Stories by Hadiza Ibrahim Ngulde

Reformed Gangs Are Becoming the Guardians of Peace in Maiduguri

Ngomari Costine has a terrible reputation. The area, in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, is filled with delinquent youth popularly referred to as Marlians, named after a controversial Nigerian musician whose songs and style they imitate. Groups of young people in flashy clothes and elaborate hairstyles gather in front of shops and on benches outside houses in …