Nigeria
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Development
Nigeria Lagging Behind Sustainable Development Goals – CODE
The 2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index ranked Nigeria 159th among 162 countries. This means that the country has not…
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Armed Violence
Reporter’s Diary: Experiencing The Nightmare Of Southeast Nigeria’s “Sit-At-Home” Order
“No story is worth your life,” I was once told by a senior journalist. “Do everything to stay alive so…
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Armed Violence
Nigerian Police To Prosecute Individuals Linked To Terror Attacks In Northwest
Several informants, terrorists, and arms smugglers linked to the violence and kidnapping in Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria, are scheduled to face…
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Emergencies
Deaths Recorded As Cholera Breaks Out At Surrendered Boko Haram Camp
Several deaths have been recorded in the last two days as a cholera outbreak hit one of the camps where…
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Emergencies
Kontagora: The Agony Of North-central Nigeria’s Flood Victims
“My farm is gone, and my businesses are gone. Only God can come to my aid now.” Haruna Mudi, a…
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News
Nigerian Air Force Pilot Killed In Fatal Accident In U.S.
A Nigerian Air Force pilot killed in the United States when severe winds flipped over a small aircraft holding for…
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Armed Violence
Bayelsa’s Boat-Riding Kidnappers And Towns Facing Abandonment
One evening in 2013, as Dauglas Augusta Apaga, 59, was preparing to close her shop at the Ogbia Town market,…
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Armed Violence
ISWAP Frees Woman Abducted 18 Months Ago
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released a civil servant, Rahilatu Garba Musa, abducted in Feb. 2021 along…
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Gender & SGBV
Nigeria’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act Has Been Widely Accepted, But What Now?
Since 2015 when the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act was signed into law, Nigerian women, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), civil…
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News
Court Gives More Time To Investigate Hostage Negotiator Involved In Kaduna Train Kidnappings
A court has granted the security services more time to investigate the man who facilitated ransom payments to kidnappers holding…
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