Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Badamasi Alma stood in the middle of the rubble with tears in his eyes and his teeth clenched as he looked at his wife, Aisha, drenched in the pool of her blood, gasping for breath. Her voice was slowly growing weaker before it finally fell to a […]
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Since March 20, 2022, when her home was destroyed by armed men, 15-year-old Naomi Benjamin has lived in a classroom. Before then, she had a life similar to that of several other teenagers in Adan. She was part of an extended family that had up to 21 members. She sought formal education too. She attended […]
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Aliyu Garba Marafa, the first Emir of Yandoto in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, has conferred on Ado Aleru (Alieru), a terror leader, the title of ‘Sarkin Fulanin ‘Yandoton Daji (King of Fulanis). The event took place on July 16 at about 2:30 p.m. WAT at Yandoto Emirate Council’s chamber. “I Aliyu Garba Marafa, the first Emir […]
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On Feb. 19, 2018, at around 5:30 p.m., militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) arrived at Govt. Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe State. They abducted a total of 115 schoolgirls from their dormitories in what has now been known as the Dapchi abduction. HumAngle embarked on a […]
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Parents in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, have expressed mixed feelings about the safety of their children after the state government ordered the full resumption of academic activities on Monday, Jan. 17. Schools in the state were shut down for four months after 80 students of Government Secondary School, Kaya (GSS Kaya) in Maradun Local Government […]
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Terrorists have released a woman and her children abducted in Gbagyi Villa, Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria. The woman, Jessica Silas, and her children were kidnapped on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, alongside four others in the community, while her husband was shot dead. Nicholas Abba, a resident and one of […]
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The Nigerian government has been told to take decisive action against terrorists who are killing innocent citizens in the northern region of the country, and not issue condemnations alone each time there is an attack. A coalition of activists from the north of the country, who organised peaceful protests across Kano, Bauchi, and the Federal […]
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Musa Abdullahi understood the risks when he left life as a full-time farmer to sign up as a vigilante many years ago. But he didn’t think he would, one day, be hunting down terror gangs. The first omen was the sight of herders — who traditionally wield mostly swords and sticks — arming themselves with […]
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The government of Zamfara State in Northwestern Nigeria has approved the reopening of seven weekly markets that had been closed to address insecurity issues in the state. The State Government had in August ordered the closure of markets in the state and prohibited petrol stations from selling petrol above N10,000, and the sale of the […]
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Seven persons were killed on Tuesday, Oct. 26, by suspected terrorists who attacked Yanbuki village in the Zurmi Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. According to media reports, the terrorists who arrived at the village Tuesday night shot sporadically and also rustled 1,500 domestic animals. A villager, Garba Musa who witnessed the attack […]
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Over 90 students and staff members of the Federal Government College (FGC) in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, Northwest Nigeria, have been released, according to a Daily Trust report. The students who were kidnapped from their school on Thursday, June 17, 2021 regained freedom after spending 118 days in captivity. According to one eyewitness, the terrorists […]
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Somewhere along Dutsinma Road in Katsina lies the office of one of Nigeria’s lesser-known construction companies. A white sliding gate reluctantly opens into the premises. About two dozen people loiter outside, hinting at what could be going on. Inside, on the right, are hundreds of women and children, mostly sitting on the ground and on […]
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