When a gold deposit was found while digging a pit in an agricultural community in Abuja, locals flocked in to claim their share, disrupting farming activities.
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Ali Juwon’s future shattered at the same time his father’s leg did. The year was 2012, and the 9-year-old, hand in hand with his mother, was fleeing his home in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram members had stormed their community in Gwoza, killing neighbours and burning buildings Ali had known his entire life. As […]
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Every day, journalists covering conflict and humanitarian issues worldwide navigate significant risks to document the experiences of affected communities. HumAngle, Africa’s leading conflict, humanitarian, and development media organisation, convened community advocacy actors, journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders for the HumAngle Showcase, its annual immersive event, on Saturday, Nov. 29, in Abuja, North Central Nigeria. “By […]
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The HumAngle Foundation’s workshop on Advancing Peace and Security Through Journalism has reached its third and final day, marking the culmination of an impactful three-day training programme. The Foundation, a sister-organisation of HumAngle Media, is working to address issues around conflict and peacebuilding through advocacy. Throughout the workshop, participants engaged in various sessions designed to […]
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In January 2024, a family abduction in North-central Nigeria exposed the country’s weak security architecture, stirring up outrage on the internet, tears from relatives, and sympathies from the people. Criminal masterminds invaded the home of the Al-Kadiriyah family in the Bwari area of Abuja, the country’s capital city, kidnapping a father and his six daughters. […]
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Nigeria has an alarming problem of out-of-school children, with one in every five such children globally residing in the country. Poverty and insecurity are the primary drivers of this crisis. Although primary education is constitutionally free and compulsory in Nigeria, UNICEF reports that about 10.5 million of the country’s children aged 5-14 years are not […]
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What does the data say about the insecurity in Nigeria’s capital city under the new administration? In summary, examining incidents over a long period compels the conclusion that the situation has remained awful—or even worsened. However, if we limit the analysis to incidents within the past six months, we notice a significant improvement. Minister of […]
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HumAngle has concluded day two of its three-day training of journalists on accountability journalism in conflict zones. The training, which started on Monday, May 13, is part of a six-month-long accountability fellowship programme aimed at empowering up-and-coming journalists in northeastern Nigeria to probe the transparency in governance of states troubled with humanitarian crises. The fellows […]
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HumAngle has kickstarted the fourth cohort of its accountability fellowship, comprising nine participants from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe in Nigeria’s North East region. The years-long programme, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, aims to build young people’s capacity to address issues related to insecurity and humanitarian crises in the region through accountability journalism and advocacy. Between […]
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An attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train line could be imminent, Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), recently wrote to alert the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). A coalition of bandits plan to attack the train and kidnap passengers on board for ransom “any moment from now,” warned R.N. Dopemu, the […]
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The two-day onboarding session of the 3rd cohort of the HumAngle Accountability fellowship, which commenced on July 14 came to an end yesterday. The fellowship, run with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, is part of a project to investigate security funding in Nigeria’s northeast. On the final day of the in-person onboarding at the […]
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HumAngle welcomed the third cohort of its Accountability fellowship programme in its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, yesterday. The cohort comprised nine young writers and advocates from the country’s northeastern region. They were selected from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. The fellowship, which was kickstarted in 2022 with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, […]
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