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News
Police Shoot Journalist Covering Protest Against Extrajudicial Killing
A journalist with The Nation newspaper in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, has been shot by police officers while covering a…
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Features
Nigerian Rural Community Stuck In Water Crisis. A Nonprofit Takes A Photo, And It Tilts The Narrative
Kemi Gbereogun, 52, scowls as she stirs dough into Fufu, a staple made from cassava, over a fire. She is…
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Human Rights
Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire, Disperse Students Protesting Academic Strike
A protest by some Nigerian students against the protracted strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…
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Analyses
Indigent Nigerians Rot In Prison As Legal Aid Council Fails To Fulfil Mandate
Adeyeye Olawale has spent three years at Agodi Prison in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. He has no hope of being…
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Analyses
In Nigeria, Delay In Getting Court Judgements Fuels Human Rights Abuse
Nurudeen Oyedeji, 33, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria, in…
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Features
Displaced And Neglected (3): ‘No Water, No Toilet Facilities,’ Lagos Monkey Village Evictees Cry Out
As the sun rose, three-year-old Taiwo ambled towards his parents’ shack in a slum at Odeniran, a community in Lagos,…
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Features
Displaced And Neglected (2): “How We Ended Up In Lagos Monkey Village”
Ten years ago, shortly after her husband’s death, Sola Joseph, 49, popularly referred to as ‘Iya Sango’, left Ipokia in…
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Features
Displaced And Neglected (1): Lagos’ Monkey Village Evictees Have Nowhere Else To Go
The air around Odeniran slum in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, is dominated by a stinking smell from a mountainous refuse…
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Features
This All-Female Legal Team Is Helping Decongest Nigeria’s Correctional Centres
Solomon Samuel is a young Nigerian struggling for survival as an electrician in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was wrongfully arrested…
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Environment & Climate Change
Disappearing Wetlands Making Lagos More Vulnerable To Flood—A Geospatial Analysis
The rainy season in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos state, has become synonymous with submerged cars, homes, and commuters wading through…
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