North-East
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Extremism
Video Shows Islamic State Franchise In Northeast Nigeria Training Child Soldiers
The Islamic State franchise in Northeast Nigeria and Lake Chad, ISWAP, has posted a video online showing the regimented indoctrination…
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Displacement & Migration
Recurring Fire Disasters In Borno Worsen IDPs’ Troubles
Bintu Ari was known as a cheerful woman who had vowed not to allow even the Boko Haram crisis to…
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News
Troops, Vigilantes Beat Back ISWAP Insurgents In Borno
Nigerian troops supported by local vigilantes pushed back an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) incursion on Saturday, Jan. 15,…
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Disinformation
Fact-check: ISWAP Attacked Nigerian Army University, Not Main Campus
The Islamic State affiliate attack on Jan. 10 in the northeastern town of Buratai targeted the Nigerian Army Institute situated…
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Features
Surviving Hell (6): From A Harrowing Detention Cell To An Unfamiliar Home
While Baana Alhaji Ali was in detention, the officials at Giwa barracks where he was held would move from cell…
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Analyses
Has Nigeria Really Recovered All Areas Occupied By Boko Haram In Borno?
Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, Jan. 5, President Muhammadu Buhari said, “If you ask anybody from…
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Features
Contracted Tuberculosis In Military Detention. He’s Out Now, But Still Terribly Ill
Adam Bulama Modu, 25, walks with great difficulty. When he sits, he does so carefully too. Because of a huge,…
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Features
Maiduguri Girl’s Death Raises Concerns About Celebratory Gunfire Accidents
A bereaved family in Maiduguri, capital of Borno in Northeast Nigeria, are still grieving, a week after their daughter was…
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News
ISWAP Attacks Army Institute In Borno
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents in multiple vehicles on Tuesday, Jan. 10, destroyed parts of the Nigerian…
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Features
Life Tough Under Insurgency For Borno Vegetable Farmers, But They’re Not Giving Up
It was late noon and Yahaya Ibrahim, 31, was racing against time to fill sacks with onions freshly harvested from…
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