‘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…
Nigerian Military Hands Over 350 Sambisa Forest Rescues to Borno Authorities
The Nigerian military, on Monday, May 20, handed over 350 individuals who had regained freedom from insurgent groups to officials of the Borno state government…
Shot 4 Times, A Survivor Recounts Harrowing Experience Of A Brutal Attack
The dusty roads of Nganzai local government area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, are often filled with sounds of construction work and resonating hopes of…
HumAngle Continues Three-Day Training On Accountability Journalism
HumAngle has concluded day two of its three-day training of journalists on accountability journalism in conflict zones. The training, which started on Monday, May 13,…
HumAngle Sets Ball Rolling For Accountability Fellowship’s Fourth Cohort
HumAngle has kickstarted the fourth cohort of its accountability fellowship, comprising nine participants from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe in Nigeria’s North East region. The years-long…
Malnutrition Is Affecting Displaced Mothers’ Ability To Breastfeed Newborns In Northeast Nigeria
Two weeks after Falmata Ibrahim gave birth, her body stopped making breastmilk for her baby. The baby would whine for breastmilk, and in both desperation…
Nigerian IDPs’ Struggle To Keep A Roof Over Their Heads
Hajjara Habiba’s life has been a relentless cycle of displacement and hardship. Ten years ago, her world was upended when Boko Haram forced her family…
Chibok Girl Regains Freedom With Children, Says She Left 6 Other Captives Behind
Lydia Simon, one of the 276 girls abducted from Chibok in 2014, has regained freedom, officials confirmed. She emerged from captivity with three children, stating…
Hunger, Unemployment … IDPs In North East Nigeria Rank Their Biggest Worries
The vast majority of internally displaced people in northeastern Nigeria have identified hunger and inadequate nutrition as their biggest concerns. This was noted in an…
From ‘Enemies’ To Neighbours: Borno’s Bumpy Peacebuilding Journey
On a sweltering day on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, two uniformed young men were stopped by officials from the Nigeria Drug…
Security Agents Complain Of Inadequate Weapons Amid Boko Haram Attacks
Hunters and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state, North East Nigeria, have complained about the lack of adequate arms following…
Nigerian Women In Conflict Zones Battle With Maternal Mortality Crisis
When it was time for Famata Hassan’s pregnant daughter to deliver her baby, violence struck again in the war-torn Borno state, North East Nigeria. The…
Neglected Elderly Women Sleep On The Streets After IDP Camp’s Closure In Borno
One morning about a year ago, when government officials arrived at the Kawal Maila makeshift camp to distribute relocation notices, the elderly women were absent.…
Fishermen In Nigeria’s North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death
Standing on the shores of Lake Chad in Baga, Nigeria’s North East, 41-year-old Yusuf Usman and his son, Ibrahim, tidied their canoe and fishing net.…
A Decade After, 89 Abducted Chibok Girls Still Missing – Borno Gov’t
Ten years have passed since the infamous night of April 14, 2014, when Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno…
What Does War Do To A Boy?
It is 2014, and he is on a bus with his mother and other families, travelling to Gombe for a wedding. They have arrived in…
Maiduguri Residents Suffer Through 43°C Heat Amid Unexplained Power Cuts
The city of Maiduguri in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, has been plunged into darkness for several weeks, leaving its residents in a dire situation. The…
Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do?
Babagana Muhammad spent 14 years seeking religious knowledge. He started when he was five, around the same age children get enrolled in primary schools. Four…
How Climate Change Affects Women In Northeastern Nigeria
On a Saturday evening in November last year, a pickup truck came to a stop in front of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in…