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Nanji Nandang

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Nanji Nandang is a Nigerian journalist and radio broadcaster with over four years of experience in media broadcasting. She is the host of "Silent Voices," an educative radio show that amplifies the voices of women and...

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June 28, 2022 Date joined · 4 stories

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Adamu and two other family members appeared a few days later. When I called my pastor to intervene,...

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