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Development
Looking Ahead: Will Shortages Of Food Follow Nigeria’s Floods?
The ongoing flooding across Nigeria has left many rural communities waterlogged. Farmers fleeing the natural disaster in the North have…
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Development
Is Dredging Of Rivers One Way Of Mitigating Floods Across Nigeria? To An Extent
Several Nigerian cities have been battling with the worst flooding in a decade from the onset of the rainy season…
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News
Islamic State Franchise Attacks Security Personnel In Southern Nigeria
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has attacked security personnel along a highway in Nigeria’s southern State of Edo.…
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Armed Violence
Amid Terror: Playing ‘Hide And Seek’ With Terrorists In North-central Nigeria
It is one thing to live in terror and completely another to know that you are surrounded by it. This…
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Human Rights
‘Thief! Thief!’: Living With The Scars Of Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Rage
Frank Afanvi, 38, was a Nigerian-Togolese who lived all his life in Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos State. He taught French at…
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Armed Violence
The Deadly Crises Tearing Nigerian Rural Communities Apart
Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of…
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Armed Violence
Owo Church Massacre: Nigerian Military Announces Arrest Of Suspects
Nigeria’s military says it has arrested persons suspected to have orchestrated the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo,…
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Displacement & Migration
Life Under Bridge: The Hard Realities Of Displaced Nigerians In Lagos
Adedokun Olatundun, 65, lost her husband and three of six children to the age-long communal crisis between Offa and Erin-Ile…
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Analyses
Nigeria Is Struggling To Protect Its Prisons Despite Attempts At Reform
The attack on the Kuje medium-security custodial facility in Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday, July 5, led to the escape of…
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Armed Violence
Insecurity Worsens As Nigeria Records 736 Deaths, Abduction Victims Double In June
Following periods of improvement, the number of deaths recorded in Nigeria as a result of insecurity spiked in June, as…
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