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Charcoal briquettes may be the answer to ending deforestation and curtailing the scourge of the climate crisis
Training teaches people to make charcoal briquettes from recycled waste materials – it’s cheap, healthier and efficient and it does not produce smoke or odours. Most Nigerians in northeastern Nigeria, […]
Drivers get stern warning to stick to the rules of the road to avoid the high number of crashes – some of which had proved fatal in previous years – […]
Thousands of victims of Muna camp fire are in desperate need of humanitarian aid
Most internally displaced persons at the camp have had to sleep in the open because they have nothing left and no place else to go. The disastrous fire that broke […]
It’s power to the people of the Kaga, Gubio and Magumeri districts after 10-year blackout
Light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel as businesses are picking up, cold drinking water and soft drinks are on hand and people can recharge their […]
It’s a daily grind for widows of men killed in the 14-year conflict to put food on the table
With their breadwinners now dead – or missing, presumed dead – grieving widows in Borno State do whatever they can to feed and care for their children. The 14-year conflict […]
Food-insecurity crisis in northeastern Nigeria is getting worse – a lot worse
High cost of living has resulted in most households relying solely on carbohydrates to keep going – but there are many who go to bed with empty bellies. Despite President […]
Excitement, camaraderie and unity as university lifts ban on Social Week
Participants express satisfaction, happiness and love for one another during Social Week, saying the event gave meaning to the expression unity in diversity among the students on campus. There was […]
Reformed Sangaya education system gives pupils a better chance in life
One year on and the decision to reform the education system at Sangaya schools in Borno State – by integrating Western vocational, numeracy and literacy skills – is proving to […]
Begging ban: Disabled and elderly face starving to death
Beggars say the Borno State government should provide some other means for the disabled and elderly to make money otherwise they will die of hunger. Disabled and elderly people are […]
Ban on street begging in Maiduguri means ‘hunger will kill many of us’
Borno State government announces there will be no more begging, loitering or gallivanting on Maiduguri streets from now on. If the new law forbidding all people – but particularly those […]
