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Stories by Naomi John

Naomi John30 Nov 2025
Displaced Women in Nigeria’s North East Struggle With a Severe Mental Health Support Shortage
When the terror reached her village, Maiwa, Amina ran with nothing but her two youngest children. As the gunfire echoed through the trees, they fled towards Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, North East Nigeria. On their way, she lost her 10-year-old son. Many years later, she still doesn’t know where he is or whether he […]
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Naomi John14 Feb 2025
The Devastating Impact of School Fire Disasters on Nigerian Education
On the night of Feb. 4, a tragic fire outbreak occurred in an Islamic school in the Kaura-Namoda area of Zamfara state, North West Nigeria, resulting in the loss of at least 17 young Almajiri students. The incident also left 16 others critically injured. Eyewitness accounts revealed that the fire started in the study hall […]
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Displaced Women in Nigeria’s North East Struggle With a Severe Mental Health Support Shortage