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Janet Mfanyi’s little boy was the first child to be taken. Since then, she has been besieged by a combination of sadness and loneliness that no amount of jovial company can remedy. Even though her husband is alive and well, Mfanyi lives like a widow at the IDP camp, the toddler tugging at her wrapper, …
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Though Justin Kyadoo looks nothing like it now, he had been a soldier once. During that time, he had gone on a rescue mission in Liberia and served the Nigerian military in Enugu, Calabar, Lagos, Jos, and some other states in Nigeria’s north. Many times, he came as close enough to death as any soldier …
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HumAngle has concluded the third cohort of its bi-annual accountability fellowship programme. The cohort’s training commenced in July 2023, and its end was marked today by a virtual event that had the nine members of the graduating cohort, HumAngle’s CEO, and team members from HumAngle in attendance. In his opening remark, HumAngle’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief, …
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The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the harassment of a Nigerian investigative journalist, Marcus Fatunmole, by security personnel at Eagle Square car park in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Fatunmole, who is the news editor of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), a Nigerian media publication, was reportedly harassed …
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Sometimes, for reasons that she could not fathom, Kemi would feel immense sadness come over her. She would for instance, be on a jovial phone call with a friend, and in a split second, become overwhelmingly sad and begin to ruminate on dark thoughts that would eventually bring her to a depressive state. In those …
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Africa’s foremost security newspaper, HumAngle, on Wednesday held a conference on the intersection of media, humanitarian and security sectors in managing conflict in Nigeria. The panelists at the conference which was held in Abuja discussed various ways in which the three crucial sectors can enhance trust and boost collaboration towards the elimination of conflict and …
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Umaru Pate, a Nigerian professor of media history and an academician, on Wednesday, said the occasional misunderstandings between the media, humanitarian, and security sectors are causing more harm than good to Nigeria. The professor who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Kashere in Gombe also highlighted the importance of a collaboration between the three …
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A HumAngle investigative report has won the environmental reporting category award at the seventh edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference Awards (WAMECA). This was announced at the award ceremony which was held in Accra, Ghana on Nov. 11. The winning story titled “All Die Na Die: At The Heart Of Nigeria’s Soot Problem,” …
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In a report released on Friday, Nov. 3, Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, said its application seeking justice for victims of enforced disappearance in northeastern Nigeria has officially become a pending case, following the receipt of the application by the Nigerian government. “This is just the first step. We call on the Nigerian authorities …
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Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, suspect in a highly publicized femicide case has been arrested in Sierra Leone and will be extradited to Nigeria, HumAngle has learned. A viral social media post made on X (formerly known as Twitter), on Saturday, Oct. 21, revealed that Nnanyereugo was arrested by Police in the West African country after he …
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The Lagos State Police Command has declared Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo wanted for the murder of Augusta Onuwagbagbe, HumAngle has learned. The declaration which was announced on Oct. 10, is coming three months after Nnayereugo himself publicly admitted to murdering Onuwagbagbe in July. The suspect had in a series of viral social media posts, admitted to …
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On Saturday, Aug. 19, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, made a post on his social media account that fed into the harmful rhetoric of men being immune to sexual (or any kind of) abuse. In response to a post calling his attention to a video clip of a woman sexually harassing a …
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