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Boko Haram teams up with bandits in Nigeria

By Malik Samuel, Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad BasinWhen Boko Haram faction leader Abubakar Shekau claimed...

Are Niger and Kaduna States surrounded and overtaken by bandits?

There are increasing fears that Nigeria's largest State, Niger, known for its electricity power infrastructure that keeps the country's economy running, may have been...

Abduction: Hope against hope; a govt insider’s perspective

By Mary Noel-Berje Nights come and pass, and still sleep eludes. You stay awake waiting anxiously for a call which normally comes this way,...

Mai Tangale crisis: Suspicion persists after bloody day in Bauchi community

▪︎ Governor talks tough, says he won’t be blackmailed or intimidatedBy Sola SHITTU, Gombe (The Nation)BILLIRI, the second largest town in Gombe State is...

Melaye goes for Gov. Bello’s jugular on graft allegations; he won’t get anywhere, says Bello loyalist

With Governor Yahaya Bello's rising profile, ahead of an alleged presidential ambition in 2023, and the platform for campaign created by his headship of...

Records: In Mass Atrocities report 2020, Global Rights says 4,556 killed in Nigeria, including security agents

The year 2020 was a brutal year for most, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted nations and systems across the world. COVID-19 heralded the largest...

ICPC: Freeing Hidden Funds By MDAs For Nigeria’s Development

By Francis Akwu, Abuja▪︎ Stopped N189bn Personnel Cost Diversion*In the past few years, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission, as part of...

How pensioners are being short-changed, and some ways out

The Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) was introduced in 2004 by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in order to address the problems of late...

Video: What exactly did Nigeria’s Defence Minister mean that communities should defend themselves against bandits?

s he suggesting they should arm themselves with high calibre guns to take on bandits?He called rural dwellers cowards, he incited them to rise...

Biden’s LGBTQI Policy Sparks Response Elsewhere, But What Does The Nigerian Govt Say

Biden’s Policy to Condition Aid on Protecting LGBTQI Rights Sparks Pushback in AfricaBy Douglas G. Burton (Epoch Times)The Biden administration has renewed a range...

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