Nigeria
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Disinformation
The Curious Case Of The ‘Unknown Gunmen’ And IPOB’s Internet Propaganda
Key takeaways: IPOB accounts on Facebook and other social media platforms began amplifying unknown gunmen attacks in early 2021, coinciding…
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Disinformation
Factcheck: This Video Shows Old Protest In Kano, Unconnected To Demolition Exercise
A video showing a placard-carrying crowd has been claimed to show a protest in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, against the state…
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Features
Farmers Risk It All To Work Fields In Nigeria’s Borno
Running late, 61-year-old grandmother Ammama Mohammed rushed to collect her farming tools and head out to her fields from her…
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Development
UN Allocates $20 Million For North East Nigeria Hunger Crisis
Over 700,000 children are likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states this year, the United…
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Development
Tension Threatens District In Northeast Nigeria Following Police Arrests Over Brutal Killing
There is tension and fear of unrest in a district in Yobe after reports circulated that the person suspected of…
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Human Rights
CJID Proffers Legislative Measure To Protect Journalists In Nigeria
A recently drafted legislative bill will aid in ensuring the safety of journalists in Nigeria, the Centre for Journalism Innovation…
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Gender & SGBV
‘He Dug His Teeth Into My Flesh, Threatened To Kill Me With A Cutlass’
Busayo* has been in an abusive marriage since 2005. Each time she considers walking out of the marriage, she thinks…
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Development
Photo Gallery: Displaced Children Survive Scavenging On Borno Rubbish Dumps
In the early morning hours as the sun starts to rob the darkness of the dusk, young boys emerge from…
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Development
Living In Nigeria Now ‘Unbearable For Displaced People’ After Fuel Subsidy Removal
Inflation caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy has hit displaced people very hard. Before the fuel subsidy was…
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Development
Political Demolitions Cost Businesses Millions In Nigeria’s Kano
Before Sunusi Hassan could do anything, the looters descended on his shop and storehouses and stripped them bare. His stock…
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