Journalist
Charcoal briquettes may be the answer to ending deforestation and curtailing the scourge of the climate crisis
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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, […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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 […]