Ungoverned Forests In Southern Nigeria Are Fueling Crime And Sectarian Violence
As far as many residents of southeastern Nigeria are concerned, the vast stretch of interstate borderland between Anambra and Imo state is no man’s land…
Nigerian Farmers Face Hardship Amidst Soaring Inflation And Insurgency
Musa Bulama, 48, used to harvest more than 30 bags of maize in previous years, but this year he cannot afford to buy seedlings to…
From Captivity To Love: Susan’s Ongoing Struggle With Trauma And Loss
Two years after she and five other young women miraculously staged a daring escape from Boko Haram’s captivity, Susan still cannot get over the trauma…
Military Operation Frees 277 Women, Children In Northeast Nigeria
About 277 women and children were rescued from Boko Haram and ISWAP controlled teritories in Borno State, North East Nigeria, following recent extensive military operations…
Nigerian Women Defy Norms, Embrace Male-Dominated Jobs for Survival
While growing up, Anabel Eugene dreamed of becoming a civil engineer or a military personnel. However, due to economic hardship, things went differently than planned…
Gwoza Suicide Bombing Death Toll Rises to 32 As Nigeria’s VP Visits Hospitalised
The death toll from the recent multiple suicide bombings in Gwoza town, located in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, has climbed to 32, officials confirmed.…
Conflict Victims In Peril As Global Humanitarian Aid Dries Up — NRC
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has expressed concern over the dwindling funding for humanitarian activities in conflict areas, saying the glaring global shortfall is leaving…
The Oil In The North: A Hidden Environmental Cost
It was 2 a.m. one January morning in Dumbe, five kilometres from the Kolmani oil field in Nigeria’s North East. Nafisa had been enduring a…
Rape Victim Faces Uncertain Path To Justice In Nigeria’s Adamawa
In the stillness of the Boko Haram war-ravaged town of Madagali in Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria, a young girl was sexually abused. Even though she…
18 Dead, 42 Injured As Boko Haram Unleashes Multiple Female Suicide Bombers In Borno
At least 18 people, including women and children, were killed, and 19 others seriously injured in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, on Saturday, June 29, in…
Delayed Rainfall, Soaring Cost Of Seeds: The Nightmares Of Local Farmers In Borno
He has worked all his life as a farmer, ploughing the earth to harvest crops yearly. Abba Isa, 75, now faces an agricultural crisis in…
Victims Of Armed Conflict Turn To Deforestation To Earn A Living In Northeast Nigeria
Adam Mustapha, a 37-year-old father of five in Bama, a town in central Borno state, northeast Nigeria, navigates the challenges of a life reshaped by…
ATJLF Commits $2.68 Million Fund To Strengthen Transitional Justice Initiatives In West Africa
The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF), a public charity, has announced a substantial commitment of $2.68 million in grants and legacy projects to support…
5630 Terrorists Surrender, Weapons Recovered In Lake Chad, Says Nigeria Army Chief
Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has commended the efforts of Nigerian troops in the Lake Chad region, marking a “significant…
Living On The Edge: Stories From A Flood Prone Area In Northeast Nigeria
Twenty-twenty-two is etched in Zara Mohammed’s memory as a year of relentless hardship. Along with other families, the 27-year-old mother of five was displaced by…
In Health And In Labour
By Hadiza’s estimation, the baby wasn’t due until about three weeks. So when that day during the Ramadan fast two years ago, her back started…
Departing IDPs Hopeful Yet Wary As Borno Commences Closure Of Muna Camp
The government of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria initiated the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Muna, an unofficial camp, on Friday, June 7,…
MSF Overwhelmed By ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Nigeria’s Severe Malnutrition Cases
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for more support to address medical challenges in northern Nigeria, which are fast worsening and overstretching its resources. In…
‘It Was A Game Changer’: HumAngle Fellowship Alumni Share Success Stories
In a significant move to promote accountability in public and private sectors across communities in North East Nigeria, HumAngle’s top editors engaged with alumni of…
Do Almajiri Children Also Attain ‘Success’ In Life?
It was harvest season in 1972 in Damasak, a community in Borno, Nigeria’s North Eeast. Ten-year-old Goni Ali had just finished assisting his father in…