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Not Uhuru after fleeing insurgents, the story of teenage IDPs

Every morning, as Maiduguri wakes to the hustle and bustle of traffic and business activities, a group of people wake up to a different reality, where

Xraying the hidden costs of UTME

At 4:30 a.m., long before the first call to prayer rises across many Nigerian towns and cities, thousands of teenagers are already awake. Some have ba

Elections circus: How new machines did not help Nigerian voters

“I was so frustrated and exhausted,” Josephine Ochadamu says when asked about her experiences as an Assistant Presiding Officer at a polling unit in N

Why Almajiranci persists

The numerous problems bedeviling the almajiri system of education across many states in northern Nigeria have remained a source of concern, not only t

Abuja communities, where residents pay to ‘sleep’

Residents across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are increasingly funding their own security as gaps in formal policing and safe guarding homes an