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One killed, one wounded and an unknown number abducted in ISWAP attacks
Brief – The driver of a vehicle belonging to Borno State’s Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement was wounded and his partner killed in an attack on the Damboa-Chibok highway […]
Who can survive on Nigeria’s ₦30,000 minimum wage?
Nigeria’s minimum monthly wage – ₦30,000 – is so low that it would not cover the basic nutritional needs of one adult, let alone those for a whole family. This […]
Villagers’ back-breaking trek to get water to survive
Every day – for three months now – at least 100 villagers from Krikasamma in the Damboa Local Government Area in Borno State have to trek 6km – 3km there […]
Boko Haram abducts 16 girls in third attack on Chibok villages this week
Brief – A vigilante was killed and 16 girls were abducted in the second attack in a week – this time by the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) – […]
Children suffer as life in Pulka IDP camp is much harder than it was in Maiduguri IDP camp
Returnees from internally displaced persons’ camps in Maiduguri are finding life harder than ever living in an IDP camp in their original community in Pulka in the Gwoza Local Government […]
Insurgents have their sights set on towns and villages in the south of Borno State
Insurgents, thought to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), appear to have their sights set on towns and villages in the south of Borno State. Two […]
Three men killed, five women abducted in attack on Kautikari village in Chibok
Brief – Three villagers were killed, five women abducted and the medical dispensary, a school, a church and more than 20 houses were torched when insurgents, thought to be members […]
Kerosene fire: 200 houses burnt
Brief – More than 200 houses were set on fire in Ajiri town in the Mafa Local Government Area in Borno State on Monday morning, January 3, when a kerosene […]
Evacuated IDPs in dire need of money and food
Life outside the closed state-run internally displaced persons’ camps in Maiduguri is not easy. Many of the IDPs who have settled in host communities are finding it hard to make […]
Teaching self-reliance and empowering women
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has stepped in to help the Farya community in Maiduguri to become more self-reliant – especially the women. en.More than 400 residents went through an […]
