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Displaced By ‘Bandits’ (2): Sokoto School Where Pupils Share Classrooms With IDPs
That Mukhtar Marafa is alive today, if you ask him, is nothing short of miraculous. The young man’s village of…
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Terrorists Abduct 11 Passengers, Bus Driver In Northwest Nigeria
Terrorists, known locally as bandits, on Sunday, July 25, abducted 11 passengers and a driver in a bus belonging to…
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1,031 Killed, 390 Abducted In 205 Incidents Across 34 States In Nigeria – Report
A report by Beacon Consulting, a security risk management and intelligence company has disclosed that a total of 1,031 persons…
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Living On The Fringe: Sad, Sorry World Of Sokoto’s Almajirai
Salisu*, a young boy not older than six or seven years old, retreated under the shade of a mango tree…
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Residents Protest Against Persistent Violence In Northwest Nigeria
Residents displaced from several communities in Zamfara State, Northwestern Nigeria, blocked a major interstate highway in protest against deteriorating insecurity…
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Children With Disabilities Suffer In Sokoto Over Failure To Domesticate Child Rights Act
One moment, 16-year-old Aliyu Bello is sitting on a couch, stretching his arms playfully and beaming a smile through his…
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MSF To Provide Surgical Interventions To Noma Patients In Northwest Nigeria
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders says a team of expert surgeons is expected to…
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Insecurity: Northwest Nigeria State Govt Shuts Down Boarding Schools
The Sokoto State Government has ordered boarding schools’ closure outside the Sokoto metropolis over Nigeria’s Northwest region’s rising insecurity. Sa’idu…
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Nigerian Govt Warns Cleric Against Stoking Disunity
In what appears an apparent reply to a statement made by Matthew Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of…
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COVID-19: Sokoto Governor Goes Into Self-Isolation, Seeks Prayers
Following his official trips in the past few days, during which he was in close contact with some personalities, some…
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