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    Tackling Nigeria’s high suicide rate

    By Toluwani Eniola
    October 30, 2018
    Nigeria has the 15th highest suicide rate worldwide. Some survivors are now taking it upon themselves to provide support where it’s needed. Earlier this ...
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    Can Atiku unseat President Buhari in Nigeria’s 2019 elections?

    By Lagun Akinloye
    October 8, 2018
    After zigzagging the floor for over a decade, the nomadic former VP is a little closer to winning the Nigerian presidency than ever before. ...
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  • At a camp for refugees in Minawao, Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. Credit: OCHA/Ivo Brandau.
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    Cameroon’s forced returns of Nigerian refugees leads to more tragedies

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    Losing my religion? The backlash to Boko Haram in northern Nigeria

    By Obi Anyadike
    October 3, 2018
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    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    “It’s everywhere”: Vote-buying gets more brazen in Nigeria ahead of 2019

    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    September 4, 2018
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  • Buses wait to transport Internally Displaced Persons in northeast Nigeria back to their home areas. Credit: Immanuel Afolabi.
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    Nigeria: A displacement crisis that runs deeper than Boko Haram

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    August 28, 2018
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    August 22, 2018
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    August 14, 2018
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    August 9, 2018
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