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Residents banish NGOs from town, claiming they discriminate when recruiting for jobs
Residents of Banki town in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State have given humanitarian organisations 72 hours to leave the town, accusing them of being discriminatory in their […]
Red Hands Day: Recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Nigeria must end now
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for an end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Nigeria – and the release of those in […]
Increased improvised explosive device attacks in Borno communities creates fear and concern among residents
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) seem to have become the weapons of choice by insurgents in northeast Nigeria – there has been a noticeable increase recently in the number of attacks […]
Improvised explosive device on ‘closed’ highway kills driver and his conductor, and wounds passenger
The driver of a pick-up truck and his conductor were killed, and one passenger wounded, when they rode over an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno […]
Man blown to pieces by buried improvised explosive device
A Dikwa resident, who saw something unusual buried in the sand and hit it repeatedly with a stick, was blown to pieces by what turned out to be an improvised […]
Mass transportation roll-out expected to streamline travel in congested Maiduguri metropolis
Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, has approved the distribution of 500 tricycles, 100 taxis and 10 buses to streamline transportation in Maiduguri, Jere and in the Konduga Local […]
Museum workers killed in attack on Nigerian Army University’s Tukur Yusuf Buratai Institute of War and Peace
Brief – Two museum staff members were killed when insurgents, thought to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), attacked the Tukur Yusuf Buratai Institute of War […]
Dikwa CJTF captures abducted sugar cane seller now fighting for Boko Haram
Brief – A former sugar cane seller, who was abducted by the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) on his farm last year, was captured by the Civilian Joint Task […]
Female genital mutilation: Stop violating our girls and women
Even though female genital mutilation (FGM) was banned in Nigeria in 2015, the country still has one of the highest rates of what is recognised internationally as a violation of […]
‘Many insurgents’ killed in attack on Gwoza
Brief – “Many insurgents” were killed in an attack by suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) on Gwoza town in Borno State on Thursday, January 6. A […]
