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Analyses
Over 820 Killed, Kidnapped In Nigeria In May, Electoral Violence On The Rise
Analysis of data collected by the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) for May 2022 shows that at least 594 people were…
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Features
Nigeria Police Interference In Civil Disputes Fueling Human Rights Abuse
Nnamdi Daniels runs a fashion designing business in Abuja, North-central Nigeria. His business survives on a constant power supply from…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Secret Police Attack On Journalists Suffocating Press Freedom
On May 13, 2022, Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) officers arrested Olamilekan Bashiru, founder of a privately owned news website…
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Features
Nigerian Rural Community Stuck In Water Crisis. A Nonprofit Takes A Photo, And It Tilts The Narrative
Kemi Gbereogun, 52, scowls as she stirs dough into Fufu, a staple made from cassava, over a fire. She is…
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Displacement & Migration
Over 500 Cameroonian Refugees Crossed To Nigeria In April – UNHCR
Reports by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) indicate that over 500 Cameroonian women, men, and children have arrived in Nigeria…
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Human Rights
Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire, Disperse Students Protesting Academic Strike
A protest by some Nigerian students against the protracted strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…
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Analyses
Indigent Nigerians Rot In Prison As Legal Aid Council Fails To Fulfil Mandate
Adeyeye Olawale has spent three years at Agodi Prison in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. He has no hope of being…
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Analyses
In Nigeria, Delay In Getting Court Judgements Fuels Human Rights Abuse
Nurudeen Oyedeji, 33, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria, in…
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Features
A Visually Impaired Nigerian Is Training Others To Use Gadgets With Ease
One Friday in 2020, Miriam Agbenu Oyinu, 26, woke up to a blanket of white dominating her sight at a…
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Gender & SGBV
Nigeria Records 335 SGBV Cases From January To April 2022
About 335 persons have experienced different forms of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the first four months of 2022…
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