In the afternoon of May 31, 2026, the Anguwan Hausawa area of the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, was thrown into mourning. The news of Abubakar Usman’s death in the lodge water had spread through the area, and people were trooping to the house to extend their condolences to his parents. […]
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Two years ago, Bashir Muhammad received an invitation to attend a journalism summit in Niamey but declined. That decision, and the argument it provoked, told him everything he needed to know. He runs one of the growing number of Hausa-language digital news platforms that have emerged across northern Nigeria in the past decade, serving local […]
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Khadeejat Mohammed was only two years old when Mokwa’s gully erosion claimed her life in the Eti-Sheshi community of Niger State, North Central Nigeria. Bright, playful, and already piecing sentences together, she had just been registered for creche. “She was very smart,” Isa Sheshi, her grandfather, told HumAngle. “Even at two, she played around and […]
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For Ike Uche and many others looking to flee the turmoil of gang violence in Niger State, North Central Nigeria, the eastern bypass area of the Minna metropolis was supposed to be a sanctuary. After years of hard work, Ike finally finished building his house, which is located behind the M. I. Wushishi Housing Estate […]
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Aichatou often heard of insecurity for most of her life, but never experienced it herself. She had relatives who had either been killed or displaced in places like Bosso, a village close to Lake Chad that was ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency in 2015. But the violence that festered along the Sokoto and Kebbi flanks […]
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Kasuwan Daji, once a bustling village, now lies in haunting silence. The aftermath of the Jan. 3 terror attack has stripped the community and market of their familiar rhythm, leaving behind charred homes and empty streets. In the village market, located in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, where voices […]
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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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At least 32 people were killed when terrorists invaded villages of the Borgu Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The attack occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, lasting for about three hours. Umar Abdulkarim, the village chief of Konkoso in the Borgu LGA, was identified as one of the […]
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When a national treasure was planted on the shore of Shiroro in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, the locals heaved a sigh of relief. The Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Plant paved the way for the satellite town, putting it on the national stage. The locals raised their expectations, believing that with such an establishment, infrastructural developments would […]
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The vices in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) are shielded in a serene atmosphere in Niger State, North-central Nigeria. At the LGA’s headquarters in Kuta, one notices a terrain of fragile tranquillity where everyone seems to care for one another. On the town’s shores, however, an eyesore of anti-state activities thrives. Gun triggers are pulled […]
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When General Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger’s coup leader, sat before the camera on Dec. 25, 2024, his words did not dissolve into a routine presidential holiday message. Instead, they spread like wildfire from Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic, to Kano in northwestern Nigeria, igniting heated discussions in the tea joints of northern Nigeria. Tchiani, in […]
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The Lake Chad Basin, which straddles four neighbouring countries—Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria—continues to grapple with numerous challenges that undermine the region’s stability, despite ongoing efforts to stabilise the area. The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, held from January 27 to 31 in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, brought together eight governors from the […]
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