Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

1 month ago | humanglemedia.com | Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

In 2009, when Mohammed Yusuf first began the process of what would later culminate in a terror group declaring war on the Nigerian state, there was very little known about insurgencies in the country and the Lake Chad region. Nigeria’s last experience with war was several decades before, in 1967, when the southeastern region tried to break away into a different, independent country.

2 months ago | opencountrymag.com | Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

As the new home of Folio Nigeria, a subsidiary of Folio Media, Open Country Mag is republishing culture stories that first appeared on the site under its CNN affiliation. This story was first published in 2020. When Grace Yakubu first peered into the view finder of her new camera in 2012 and captured a moment, she took her first step into an unlikely photography and filmmaking career.

Sep 17, 2024 | humanglemedia.com | Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

Nigeria has a missing persons problem. This is no news. But it is still a profoundly devastating situation. At HumAngle, we measure the human cost of things, the extent of things. For a year, we measured the extent of the missing persons problem through human-interest stories and a missing persons dashboard on our website. But last year on this day, we published what many have described as a definitive investigation into the missing persons problem in Nigeria’s northeast.

Jun 13, 2024 | humanglemedia.com | Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

By Hadiza’s estimation, the baby wasn’t due until about three weeks. So when that day during the Ramadan fast two years ago, her back started to feel like it was about to break in two, she thought: surely, this isn’t labour. When the contractions began, mild at first, then sharp and relentless like the stubborn fist of a toddler holding onto something it should not be holding on to, she thought again: surely, this isn’t labour.

Apr 19, 2024 | thehumanitariantimes.news.blog | Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu The Burden of Bearing WitnessLast month, I walked away from an important story that needed to be told. I was in the field in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, where the over-a-decade-old Boko Haram insurgency has caused immeasurable devastation to lives and properties. I was walking out of a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of the city, alongside a prominent member of the camp, when I came upon a woman with crutches.