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Analyses
Abduction Of School Children Backtracks Decades Of Enrollment Efforts In Northwest Nigeria
Since Dec. 11, 2020, when over 300 students were abducted from a boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria,…
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Features
Niger State’s Peace Has Fallen Into Terrorists’ Hands As Residents Remain Helpless
“As recently as three years ago, my only source of worry when traveling back to school in Kano from Minna…
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News
Reporter’s Diary: From Niger Republic To Sokoto … A Night Journey Through ‘Bandit’ Areas
5:05 p.m. After stopping by the palace to meet the Sarkin Arewa Gobir Chadakori, we arrive at one of the…
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Features
Displaced By ‘Bandits’ (1): Nigerian Refugees In Niger Are Not Eager To Return
When Nigeria became too distressing for Abdullahi, he gathered what remained of his valuables, travelled hundreds of kilometres towards the…
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News
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Attack In Diffa, Niger Republic
Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (JAS), has released a new video in which it…
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News
Interpol Extradites Maina To Continue Money Laundering Trial In Nigeria
The former boss of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdurrasheed Maina, has been extradited back to Nigeria by…
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News
American Hostage Kidnapped In Niger Rescued in Nigeria
An American kidnapped earlier in the week was rescued by United States Navy SEAL Team 6 in a daring raid…
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Features
Armed Violence Breeds New Generation Of Nigerian-Nigerien Citizens
For Bilkisu, remembering an act of terror is as traumatising as the act of terror itself considering its consequences on…
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News
UN Supports Peaceful And Inclusive Elections In Niger
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Bureau for the United Nations in West Africa and the Sahel…
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Environment & Climate Change
Unprecedented Flooding Destroys Farmlands, Houses Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Prolonged torrential rainfall in Niger Republic since July rapidly increased the water level in River Niger and submerged parts of…
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