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Mariam (surname withdrawn) is the first born of her parents’ six children, all living in a tiny bungalow in the Akodo community of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. At 23, she wants a better life, but her chances of getting a good job with her O’level certificate are slim, particularly in Nigeria, where over 13 million youths are […]
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Tade, Hassan, and Chidiebube (not real names) have been languishing in detention since Oct., 2020 for participating in the #ENDSARS protest against police brutality. They were arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police. They are remanded in one of the correctional centres in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. They were charged for offenses ranging from stealing […]
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When the 17 governors in Southern Nigeria rose from their meeting on May 11, 2021, they resolved that they all would ban open grazing in their states as a critical measure against spiralling insecurity in the region. The meeting was held in Asaba, Delta State, South-south Nigeria. Rotimi Akeredolu, the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ […]
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Nearly two years after the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Network, a security outfit in Nigeria’s Southwest region, codenamed Amotekun, it is trailed by a mix of applause and criticism, successes and losses, triumphs against criminals and allegations of human rights violations by its officers. Following rising insecurity in the Southwest, the six governors […]
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In the last two years, Nigeria has witnessed a spike in security challenges. Multiple attacks by terrorist groups, inter-ethnic clashes, kidnapping, and attacks on individuals and government establishments by alleged secessionists have all put the country and citizens on the edge. Worried by the worsening security across the country, state governors created regional security outfits […]
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Like troubled grasses on an elephant pathway, residents of communities close to Nigeria’s border crossing points with the Republic of Benin are often victims of bloody clashes between Customs officers and smugglers. The smugglers import foreign parboiled rice, groundnut oil, and other contraband goods from Benin into Nigeria, usually through illegal routes. Operatives of the […]
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Members of the Southwest Region Security outfit known as Amotekun have killed two suspected kidnappers in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. Olayinka Olayanju, the state Commandant of Amotekun, who confirmed the report to HumAngle said the kidnappers were killed during an operation by officers of the security outfit on Friday, July 30. “It […]
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Scores of protesters in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria joined the Democracy Day protest at Oke-Fia roundabout, Osogbo on Saturday, June 12, 2021 despite heavy presence of security personnel. The demonstrators under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society (CSOs), called for an end to insecurity, bad governance, kidnappings, and violation of human rights. The protesters […]
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It was a night 25-year-old Ewebiyi Ismail wishes to never experience again. What started as a peaceful, breezy night on Saturday June 5, 2021 at Igangan community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, ended up as a bloody one. His father, Ewebiyi Ramon, 45, a night guard at a nearby […]
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Residents of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, had last month greeted the inauguration of the Western Nigeria Security Network with relief and optimism that insecurity in the state would soon become history. However, a month after the outfit was launched, the state has recorded no fewer than seven separate cases of kidnapping, with at least 14 […]
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“Why are you not wearing your mask properly?” this reporter asked a female student at Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic (AAPOLY), Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, who had a facemask bunch down to her chin. “They [the security officials] only want to be sure we have it, how you wear it is no one’s business,” she retorted. […]
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When Sanusi Adekunle, a Mass Communication student at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta in Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, was asked why he was without a facemask on the campus, his excuses pointed to poor or absence of compliance to COVID-19 protocols within the campus. Adekunle’s response was an indictment of the authorities that ought to enforce […]
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