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Insurgency, secessionism and banditry threaten Nigeria
*Africa’s biggest nation faces its biggest test since its civil war 50 years ago
'When violence erupts, the government does nothing or cracks heads almost indiscriminately.!-->!-->!-->…
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Trafficked to Europe for sex: A survivor’s escape story
By Linda Pressly
EVERY year thousands of women are trafficked to European cities and put to work having sex with men. Jewel, a young Nigerian who had expected to become a carer,!-->!-->!-->…
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FG rated low in governance, policy effectiveness, institutional capability
THE Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has been rated weak in governance, policy effectiveness, and institutional capability among others, according to detail from Moody’s Investors!-->…
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#EndSARS Memorial 2: A year on, no justice for victims of crackdown
*Prosecute Those Responsible for Abusing Protesters
Lead Photo: #EndSARS protesters hold up signs, including a Nigerian flag with a message calling for the disbandment of the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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#EndSARS Memorial 1: State of human rights in Nigeria
NATIONWIDE protests calling on authorities to end police brutality and abolish an abusive police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) received global attention and led!-->…
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Nigeria’s gangs raised millions by kidnapping children. Now the government can’t stop them
Criminal gangs, flush with ransom money, are growing more brazen, stealing heavy munitions and extorting the government
Lead Photos: Police and officials spoke to Nigerian children!-->!-->!-->…
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‘He died in my arms.’ Twelve months on, a mother’s agonising wait to find out why…
WHEN Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her son who had earlier left home to join the hundreds!-->…
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Welcome to Britain, the bank scam capital of the world
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers
IT was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna's life.
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Nigeria raised N20.6tn from VAT, Company Income Tax in 10 years
NIGERIA collected a total of 20.6 trillion from the thorny value-added tax (VAT) and company income tax (CIT) in 10 years, data gleaned from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)!-->!-->!-->…
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Built on the bodies of slaves: How Africa was erased from the history of the modern world
"The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were!-->…
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