In Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, Numan-Jalingo is a crucial highway that enables transportation, including farm produce from remote northeastern states, to markets across northern Nigeria. The major road is a treacherous stretch of red soil, billowing into choking dust during the dry season and turning into a muddy and messy route when the rains come. […]
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In a terror attack in Kaura-Namoda, a town in Zamfara State, North West Nigeria, terrorists killed three teenage students yesterday, Nov. 22. This has caused many residents to desert the area, especially those of Igbo and Yoruba origins. For a while now, Kaura-Namoda has suffered a series of attacks that the locals say sometimes lead […]
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A clash between farmers and herders in Danbatta town of Kano, North West Nigeria, on Thursday has resulted in at least four individuals sustaining injuries from stabs and arrow shots. According to locals, the conflict erupted when farmers accused herders who were grazing their animals of causing damage to their crops. “They [the herders] came […]
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Mohammed Shegabe never wanted his daughter to go to school in Zamfara, one of the most terrorised states in North West Nigeria. But Nasira was adamant she wanted to attend the Federal University, Gusau (FUGUS), located in its capital city. “I was sad the day she secured admission into the university,” he told HumAngle. So […]
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Ravaging terrorists razed down a police vehicle during a midnight attack on Maru town in Zamfara State, North West Nigeria. The attack took place on Sunday, Nov. 5, leading to the death of one person. They reportedly targeted the Divisional Police Headquarters in Maru town. Witnesses say about five persons were also abducted in the […]
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In yet another horrific incident, at least 11 farmers were brutally killed on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 5, near Zabarmari, a village situated in the Jere local government area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. This area previously witnessed the massacre of nearly 110 rice farmers by Boko Haram in November 2020. Three years later, […]
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As the Nigerian Government struggles to contain insecurity ravaging Africa’s most populous country, young girls and women are exposed to sexual violence daily. Since April 2014, when 276 girls between 16 and 18 were kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, it has […]
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The Kaduna State Government, Northwest Nigeria, has placed a ban on felling trees for timber, firewood, charcoal, and for commercial purposes in six Local Government Areas in the state amidst growing insecurity. “In the overriding public security interest arising from several security advisories, the Kaduna State Government announced that the suspension was to take place […]
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“Nigeria is bearing the emblem of a lost soul with rising insecurity across the country,” Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have said, berating the government for failing to handle the situation well. A decade-long Boko Haram insurgency has left a devastating humanitarian crisis in Northeast Nigeria with thousands of people killed and more than […]
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The Nigerian Government has allocated funds for the acquisition and expansion of spying and intelligence gathering capabilities. In response to threats posed by terrorism and other forms of insecurities, the government has invested in building the capacity of spy agencies and units to conduct surveillance of internet, terrestrial, and satellite-based communication. However, the expansion of […]
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Residents displaced from several communities in Zamfara State, Northwestern Nigeria, blocked a major interstate highway in protest against deteriorating insecurity in the state. Zamfara, the epicentre of the protracted conflict ravaging the region and parts of the North-central, has witnessed attacks from terror gangs moving on motorcycles and targeting vulnerable communities and travellers. Security forces […]
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Up to 1,012 people were either killed or kidnapped owing to insecurity across Nigeria in the first three weeks of June, analysis of data from the Nigeria Security Tracker has shown. Almost all the states of the country as well as the Federal Capital, Abuja, recorded a series of fatal attacks between June 1 and […]
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