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Resettlement challenges hard to overcome
Increased attacks by insurgents – including kidnappings – lack of good schools, unemployment and skyrocketing food and transport costs make it difficult to survive in resettled communities. Growing insecurity and […]
More than 100 houses in floodplain demolished
Residents with houses on riverbanks, waterways and low-lying land are anxious – they cannot afford to rent a house on higher ground and the government is refusing to compensate them. […]
Two men in critical condition after farmer-herder clash
Borno State farmers are pleading with the government to beef up security – or appoint a mediator – to stop herders’ livestock from trampling their crops and devouring the produce. […]
Five soldiers die in dawn gun battle in Borno State
Borno State governor says the attack is a painful reminder of the ‘heinous desperation of the adversary to torpedo our modest achievements and cause panic in our communities’. Five Nigerian […]
Borno State residents get their long-awaited day in court
For years the court has lain dormant, its doors closed as the insurgency gripped the state, disrupting vital services and cutting off access to justice for many individuals in Borno […]
Nine protesters in Maiduguri arrested for displaying Russian flag
As Russian embassy denies any involvement in protests, Nigeria’s security chief warns demonstrators that waving the Russian flag constitutes treason and will be treated as such. Nine protesters remain in […]
Bereaved families demand justice and call for full investigation
Families of three young men who died in a grenade blast question police officer’s account and say they want the world to know ‘the truth of the matter and what […]
Borno State government urges citizens ‘to shun nationwide protest’
‘During our engagement with stakeholders, consensus was reached that there would be no protest in the state – anyone seen protesting on that day is not a Borno citizen’ The […]
Borno State to implement transitional justice for 6,900 repentant insurgents
‘We have 6,900 Boko Haram fighters in custody. We won’t reintegrate them into society because they have committed crimes. There’s a process to be followed, including transitional justice’ The […]
Chibok schoolgirl, 110 women and 220 children rescued from Sambisa Forest
Chibok girl abducted 10 years ago by insurgents says she did not want to escape until now: ‘I trekked for days before getting to a military checkpoint where they took […]
