Vestiges of Violence

  • Vestiges Of Violence: Episode 106
    Sabiqah Bello

    Selfless For Her Children

    Selfless for her children | RSS.com Maryam Adam, a woman of extraordinary selflessness assumed the role of a mother and father at an extremely young age. She was forced into motherhood at age 13, forced to drop out of school, flee from an insurgency, and into displacement. With everything she has been through, she is […]

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  • Abducted For 105 Days
    Sabiqah Bello

    Abducted For 105 Days

    Abducted For 105 Days | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | RSS For 105 days, Bilyaminu was held captive by kidnappers. During that time, his family tried everything they could to raise the ransom demanded, including putting up their houses and farms for sale. But this proved very difficult because of Nigeria’s Naira redesign policy at that […]

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  • Sabiqah Bello

    Spending 40 Days In Captivity

    Spending 40 Days In Captivity | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | RSS This episode of #VestigesOfViolence goes back to Nigeria’s cash crunch period where in a bid to curtail terrorism financing, the Central Bank of Nigeria, introduced new policies. We examine the policy’s success as survivors like Maimuna spent days in captivity until ransom was […]

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  • Vestiges Of Violence 33
    Hameeda Buhari

    What It Means To Be Sick In An IDP Camp

    Displaced persons at the Tse-Yandev camp in Makurdi, North-central Nigeria, are confronted with a health crisis. Men and women, especially the aged, are falling sick and children are dying after bouts of illness. The government is failing them and they continue to use local herbs, hoping that by some miracle they will eventually get better.

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    #ENDSARS: Families Of Deceased Cope With Pain Of Delayed Justice

    #ENDSARS: Families Of Deceased Cope With Pain Of D | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS The #EndSARS protests were triggered by grievances arising from years of harassment and rights violations by operatives of the police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). For weeks in October 2020, many Nigerian youths took to the streets to protest extra-judicial killings and […]

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  • Vestiges Of Violence: Episode 30
    Hameeda Buhari

    Northwest’s IDPs Moving From Danger To Distress

    Northwest’s IDPs Moving From Danger To Distress | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS The activities of terrorists in various parts of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, where the contemporary problem of banditry first reared its head, have rendered the communities inhabitable. But as the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) migrate to safer places, they battle new challenges such […]

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    Displaced In The Northwest And Desperate For Help

    Displaced In The Northwest And Desperate For Help | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS Hosted by: Hameeda Buhari Scripted by: ‘Kunle Adebajo and Edited by Anita Eboigbe Produced by: Abba Toko Voice acting by: Aliyu Dahiru Aliyu, Murtala Abdullahi and Zubaida Baba Ibrahim Multimedia Editor: Anthony Asemota Executive producer: Ahmad Salkida For more stories, visit humanglemedia.com. […]

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    Surviving Insurgency As A Minority Group

    Surviving Insurgency As A Minority Group | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS As the 12-year insurgency rages on in Northeast Nigeria, Christians, who have lost their homes and livelihoods to the insurgency, struggle to survive in their minority IDP camps; their future hanging in the balance. Featured Report: Borno’s Christian IDPs (1): Struggling For Survival Almost […]

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    Lost Son To Boko Haram; Husband To Military

    Lost Son To Boko Haram; Husband To Military | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS Maryam Muhammad’s 10 year old son was taken away from her by Boko Haram terrorists. Her husband, who had gone out to get food, was also arrested by the Nigerian military and would spend years with them. Maryam has since tried to […]

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    Smoking To Survive

    Smoking To Survive | RSS.com Listen on: Apple Podcast | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS At the Tse-Yandev IDP camp in Benue, North-central Nigeria, women smoke when it rains because it is the only warmth they have now; displaced, they live on the fringes of more risk. Hosted by: Hameeda Buhari Written by: Aishat Babatunde Produced by: Abba Toko Voice acting by: […]

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  • Hameeda Buhari

    Terrorised By Boko Haram, Victimised By Nigeria

    Mu’azu and Muhammad were illegally arrested by the Nigerian military in ‘connection’ to Boko Haram. After many years of unlawful detention, they were acquitted of all accusations and have to start their lives all over.

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