North-West
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Armed Violence
Residents Stage Protest Against Insecurity In Anka, Burn Down IDP Camps
Residents in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara state in Nigeria’s northwest staged a massive protest earlier today, blocking a…
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Features
Friends Crowdsourced A Loan For His Ransom. Now He Can’t Pay Back
Weeks after his kidnap and subsequent release by terrorists, Muhammadu Lauwali, 51, still does not feel free in his own…
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Solutions
Drones Are Delivering Medical Supplies To Hard-To-Reach Clinics In Nigeria
Rebecca John went into labour in the dead of night. This was not supposed to be unusual at facilities like…
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News
Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Raping Minor In Kaduna
A man, Usman Shehu Bashir, has been sentenced to death in Zaria, Northwest Nigeria for raping to death a two-year-old…
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Armed Violence
‘Negotiate With Us Now’: Terrorists Launch Attacks To Seek Govt’s Patronage In Nigeria’s Northwest
On July 3, a group of armed terrorists invaded the Gwaram village of Zamfara State in Nigeria’s northwestern region. Residents…
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Humanitarian Crises
MSF Warns Of Growing Hunger Epidemic In Northwest Nigeria
International aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said it is concerned that if the humanitarian response people are getting in…
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Gender & SGBV
Displaced Women In Nigeria’s Katsina Are Starving, And They May Never Get Aid
The heat from the sun could be felt in the bones. Katsina city is hot, so hot that it feels…
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Development
A Local Malnutrition Centre Is Giving Malnourished Children Hope In Northwest Nigeria
Hassana and Hussaina are turning two soon. They are playing around their mother’s legs as she speaks about being displaced…
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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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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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