Vestiges Of Violence

This episode of #VOV tells the story of Aisha, who, like her husband, was arrested by the Nigerian military. For 11 years, she lived in a cell, losing touch with her children and…

This podcast episode follows Maijiddah, a returnee in Nguro Soye, Borno State, Nigeria. After her husband left Boko Haram and underwent deradicalization, they started a new life in…

19-year-old Pwajeldi Lazarus lost her mother to a farmer-herder crisis in Numan, northeastern Nigeria. This episode of #VOV narrates Pwajeldi’s separation from her mother. As she l…

Exactly one year ago today, we released our investigation on #NigeriasMassGraves, uncovering the ugly truth behind Nigeria's #missingpersons problem. In commemoration, this #podcas…

Women in Nigeria's North West cannot go to the farm and feed their families. This is because terrorists come to rob and kill them. With their livelihoods affected, the women can no…

In December 2023, suspected Ambazonian militants attacked the Belegete community in Cross River, South-South Nigeria, a border village near Cameroon.On this episode of #VestigesOfV…

In this episode of #VestigesOfViolence, we share the story of Aisha, abducted at eighteen, and forced into marriage with a Boko Haram member. Eight years later, she escapes as a mo…

On today’s episode of #VestigesOfViolence, we tell the story of Hauwa Abbagana, a young bride who was abducted. After escaping captivity, she returned home pregnant with her abuser…

No one saw it coming, as villagers prepared themselves to celebrate the festive season, gunmen were on their way to slaughter them. Three local governments in Plateau Nigeria, were…

On today’s episode of Vestiges Of Violence, we tell the story of Rukayya Saidu, a mother of two whose home was burnt down in Kaku, but is rebuilding her life now in Kajuru, Northwe…

In this episode of #VOV, we share the audio version of our video documentary about the Knifar women of Nigeria’s North East; their journey, advocacy for the release of their detain…

On today’s episode of Vestiges Of Violence, we share the story of the Hausari community, who endured the stench of corpses dumped at the Borno State Specialist Hospital during the…

David Jafaru returned home for treatment after an accident that caused him to lose his job. The first time insurgents attacked his village, he managed to escape, losing his fiance…

Maryam Adam, a woman of extraordinary selflessness assumed the role of a mother and father at an extremely young age. She was forced into motherhood at age 13, forced to drop out…

For 105 days, Bilyaminu was held captive by kidnappers. During that time, his family tried everything they could to raise the ransom demanded, including putting up their houses and…

This episode of #VestigesOfViolence goes back to Nigeria's cash crunch period where in a bid to curtail terrorism financing, the Central Bank of Nigeria, introduced new policies. W…

In this episode of #VestigesOfViolence, we tell the story of Umar, a Fulani man who suffered several terrorist attacks on his village, and then saw his own community turn on him fo…

Salamatu Buhari, 20, was working in her farm while heavily pregnant when armed groups invaded her village. They began killing the men and raping the women, she heard and she ran to…

Lilian Daniel, a 20-year-old student at the University of Maiduguri was abducted in 2019 as she travelled back to school from Jos in northcentral Nigeria. To this day, there has be…

Last month, HumAngle Foundation brought together three distinguished women journalists to discuss the need to genderise conflict reporting. Listen to a compressed version of that c…