into Despair
Bilkisu Haruna’s* voice carried over 25 years of frustration, rising through the phone. Her life, which she expected to change…
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Disinformation
Fact-Check: Trending Photos of Nnamdi Kanu in Prison Uniform Are AI-generated
Multiple photos have shown Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in an awkward prison setting,…
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