Journalist
Rampaging insurgents keep farmers away from their lands, leaving them sitting idle at home
Farming in Kalari Abdulye is how most of its residents make a living – but rampaging insurgents and the forces’ lack of patrol cars, weapons and other security equipment is […]
Schools in the northeast are nowhere near as right as rain
Teaching and learning under trees is hard – there are no tables or chairs, no boards on which to write, too few learning materials and often no adequate ablution facilities […]
Teaching and learning in the school of hard knocks
Baba Abba Ali loves his job – he’s a teacher who tries to make his lessons not only informative and instructive, but also fun because he wants the kids in […]
Health officers instruct roadside traders to clean up their act or move
As the rainy season starts, environmental health officers in Borno State have started the mammoth task of clearing drainage systems and waterways to avoid flooding and the spread of water-borne […]
Lack of insecticide nets forces IDPs to use risky anti-mosquito coils to protect themselves against malaria
A lack of sanitation facilities, dirty puddles of stagnant water, too few insecticide nets, ignorance and a lack of income are just some of the challenges that face internally displaced […]
Monkeypox outbreak: Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirms 21 cases and one death
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that out of 61 suspected cases of monkeypox, as of Sunday, May 29, 21 cases had been confirmed, with one death. […]
The number of sudden deaths is increasing rapidly as temperature soars in Maiduguri
The rise in the number of sudden deaths from heat is a major concern in Maiduguri where temperatures have soared to 43°C, and sometimes even higher, in the past few […]
World Health Organisation holds free vaccination exercise for infants in Jere and Maiduguri
Brief – Suspicion, lack of trust, fear and ignorance are just some of the reasons parents do not allow their newborns to be vaccinated. In an effort to change this, […]
Lack of lifesaving facilities at Dikwa clinic a major concern for pregnant women
Brief – Pregnant women in Dikwa are afraid of losing their own lives and those of their unborn babies because of an acute lack of lifesaving facilities at their local […]
Out-of-school children: More than 10 million girls are not receiving any education in Nigeria
Nigeria has a staggering 18.5 million out-of-school children – 60% of them girls – and most of these are in the north of the country where insecurity is still rife. […]
