• Three smartphones display different social media profiles and apps against a dark, smoky background with various images.
    Al'amin Umar, Mansir Muhammed

    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 individuals in northern Nigeria. The time was 8:13 a.m.; minutes later, she uploaded another one and another. By midday, she had uploaded dozens of similar pieces of content. By evening, there were hundreds. Some of …

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  • Illustration of people discussing a map, with text "AI cannot protect what it does not understand" and a conflict risk map of Lake Chad Basin.
    Ahmad Salkida

    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 disasters, humanitarian agencies are testing AI to anticipate displacement before it overwhelms fragile communities, and researchers are applying machine learning to uncover patterns buried inside millions of records that no human could process alone. These …

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  • Soldiers escort people towards a truck labeled "Safety Corridor" in a grassy, rural area. The scene is illustrated with muted colors.
    Aliyu Dahiru

    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, largely with bombs, bullets, and casualties announced in press briefings. However, the slow process of delivering justice through prosecution was the part of the counterterrorism machine that never quite got built properly. Thousands of suspects, …

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  • A lone person walks across a dry, rugged, reddish-brown landscape with a background of rustic buildings under a clear sky.
    Isah Ismaila

    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, North-Central Nigeria, was thrown into mourning. The news of Abubakar Usman’s death in the lodge water had spread through the area, and people were trooping to the house to extend their condolences to his parents. …

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  • Security Division sign at University of Jos, flanked by flagpoles, with a white building and trees in the background.
    Johnstone Kpilaakaa

    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 sey make I update you,” his friend said in Nigerian Pidgin. He was restocking his foodstuffs at the market, but he never came back. Abdullahi and Oluwafemi had been friends and coursemates since they came …

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  • Three people stand holding MSF Nigeria activity reports in front of a banner. A sign reads "MSF Nigeria Activity Report Presentation."
    Isah Ismaila

    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 sobering. The medical emergency organisation, also known as Doctors Without Borders, unveiled the report during an event in Abuja, North Central Nigeria, on Wednesday, May 13, documenting the disturbing rise in malnutrition cases in the …

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  • Eroded red soil surrounds a small mosque; houses and a palm tree stand nearby under a clear sky.
    Isah Ismaila

    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 State, North Central Nigeria. Bright, playful, and already piecing sentences together, she had just been registered for creche. “She was very smart,” Isa Sheshi, her grandfather, told HumAngle. “Even at two, she played around and …

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  • A tuk-tuk drives past a security post labeled "DONG NEW LAYOUT SECURITY POST" on a sunny day, with a gate in the background.
    Johnstone Kpilaakaa

    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 in Dong, a community in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. She and her niece had just finished bathing and were in their pyjamas, settling down to watch a film …

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  • A large crowd gathers near a barricade of rocks on a street, with hills visible in the background. Some buildings and power lines are nearby.
    Johnstone Kpilaakaa

    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, at around 7:45 p.m., when assailants opened fire on people at random in the area, located in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State, in North Central Nigeria. Eyewitnesses gave differing accounts of the …

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