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The Hausa Telegram Network Selling Child Sexual Abuse Material
Fatima ‘Teema’ Mahmud uploaded a short clip on her Telegram Status that morning; it showed a leaked intimate video involving…
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Analyses
AI Cannot Protect What It Does Not Understand
Artificial intelligence is steadily changing how the world responds to crises. Governments use it to analyse satellite imagery after natural…
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Nigeria is Finally Prosecuting Terrorists at Record Levels. Here’s What That Means
For nearly two decades, Nigeria fought Boko Haram and its offshoots, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Ansaru,…
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Armed Violence
Residents Recall a Weekend of Bloodshed Across Benue and Plateau Communities
Wrapped in a black cloth stained with her own blood, a three-month-old baby in a light green shirt was lowered…
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Features
Flood Risk Looms Again in Mokwa Amid Ongoing Challenges
In the afternoon of May 31, 2026, the Anguwan Hausawa area of the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State,…
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Accountability
Novena University Students Stranded after Getting Scholarship Through the Back Door
With ₦2.759 million standing between Pious Umokoro* and graduation, his dream of building a better life for himself hangs in…
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Featured
Caught in the Crossfire: Why UNIJOS Students Keep Dying Every Time Jos Burns
The last time Abdullahi Alabi heard from his friend, Oluwafemi Adeyemo, it was a voice note. “I dey Terminus… I…
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News
MSF’s New Report Examines Surging Malnutrition Crisis in Northern Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organisation, has released its 2025 activity report for Nigeria, and the findings are…
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Accountability
Deadly Gully Erosion in Niger State Despite Multi-Billion Naira Control Projects
Khadeejat Mohammed was only two years old when Mokwa’s gully erosion claimed her life in the Eti-Sheshi community of Niger…
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Features
Illicit Gold Mining Is Fueling Gang Violence in Niger State’s Capital City
For Ike Uche and many others looking to flee the turmoil of gang violence in Niger State, North Central Nigeria,…
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Features
Plateau Communities Confront Kidnap-for-Ransom Crisis
It was just past 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, when Allwell Nelson was abducted from her family residence…
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News
What We Know About the March 29 Terror Attack in Jos
Sunday evenings are usually a beehive of commercial activity at Angwan Rukuba Junction, but it turned deadly on March 29,…
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Armed Violence
Beneath the Tracks: The Systemic Failures of the Abuja-Kaduna Train
Panic came last for Mubarak Hassan* on the evening of March 28, 2022. It’s been four years since the terrorist…
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Kasuwan Daji: A Community Burnt, Bereaved, and Branded as Thieves
Kasuwan Daji, once a bustling village, now lies in haunting silence. The aftermath of the Jan. 3 terror attack has…
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Features
Displaced Survivors of Kwara Massacre Recount a Night of Terror
Hauwa Abdulkarim was inside her house when the violence began. As evening settled over Woro, a village in Kaiama Local…
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