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Abubakar Shekau’s mother speaks on son’s road to terrorism
Mother of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has given what appears to be her first media interview. Falmata Abubakar spoke with the Hausa Service of the […]
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Neighbours narrate how bouncer, wife were burnt to death in their home
Barely one week after a bouncer, Sunny Braimoh, 47, and his wife, Morenikeji, 40, were gruesomely burnt to death at their Idowu Lane, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos home, […]
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My husband was brutally murdered by my brother-in-law in my presence
At 36, Aishatu Usman has seen hell. Widowed. Poor. Traumatised. She was once a woman who had everything. But seven years ago, she went through a […]
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The brewing crisis in Zamfara State
In our series of letters from African journalists, Kadaria Ahmed looks at the crisis in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, which analysts say has the potential to become […]
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U.S. Customs seize $41,000 from Anthonia Nwaorie, a Nigerian-born nurse
Anthonia Nwaorie spent years saving up thousands of dollars to open a medical clinic in Nigeria, where she was born. Finally, last October, she walked down […]
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I sold my entire belongings to travel abroad, now I’m back home and broke
More than 3,000 Nigerian migrants who failed to reach Europe, have been flown home by the International Organization for Migration. Many sold everything to make the […]
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Boko Haram: The origins and ideology of Nigeria’s dreaded Islamist group
Since 2010, people in northeastern Nigeria have lived in constant fear of being attacked. In the past years, Nigeria’s rebel group Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked […]
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Chronic codeine addicts on the increase in Nigeria
When the younger brother of the BBC’s Ruona Meyer became addicted to cough syrup, she began to investigate the men who make and sell opioid-based medicine […]
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OAU s*x-for-mark scandal: Monica Osagie, student who recorded conversation with lecturer, speaks
The student at the centre of a s*x for mark scandal rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Ms Monica Osagie has opened up to defend her […]
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Meet Aisha, the woman who hunts Boko Haram fighters
Meet the ‘Queen Hunter’ Aisha who catches Boko Haram fighters and searches for kidnapped children in northern Nigeria. Among the thousands of hunters enlisted by the […]