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Seminar held to examine the role of fatwa in sustaining peace and stability
At the start of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) insurgency in Borno State in 2009, peace-loving Islamic clerics would give fatwas and preachings, urging people not to accept […]
Hike in diesel and fuel prices could cause blackout of news as radio stations and TV channels struggle to keep on air
Residents of Maiduguri have got used to the power blackout – but now they face a news blackout as well because the recent hike in diesel and fuel is making […]
Rann residents still reeling from shock after brutal slaying by insurgents who beheaded and dismembered the bodies of innocent victims
Residents of Rann in the Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State are still deeply shocked after more than 45 farmers, hunters and gatherers, who had gone to the small […]
Early rainfall in Borno could be a ‘false start’ to the wet season caused by climate change and global warming
The early downpour of rain in Borno State in April could have been a “false start” to the rainy season and might have been the result of climate change and […]
14 killed in violent clash between Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram fighters
Members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) attacked a group of herdsmen in a forest about 10km from the village of Gajigana in the Magumeri Local Government Area […]
Thousands of Nigerian refugees in Niger face starvation if they do not get urgent humanitarian aid
Brief – More than 10,000 Nigerian refugees from Borno State, who live in the Ngel Modu Mai camp in Diffa in Niger, face starvation if they do not receive urgent […]
Anti-bomb squad safely detonates improvised explosive device found in Dalori IDP camp
Brief – Internally displaced persons are even more desperate to return to their ancestral homes after an improved explosive device (IED) was found in the Dalori camp in the Jere […]
Three farmers’ necks slit ‘as if they were animals’
Shocked villagers say they are living in terror after insurgents brutally slaughtered three farmers by slitting their necks and severing their heads. They say they now too scared to go […]
Five killed, 60 wounded and more than 100 homes destroyed as vicious windstorm sweeps through Damaturu in Yobe State
Five people were killed, 60 injured and more than 100 houses destroyed when a massive and destructive windstorm – accompanied by heavy downpours – swept through the town of Damaturu […]
Army ‘mole’ kills himself rather than face the wrath of a military court martial
A soldier, who turned out to be a mole, giving vital intelligence information to insurgents – believed to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and joining […]
