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On a sweltering Wednesday morning in April, a death sentence was served on five young Fulani men. It was summarily delivered by a group of volunteer vigilantes known as Yan Sakai near Sakamaru, a community in the Gwadabawa area of Sokoto State. The killing was not well reported in the media, but it typifies the […]
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A terrorist group recently stormed the Kurya-Madaro community of Zamfara, where they took away herds of cattle and sheep. But one animal they did not take with them was a large, healthy, valuable bull. “A bull, too big to move fast, was gunned down by some sadists among members of the group, while they carted […]
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A serious rift between the infamous terrorist kingpin, Dogo Gide, and one of his fighters, Dikki, has enabled the narrow escape of Louis, one of the terrorists’ captives. The victim reached home on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Gide is the terrorist who abducted more than 100 school children from the Federal Government College (FGC) Birnin Yauri, […]
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The sunny afternoon of June 17 met Sarah at the family’s farmland in Agwarra. She was expecting the arrival of her husband, Musa, to join her on the farm. He usually closed from the school where he taught by 12:00 p. m. The rainy season had just begun and Sarah was burying guinea corn seeds […]
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The mother of a notorious warlord has made a surprise intervention in the negotiations for the return of 11 kidnapped children. HumAngle can reveal that Dogo Gide, the terrorist responsible for the kidnap and ransom of scores of schoolchildren from Birnin Yauri, Kebbi, Northwest Nigeria, broke months of silence to call a parent of one […]
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This timeline covers the period: from the early warning signals before the attack to the birth of the last child among the four children delivered by schoolgirls in captivity last week. Before June 12, 2021 In the weeks leading up to the kidnapping, there is an increase in activity by armed groups in the area, […]
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“Mama, please help us. We are tired of this forest! We want to go home! By Allah, we are in a terrible condition. We used to receive fairly good treatment, but not anymore. They are now excessively aggressive to us!” This was Fa’iza Ahmad’s desperate plea to her mother, Munira Bala Ngaski. She is one […]
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A complete redesign of Nigeria’s banknotes has been announced as part of a plan to make it harder for terrorists to hoard ill-gotten cash. The redesign will make the most valuable notes already in circulation unusable with just a few months’ notice. Removing old notes will render stores of currency held in forest hideouts useless, […]
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The ongoing flooding across Nigeria has left many rural communities waterlogged. Farmers fleeing the natural disaster in the North have given up their properties and farm investments, prioritising their survival. Combined with the already adverse effects of insecurity and climate change on agricultural outputs, observers say the crisis will push the country faster towards food […]
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Terrorists have made a series of attacks on a town in Zamfara state, breaking a pact the community thought spared them from violence. The latest of these attacks came on Oct 17, when the armed group invaded Birnin-Tudu town in Gummi local government area. They clashed with vigilantes, killing one. A month before, in September, […]
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“By Allah, it is now very difficult for me to feed myself or even buy drugs,” Jabir Bello utters in a grieving voice. The 35-year-old resident of Mana ‘Karama suburb of Sokoto city, Northwest Nigeria, is narrating his ordeal of living with a year-long torment from leg wounds caused by a highway criminal attack near […]
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With the government failing to fully secure citizens’ rights in the conflict-ridden areas of northern Nigeria, other sectors of the society must sternly intervene to curb the menaces, CPDDS warned in a project report compiled in Dec. 2021. The Centre facilitated a policy dialogues project, supported by the MacArthur Foundation. The project report titled, Dialogues […]
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