Residents of Tofa, a village in Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria, have deserted their community fearing that fleeing terrorists would return and attack them after they were chased away by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The residents who have run to Gusau, the capital of Zamfara for safety, said they were also concerned after being warned […]
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Usman Muhammed and his family were not going to leave their hometown even in the face of severe suffering. There was too much at stake. They had lived all their lives in this place and had built their wealth from rearing livestock and farming millet, sorghum, guinea corn, groundnut, and beans. But, this year, they […]
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An old Mama Umaru* is standing by the roadside somewhere around Barnawa trying to get a bus to Kaduna’s city centre in vain. When she finally gets a ride from a private car driven by Mrs Katung*, she laments about how many drivers had refused to help. “She has been trying to reach her son […]
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Somewhere along Dutsinma Road in Katsina lies the office of one of Nigeria’s lesser-known construction companies. A white sliding gate reluctantly opens into the premises. About two dozen people loiter outside, hinting at what could be going on. Inside, on the right, are hundreds of women and children, mostly sitting on the ground and on […]
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Five persons including a foreigner have been arrested by the police in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria for allegedly supplying petroleum products to terrorists locally known as ‘bandits’, police said in a statement. Gambo Isah, the police spokesperson in the state said the suspects were arrested along Katsina – Jibia road while on their way into […]
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The first sign of trouble is a navy blue old-model Volkswagen hatchback. The car has just pulled up metres away from the central mosque in Gatawa, a town in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria. Out of it come at least 10 girls who are from the neighbouring town of Tarah, dressed in colourful dresses and hijabs, some […]
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The killing of about 47 people and displacement of over 1,000 by terrorists occurred in Maiduma, Babban-Baye, Tungar-Rogo, Bunkasau, Tungar Jando, Tungar-Fayafayi, Tungar-Dutsi, Tungar-Namatsafa, Gana, Kamaru, Kwali, Bardi, Mari, Kimi, and Galamu villages, all in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria in the early hours of Thursday, June 17, 2021. The gruesome attack is a reprisal against […]
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Terrorists on Thursday evening, June 10, 2021 killed over 50 villagers after attacking Kadawa, Gandasamu, Jinkirawa Tsara, and Yanbuki wards in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Northwest, Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists spent about three hours between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., shooting farmers while at work on their farms in the said […]
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The protracted violence and lawlessness devastating parts of Northwestern Nigeria has taken a new dimension with growing tension between religious and non-religious terror groups. HumAngle has learned of brewing hostilities between a branch of the Al-Qaeda franchise, Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan, commonly referred to as Ansaru, and Fulani-linked terror groups locally known as […]
Read MoreEight persons, including three soldiers and five civilians, were killed by terrorists at Kasaba village, Magami district, Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria Wednesday, March 17. A local source told HumAngle that the terrorists stormed the village on motorcycles between 10 a.m. and noon. It was not clear if there was a gun […]
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Bello Muhammed Matawalle, Governor of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria has facilitated the unconditional release of 11 abducted persons without paying any form of ransom to their abductors, a statement from the office of the governor reveals. Jamilu Iliyasu, the Press Secretary to the Governor explained in the statement that the rescued victims were received Saturday […]
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On Wednesday night, non-religious terrorists riding on motorbikes launched attacks on several villages, including Garki, Dan Aduwa, Kuzari, Katuma and Masawa, near the town of Sabon Birnin Gobir. Several reports indicate that at least 60 people were killed in the attacks that lasted several hours. The Governor of Sokoto State, Malam Aminu Tambuwal, in a […]
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