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More than 200 insurgents killed in highly coordinated attack by the army, air force and ground troops
More than 200 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), including five of its commanders, were reportedly killed in a highly coordinated attack by the Nigerian army, air […]
Raging River Ngadda-Bul cuts off access to school and hospital
Residents of the Fulatari community in Maiduguri, Borno State, have been cut off from accessing education and healthcare services and are pleading with the state’s government to construct a drainage […]
Bereaved family of slain Islamic cleric demand justice and compensation
The family of Sheikh Goni Aisami Gashua, a prominent Islamic scholar, who was killed allegedly by a soldier while travelling from Kano State to his hometown of Gashua in Yobe […]
Suspected ISWAP insurgents attempt to infiltrate Gajiram town twice in three days
Brief – The Nigerian Army successfully quashed two attempted attacks on the town of Gajiram in the Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State last week, the first on Thursday […]
The sky is the limit for multitalented inventor teenager
Sadiq Alhaji Mala, a 15-year-old schoolboy, is a multitalented inventor whose future looks not only bright but brilliant – his dream is to become an engineer. Mala has already designed […]
Resettled IDPs still need basic social services, particularly security, education, adequate water and healthcare
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), originally from the Konduga Local Government Area, who for years have taken refuge at Dalori IDP Camp 2, have been successfully relocated and settled in the […]
Stolen borehole solar panel leaves thousands of internally displaced residents in Agric Camp high and dry
It is said that the average person cannot go without water for more than three days – and this is testing the people living in the Agric internally displaced persons’ […]
Nigerian Army recaptures Gudumbali, the last town under the control of insurgents
In a highly orchestrated move, the Nigerian security forces swept en masse into Gudumbali town, the headquarters of the Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State, on Saturday, August 20, […]
Two soldiers arrested for killing of cleric in Yobe State
Brief – Two men, believed to be Nigerian Army soldiers, have been arrested for the killing of Shiekh Goni Aisami, an Islamic cleric, who was shot on Friday, August 19. […]
Grandmother tells how insurgency has left her ‘broken and worthless’
“When I’m feeling really down and depressed, I like to think of the old days. When life was free and happy. When we did not even know insurgents existed.” These […]
