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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
Fact-Check: No, an 18-Seater Bus Carrying Passengers Was Not Burned in Nigeria’s North West
A widely shared post on social media claims that an 18-seater bus carrying passengers from the South-east was ambushed and…
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Investigations
Visually Impaired Students Face Discrimination in Nigerian Universities Despite Laws
On a sunny morning in mid-October 2024, Chikamso Ogbu* stood by the front wall of Okpara Hall, one of the…
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Election Security
Beyond The Facade
Before Nigeria’s presidential elections last year, legislator Alhassan Doguwa told raucous supporters what would happen to those who did not…
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Armed Violence
Nordic Countries Restate Commitment To Fostering Peace And Development In Nigeria
Foreign ministers from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have stressed their governments’ commitment to strengthening…
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Features
A Young Man’s Journey Through Childhood Trauma, Emotional Abuse
Isaac Amechi*, 29, from Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria, grew up believing his father was dead. This lie, coupled with severe…
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Armed Violence
Sit-At-Home: Terrorists Brutalise Primary School Pupils, Others In Enugu
If she was not billed to invigilate the Common Entrance Examination billed for Wednesday, June 6, Chinwe Nduka* would have…
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Armed Violence
Governor’s Order Not Enough To End Terrorist Curfew In Nigeria’s South East
Chinedu was in the street when he was killed by a stray bullet. The bullet that killed him came from…
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Election Security
Nigeria Records Spike In Election Violence Weeks To National Polls
One in every 13 civilians killed in Nigeria last month was either a politician or someone who lost their life…
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Armed Violence
Separatist Militants In Nigeria Are Increasingly Using Explosives
Separatist militants in southeastern Nigeria are increasingly adopting explosive devices and crude launch systems to target security forces and government…
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Armed Violence
Security Forces Raid Separatists Camp In Southeast Nigeria
Nigerian security forces recovered several firearms and hand grenades during a raid on a camp belonging to separatist militants in…
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Armed Violence
Southern Nigeria Roads Are Under Siege
Aisha Safaudeen (not real name), a student of University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka in Nigeria’s Southeast would have probably stayed…
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Development
MSF Sensitises Communities To Contain Spread Of Lassa Fever Ahead Of Dry Season
Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is encouraging and sensitising communities in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria on preventive measures…
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Armed Violence
Reporter’s Diary: Experiencing The Nightmare Of Southeast Nigeria’s “Sit-At-Home” Order
“No story is worth your life,” I was once told by a senior journalist. “Do everything to stay alive so…
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Human Rights
Wedding Guests, Brothers… Ebubeagu’s Murdered Victims In Nigeria’s Southeast
Priscilia Obinwa cried bitterly as she spoke of the death of her only son, Chigozie, almost as if the ferocity…
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