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Governor’s Security Aide Assassinated In North-central Nigeria
Christopher Dega, a Senior Special Assistant on Security to Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue state, North-central Nigeria, was killed early…
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Armed Violence
IED Kills Seven Nigerian Soldiers In Northeast
A Nigerian military convoy on Monday, May 31 suffered casualties when an improvised explosive device (IED) buried by Islamic State…
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Nigerian Troops Kill 10 ISWAP Terrorists In Northeast
Nigerian troops on Friday, May 28 repelled an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the border town…
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Features
From Captivity To University: Bold Borno Girl Who Escaped Marriage To Boko Haram Thrice (1)
It was 9 a.m. in Maiduguri, but the sun was already scorching at 30°c. It is typical for the city…
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Relatively Few Women Have Been Detained At Giwa Barracks. Yaâana Was There Twice.
âHajja Yaâana has come!â Unlike the other people she entered with, Yaâana Kaumi*, 42, was not a strange face to…
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How Did Abubakar Shekau Die? Hereâs What We Know So Far.
The circumstances leading to the death of notorious terror group leader, Abubakar Shekau, have been disputed by various reports, with…
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The Discreet Lives Of Women Living With HIV In Nigerian IDP Camps
Hajiya*, 30, was out of town when Boko Haram militants attacked Bama in 2014. By the time she returned, her…
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ISWAP Strangely âRecruitsâ Senior Citizens Into Its Fighting Force
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday, May 14, released pictures suggesting it may have conscripted senior…
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Maiduguri: Insurgency-Induced Power Outage Dwarfs Living Conditions, Businesses
In mid-January, Boko Haram attacked electricity towers that link Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, with the national grid and to…
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Maiduguri Update: Security Forces Kill Multiple Boko Haram Terrorists, Capture Equipment
A joint team of Nigerian military and police, Tuesday, May 11, killed multiple Boko Haram terrorists and captured their equipment…
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