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Analyses
Military Reprisals On Civilians Worsening Human Rights Abuse In Nigeria
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, June 26, killed a yet-to-be ascertained number of civilians in the Nko community…
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Analyses
How Hate Speeches By Politicians, Others Lead To Election Violence In Nigeria
In Aug. 2020, just as the South-South state of Edo state was gearing for its gubernatorial elections, Joseph Ihama, a…
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Features
Beyond Numbers (II): Passionate Teacher, Ambitious Students … Victims Of Owo Massacre
Akinyemi Emmanuel looked like a man searching for answers. His eyes were red and slightly swollen. His face, overcome with…
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Human Rights
Yakurr Communal Clash: Soldiers Kill, Displace Residents In Retaliatory Attack
Esther Offem, 30, has been in a state of despair since the death of her 70-year-old father, Okoi Offem. Offem…
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Development
Nigeria Disease Control Agency Issues Warning Over Monkeypox
The viral infection, Monkeypox (MPX), is currently ravaging European countries, causing health safety concerns across the world, including in Nigeria,…
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Analyses
The Implications Of IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order Spreading To South-South Nigeria
In July 2021, Edwin Clark, a prominent political leader in South-South Nigeria, had empathised with members of the proscribed Indigenous…
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Armed Violence
Residents Panic As IPOB Sit-At-Home Curfew Spreads To South-South
Fears are rife in Asaba metropolis in Delta State as the controversial sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of…
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Humanitarian Crises
Lassa Fever: Not Only A Neglected Disease But Neglected Patients Too – MSF
Misdiagnosis of Lassa fever in patients, and stigma arising from diagnosis, hinder efforts to contain the disease in Nigeria, Doctors…
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Features
Solar Powered Phototherapy Unit Reducing Neonatal Mortality In Nigeria, Suffers Slow Adoption
The bliss of motherhood would come to a sudden halt when Kafilat’s obstetrician brings news of high levels of bilirubin…
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Analyses
Reign Of Impunity: Nigeria’s Security Forces Torturing Suspects To Death
Although a signatory to the ‘United Nations Treaty Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’, adopted…
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