Nigeria
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Block Zamfara Highway For Hours, Abduct Over 27 Commuters
Terrorists kidnapped over 27 commuters on Saturday, Aug. 20, along the DakiTakwas-Zuru Federal highway in Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria. The abduction…
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Humanitarian Crises
Onion Farming Fills Humanitarian Gaps At Borno Unofficial IDP Camp
One recent late afternoon, Lawan Usman and his three sons cultivate an onion nursery near a large pool of water…
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Development
Patients Complain Of Neglect At Nigeria’s Minna General Hospital
Around September last year, Maimuna Idris woke up at 3 a. m. bleeding and suffering a stomach ache. She was…
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Armed Violence
Police Arrests 2 For Extorting Residents In Guise Of Providing Security In Zamfara
The Police Command in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, Aug. 18 arrested two suspects for extorting up to N5 million…
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Gender & SGBV
‘No Day Passes Without Case Of Gender-Based Violence In Maiduguri’
Gender-based violence cases are recorded regularly in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, and ARDA Development Communication…
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Armed Violence
Maiduguri Farmers Trooping To Work In Unsafe Areas Despite Abduction Cases
At least 6,000 local farmers depart their homes every day to their farms outside Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, in…
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Development
Resettled IDPs In Borno Community Are Crossing To Cameroon For Potable Water
One of the consequences of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is that families get separated across states ‒ and…
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Humanitarian Crises
Boko Haram Conflict: Widows, Orphans, Unexploded Ordinance Emerging Issues, Says Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to pay attention to emerging issues…
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Armed Violence
Nigerian Military Rescues 6 Girls, Infant In Kaduna
Nigerian soldiers have rescued six women and an infant in the Kuriga and Manini settlements of Chikun Local Government Area…
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Armed Violence
Traffic Robberies, Missing Persons… The Face Of Insecurity In Lagos
Femi Adeyemi, 38, works as a driver with Chevron Corporation, an American multinational energy corporation in the Ajah axis of…
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