Kebbi

  • Collage of people, cows, and vehicles on a desert background with "Vestiges of Violence" text. Sun, cloud, and birds in the sky.
    Sabiqah Bello

    A Schoolgirl In Captivity

    VOV 137: A Schoolgirl In Captivity | RSS.com In November 2025, terrorists attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, during the early hours of the morning and abducted 25 students. The attack added another chapter to the growing pattern of school abductions across northern Nigeria, where schools have increasingly become targets for […]

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    Ahmad Salkida

    Kainji Lake and the Dangerous Redrawing of Nigeria’s Security Map

    The routine of gently but skillfully pushing wooden canoes into the water body at the shores of Kainji Lake each dawn has been part of the lives of generations of fishermen in North-central Nigeria. The lake was not always calm – vigorously exhaling and flooding the banks, then intermittently receding – but was inevitably connected […]

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  • Silhouetted figures with rifles at night, under a moonlit sky with smoke and flashes of gunfire.
    Isah Ismaila

    Burial Begins For 16 Killed in Lakurawa Attack in Kebbi

    No fewer than 16 members of a local vigilante group were killed in an attack by Lakurawa terrorists on Sunday, April 6, in Morai, Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State, northwestern Nigeria. The Police confirmed the attack. “The attackers, who arrived in large numbers, rustled an unspecified number of cattle and engaged in a […]

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  • Abdullahi Abubakar

    Huge Assault By Hundreds of Terrorists Kills 28 In Kebbi Attack

    A dozen vigilantes have been burned to death in an attack that saw waves of terrorists descend on a town in Kebbi state northwest Nigeria. The mass assault by hundreds of motorcycle-riding terrorists on Bena village, Danko-Wasagu LGA, left 28 police and townspeople dead on April 30. The attack is the latest in a series […]

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  • Umar Aminu Yandaki

    A Narrow Escape from Dogo Gide’s Camp

    A serious rift between the infamous terrorist kingpin, Dogo Gide, and one of his fighters, Dikki, has enabled the narrow escape of Louis, one of the terrorists’ captives. The victim reached home on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Gide is the terrorist who abducted more than 100 school children from the Federal Government College (FGC) Birnin Yauri, […]

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  • Abdullahi Abubakar

    Residents Injured In Stampede As Terrorists Arrive In Kebbi Community

    Residents of a village in Zamfara abandoned their homes in panic as terrorists on motorcycles approached their community. In the resulting stampede to get away, people were injured, witnesses said. The group of raiders arrived in Shengel community, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kebbi State in Northwest Nigeria on Dec 15, HumAngle learned. […]

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  • Umar Aminu Yandaki

    A Parent’s Worst Nightmare

    The sunny afternoon of June 17 met Sarah at the family’s farmland in Agwarra. She was expecting the arrival of her husband, Musa, to join her on the farm. He usually closed from the school where he taught by 12:00 p. m. The rainy season had just begun and Sarah was burying guinea corn seeds […]

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  • Umar Aminu Yandaki

    Birnin Yauri: Warlord’s Mother Joins Negotiations Over Kidnapped Schoolgirls

    The mother of a notorious warlord has made a surprise intervention in the negotiations for the return of 11 kidnapped children. HumAngle can reveal that Dogo Gide, the terrorist responsible for the kidnap and ransom of scores of schoolchildren from Birnin Yauri, Kebbi, Northwest Nigeria, broke months of silence to call a parent of one […]

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  • Umar Aminu Yandaki

    Timeline Of The Birnin Yauri School Kidnapping

    This timeline covers the period: from the early warning signals before the attack to the birth of the last child among the four children delivered by schoolgirls in captivity last week. Before June 12, 2021 In the weeks leading up to the kidnapping, there is an increase in activity by armed groups in the area, […]

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  • Umar Aminu Yandaki

    The Schoolgirls Of Birnin-Yauri: Living Through The Pains Of Captivity

    “Mama, please help us. We are tired of this forest! We want to go home! By Allah, we are in a terrible condition. We used to receive fairly good treatment, but not anymore. They are now excessively aggressive to us!” This was Fa’iza Ahmad’s desperate plea to her mother, Munira Bala Ngaski. She is one […]

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