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Incense no longer the sweet smell of success
For more than a thousand years incense, popularly called “Ka’aji” in Kanuri and also known as “Turaren Wuta”, has been used by the Kanuri and Shuwa Arab people – and […]
COVID-19 pandemic one of the causes of new and wider outbreaks of polio in Nigeria
The suspension of several polio campaigns in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic had increased the transmission of the circulating mutant poliovirus type 2 (cMPV2) and Nigeria has now recorded […]
Nigeria : Child Rights Act a long-awaited victory for the children of Borno State
There was a collective sigh of relief from civil society and local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), among others, this week when Borno State governor Babagana Zulum signed into law […]
25 rice farms destroyed in one night – and millions of naira lost
Brief – It took just one night for cattle belonging to herders to destroy 25 rice farms in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State – and the farmers […]
African countries in Lake Chad Basin and some in the Sahel will benefit from US$1.6 billion funding from Islamic Development Bank
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved financing of US$1.6 billion for 24 new development projects in 19 of its member countries in Asia, Europe and Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, […]
We could starve to death, say resettled internally displaced persons in Pulka
Internally displaced persons who have been returned to their community in Pulka, Gwoza, are “knocking on the door of starvation”, as the World Food Programme described it. Many of those […]
Children and pregnant women, particularly those in IDP camps, are most at risk of life-threatening severe malaria
Children under the age of five and pregnant women – especially those living in internally displaced camps – are most likely to suffer from severe malaria and could even die […]
Without shelter, poor almajiri children roam the streets with hungry bellies
Almajiranci is the oldest form of Islamic education in northern Nigeria and it involves sending children – some as young as three – to different states across the nation to […]
Skipping school grades damages efforts to ensure a quality education for all
Education is a basic human right and it is fundamental to human and national development, and to determining the future of children. Yet some parents in Borno State, have allowed […]
Cholera cases soar in Nigeria and Niger, reaching epidemic proportions
Cholera has become an epidemic in Nigeria and Niger, where the number of cases continue to escalate at an alarming rate. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]