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Before Nigeria’s presidential elections last year, legislator Alhassan Doguwa told raucous supporters what would happen to those who did not vote for his dominant All Progressives Congress party. “To God who made me, on election day, you must vote for APC or we will deal with you,” he warned to cheers captured on video. “I’m …
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Mary Ogbonna worked as a sales girl at the Aba International Market in Abia, Southeast Nigeria. But she wanted more out of life and saw the Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) as the perfect opportunity. “Before the project, I had a life, but it was not the kind of life I dreamt of. I used to …
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Akinruntan Banjo was 12 when his father told him of a future where the government would supply electricity to their coastal village. That day never came, he says with disappointment. Electricity is a recipe for development and sustainable growth, but for those in rural communities in Niger Delta, access to it has been a major …
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Many believe Nigeria’s counterinsurgency campaign has contained the terror groups and their cells in the Northeast. However, the swath of ungoverned spaces across the country as well as insufficient policing and surveillance are allowing terrorists to conduct attacks in other parts of the country. Over the past few months, the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) …
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Nigeria’s Children’s Parliament has appealed to the government to see to the implementation of the Safe Schools declaration to ensure the safety and security of children and their schools across the country. Ibrahim Sanna Sunoma, Speaker of the Borno State Children Parliament, said the implementation of the Safe Schools Declaration would put an end to …
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Residents of Dei-Dei, a suburb of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital in North-central Nigeria, have been thrown into panic following clashes in the building material market on Wednesday, May 18 afternoon. It is not immediately clear what caused the clashes but videos from the market available on social media show many people running for safety while a …
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Mixed reactions have trailed the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria, who was killed by a mob in the school after being accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student, was killed and set ablaze on the school grounds on …
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The breach of the Kaduna Airport on Sunday, March 27, by terrorists and then the deadly train attack the following day portend imminent danger for the safety of Nigerians and reflect growing courage and sophistication among terror groups in Northwest Nigeria. The two attacks coordinated in close succession and the handling of the aftermath have …
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There has been a cheery news that Usman Alkali Baba, Nigerian Inspector General of Police has ordered the immediate commencement of financial computation and adjustments of Police emoluments in line with the new salary structure. This did not come intentionally though, it took a threat by the ranks and files of the Nigeria Police to …
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When Bamise Ayanwole’s grieving mother identified the high capacity bus in which her daughter was last seen and climbed to the driver’s side, looking for her missing child, her desolation was shared by a lot of people. The pain would spread even further when Bamise’s remains were recovered and the mother became inconsolable. The disappearance …
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Abubakar Bello, Governor of Niger State, North-central Nigeria, is as helpless as the people he governs, as terrorists tighten the noose on the state he superintends. Killings, displacement, looting, and arson have dotted communities in four Local Government Areas (LGAs); Shiroro, Rafi, Paikoro, and Munya. There seems to be no end in sight at the …
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The death of Keren-Happuch Akpegher, 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has thrown up more controversies and a few lessons. The Police are not forthcoming with their findings into the cause of her death despite initiating and concluding an autopsy examination. Her aggrieved mother cries for justice while the school pleads innocence. The …
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