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In November 2024, an empty field suddenly turned into a bustling scene. Women streamed in carrying baskets of tomatoes, while others unwrapped sacks of oranges. At the time, teenage girls hawked in the crowd with trays of boiled groundnuts balanced on their heads. Along the roadside, two trailers lined up a few metres away as …
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The night they came, Cecilia Colman was preparing to rest for the night. Then a teacher at Government Christian Secondary School (GCSS) Shuwa in Madagali, Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, she lived in the staff quarters. The crack of gunfire broke the quiet night. Boko Haram had arrived. Cecilia dropped everything and fled into the dark …
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One afternoon in March 2014, Paul Daji, newly appointed principal of Government Secondary School (GSS) Shuwa located in the Madagali area of Adamawa, northeastern Nigeria, was in his office when he heard the loud sounds of gunfire. As he rushed outside to find out what was happening, he saw armed men in military uniforms approaching …
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Rashida Usman, 39, still remembers the painful memory of one Thursday morning in 2019. She had woken up at dawn to brace herself for a difficult journey from her home in Shelleng, a local government area in Adamawa, to Yola, the state capital in northeastern Nigeria. The absence of a secondary healthcare facility in Shelleng …
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Months after his inauguration in 2019, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, initiated the construction of a Maternal and Neonatal Child Health (MNCH) complex at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH) in Damaturu. The ceremony took place in January 2020, following the State Executive Council’s approval of ₦1.5 billion for the project in December …
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As one drives along the Gujba-Maiduguri Byepass Road in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, the New Bra Bra Estate comes into view. Among the residential houses, one structure stands out: Yobe Mega School Damaturu. The school’s striking appearance features walls painted in a warm milk and brown colour scheme, complemented by reddish-brown …
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