A viral video claiming to show bandits massacring over 150 kidnap victims in Sokoto State has been debunked as false.…
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Across several states in northern Nigeria, communities are besieged by relentless insecurity, marked by terrorist attacks and rampant banditry. These…
Before Nigeria’s presidential elections last year, legislator Alhassan Doguwa told raucous supporters what would happen to those who did not…
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The practice of hot water bath is rooted in tradition, continues to cause harm to many women in Nigeria. With over half of women in the North and 80% in the South adhering to these customs, experts are calling for safer alternatives.
In January 2024, Nancy Yakubu, a dedicated Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW) in Shiroro local government area (LGA), made a…
“Why would a presidential candidate have secret meetings with soldiers 14 days before the election?” the post thread read. “Is this meeting part of the wider agenda to disrupt the elections, destabilise the country, set us on fire, incite chaos and violence, provoke a coup d’etat…?”
“In my locality, because I don’t know about other localities, right now in my village Bafarawa, even if we want to farm, we have to seek permission from the bandits.
To verify these claims, HumAngle extracted figures from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, which has been updated up to April 19, 2024. The database is compiled by a non-governmental organisation and is the most widely referenced source of conflict data worldwide.