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Farmer killed in clash with cattle herders in Magumeri
A farmer was killed in a clash with herders who have settled in the Magumeri Local Government Area and whose animals are destroying crops by eating or trampling on what’s […]
Political aspirants must add climate change solutions to their election campaigns if they want to win
As most of the world eyes out proceedings at the COP27 climate change meeting in Egypt, in Nigeria thoughts are turning to the fast-approaching general elections and many voters are […]
Missing in action: Slack lecturers are messing up students’ education
Students at the College of Education Bama are missing out on learning and getting an education because lecturers can’t be bothered to turn up to teach them. Years ago the […]
Life is good for returned internally displaced persons of Baga
Brief – It has been a year and seven months since internally displaced persons returned to their home in the Baga Local Government Area and life could not be better […]
10 days of hell: Insurgents repeatedly rape and molest underage girls
A group of young Dikwa girls – who ventured into close-by bushes while looking for firewood and vegetables for soup – were captured by insurgents, believed to be from the […]
Gashua flood : 75 dead and 6,592 displaced, homes collapsed or submerged in past six months
As many as 75 people have died and 6,529 have been displaced by raging floods and fierce windstorms in the Gashua Local Government Area of Yobe State in the past […]
As electoral campaigning begins, youths are urged to beware unscrupulous politicians
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has announced that public campaigning by political parties will officially begin today. Ambassador Shehu Jafar Imam, the director-general of the National Orientation […]
Starving residents of Gubio camp hold protest in the hope the government will take note of their urgent need for food
Starving internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Gubio camp in Maiduguri took to the streets on Saturday, September 17, protesting against the lack the humanitarian aid – especially food. Residents told […]
He dragged me into his room, made me undress and raped me, says distraught 15-year-old girl
Approaching the house, the old and cracked wooden door is open. Only a shabby curtain serves as a barrier between the street and the unplastered house which has only two […]
We buried 10 elderly people in the past two weeks – they died of starvation
Since the government stopped humanitarian agencies from helping internally displaced persons, the elderly, particularly, but also some of the children, are dying daily from starvation. RNI reporter Zainab Alhaji Ali […]