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Gov't Wants to Prevent Parts of Lagos From Sinking, But Its Efforts Are Worsening Things

Gov't Wants to Prevent Parts of Lagos From Sinking, But Its Efforts Are Worsening Things

Lagos residents are part of the world's 40 percent population who reside in the tropic areas - the world's fa…

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Funtua: Once a Safe Haven for Refugees, Now a Stronghold of Bandits

Funtua: Once a Safe Haven for Refugees, Now a Stronghold of Bandits

As the sun rose and showered its warmth on Funtua, the district town of Funtua Local Government Area in Katsi…

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One Day in Bandits' Home: How a Captive Escaped After Soldiers 'Led' Him to the Wrong Road

One Day in Bandits' Home: How a Captive Escaped After Soldiers 'Led' Him to the Wrong Road

Alhasan Abdullahi woke up in Isa, a town in the Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto, to welcome family member…

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Gunmen Abduct Commissioner's Wife, Daughter in Plateau

Gunmen Abduct Commissioner's Wife, Daughter in Plateau

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani have attacked the house of Usman Bamaiyi, the Plateau State Commissione…

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IPCC Gives 'Last Warning' as World Fast-Tracks to Climate Disaster

IPCC Gives 'Last Warning' as World Fast-Tracks to Climate Disaster

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body responsible for advancing the scien…

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UNILAG Security 'Collude' With Police to Extort N100,00 From NGO Staff

UNILAG Security 'Collude' With Police to Extort N100,00 From NGO Staff

Olusegun Adetona and Bukola Adeniran, workers at WorldCoin, a non-governmental organisation registered in Nig…

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The Blood Gold Enterprise Sustaining Terrorism Across Sahelian Borders

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By Abdullah Tijani Verified
| The Liberalist
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. ___________ The story of illegal mining, gold slavery, and terrorism operations in northwestern Nigeria is incomplete without telling the story of a notorious terrorist, Halilu Jamare, popularly known as Halilu Sububu. He remains an undisputed pioneering figure of Nigeria’s blood gold trade. One cannot say for certain when Halilu began his criminal exploits, but his lineage shows crime is a lucrative family trade.
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The Transit Hubs of the Sahel Where Blood-Stained Golds Are Cleaned

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By Abdullah Tijani Verified
| The Liberalist
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. _________ In Maru, a municipal town in Zamfara state, gold mining is not an industry in the formal sense. It is a part of people’s everyday life. The hustling and bustling in the town feels like it is constantly inhaling and exhaling men between the mining sites and the settlements. At dawn, some motorcycle riders are already dusty after returning from night work at the sites.
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The Helpless Locals Trapped in Terrorist-Controlled Mining Sites in Nigeria

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By Abdullah Tijani Verified
| The Liberalist
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. When terrorists pillaged his village and killed his friend, he thought he had seen the end of violence and human suffering, but he had only witnessed the beginning. One night, in 2020, Saidu Modi* slipped through the window of his room and jumped out into the darkness. Motorcycle-riding gunmen had violated and uprooted people from their homes in a small village in Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria.
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