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First a devastating fire and now a vicious outbreak of measles at Muna IDP Camp
Parents in Muna, an internally displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri, are in a panic as an outbreak of measles is taking its toll on their children. The outbreak follows a […]
Open defecation a major health hazard
Open defecation – and lack of sanitation and hygiene – is a serious health hazard that can cause various diseases, the most common of which are diarrhoea and intestinal worm […]
The 10-month power blackout is forcing businesses in Maiduguri to shut up shop
It has been a dark 10 months for residents and businesses in Maiduguri – and it doesn’t look as if there is any light at the end of the tunnel.
Victims of the fire at Muna Camp are pleading with the government to urgently provide tents and shelters
It has been 23 days since a raging and devastating fire swept through the Muna Garage El Badawe Camp in Maiduguri and the internally displaced persons who live there have […]
Alarming statistics show that the rate of birth of premature babies in Borno State has reached 45%
The rate of premature-born babies in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria recently rose to an alarming 45%. Ma’am Kyari, a registered midwife at the College of Nursing and Midwifery in Maiduguri, […]
Children suffering needlessly from measles because they have not been immunised
Young children in Borno State are still suffering from measles, seemingly because some of their parents are not willing to participate in immunisation campaigns. Negligence, ignorance and poverty have played […]
Brigadier-general one of seven army personnel killed in two separate extremist attacks
The Nigerian military has confirmed that a brigadier-general was killed on Saturday in an attack by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Askira/Uba Local […]
Outbreaks of deadly cattle disease found in Dogondoutchi and in areas bordering Nigeria
Outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) – an insidious pneumonic disease in cattle – have been recorded in the Department of Dogondoutchi, in the Dosso region in Niger, for almost […]
Action plan to raise the standards of teaching and learning in Sahel countries
Education is said to be the key to economic, social and environmental progress, yet more than 10.5 million children in the Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal […]
More than 12 million children are too afraid to go to school in Nigeria because of extremist attacks
More than 12 million children are traumatised and refuse to go to school because they are just too afraid they will be kidnapped, abducted or even killed. Nigeria President Muhammadu […]
