No fewer than 452 people have died from boat mishaps across various waterways in Nigeria. From July to Dec. 2024 alone, incidents were recorded in Niger, Kwara, Kogi, and Bayelsa States. Over the years, boat mishaps have occurred with alarming regularity, each accompanied by tragic losses. According to the Marine Crafts Builders Association of Nigeria […]
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For three weeks in October, Tuboulayefa Zige had to squat at Yenegwe Secondary School in Bayelsa, South-south Nigeria, following the flood that caught most residents of the state unaware. It was a horrible experience, she says, one that has set her and her family back, and has cost them a great deal. Zige, whose husband […]
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One evening in 2013, as Dauglas Augusta Apaga, 59, was preparing to close her shop at the Ogbia Town market, kidnappers dressed in military camouflage emerged from the nearby Nembe/Ogbia-Town River. Brawny and armed with sophisticated weapons, they dragged Augusta, who was now weeping, to their boat. All other traders could do was watch helplessly […]
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Anthony Onoh and his family are marking time; their only home, sandwiched by abandoned mines, may sooner than later be swallowed by the mines; when it will happen is what they don’t know. Onoh’s home is in Amuzam and Colliery, both at Ngwo in Enugu North Local Government Area, Southeast Nigeria, where the defunct Nigerian […]
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Suicide cases are becoming worrisome in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. Between March 12 and 22, 2021, two suicides were recorded at two universities. The departments of ‘Guidance and Counselling’ where students are expected to bare their minds for mental health support is not so popular among students, HumAngle has found out. On Monday, March […]
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Six police officers lost their lives on Friday after a speedboat conveying them to polling centres in Bayelsa’s Southern Ijaw Local Government Area capsised. The Local Government Area is in Bayelsa Central senatorial District. Asinim Butswat, Spokesperson for the state police command,, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. The officers had gone missing […]
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The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa Command, South-South Nigeria, Mr. Mike Okoli, has warned the operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) to comply with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu restricted the operations of the special squads on Sunday after spontaneous national outcry online. In […]
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