Journalist
World Food Programme’s aid cuts lead surrendered insurgents to return to the fighters in the forests
Surrendered insurgents say they would rather live with the fighters again than starve to death in internally displaced persons’ camps in Borno State. The World Food Programme (WFP) has unexpectedly […]
Malnutrition cases in Borno State have escalated by a staggering 48% since last year
Many mothers are so poor that they are selling a life-saving food supplement meant for babies and young children just to get money to feed their whole families. Compared with […]
Starving children in Borno State try to get vaccinated twice – just to get more noodles
Borno State government, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, hold six-day anti-polio campaign in all 27 local government districts in a concerted effort to keep the state polio-free. To […]
Wives and children call for justice for the murder of their husband and father
Husband of four and father of 12 – with three more kids on the way – beaten to death with iron rod by perpetrators who killed him because they were […]
Thieves, insects and other pests force farmers to harvest crops early – or lose their hard-earned produce
Farmers say they realise that the people stealing their produce are doing so only because they are starving and it’s the only way they can feed their families. Starving thieves, […]
No such thing as a free ride for many of Borno State farmers
Maiduguri farmers say the free bus rollout plan is not working properly and many have to pay tricycle riders to take them to and from their lands. Farmers have criticised […]
Improvised explosive devices planted by insurgents turn important trading route into a road of terror
The busiest commercial route linking Nigeria’s northeast to Cameroon, Chad and the Niger Republic has become a highway to hell. Insurgents have turned the 138km Maiduguri-Dikwa-Mafa-Gamboru Ngala road into a […]
Escalating abductions for ransom keep women holed up at home
Residents grateful to government for providing more security but they say they will never be safe as long as insurgents roam Borno State forests There were so many women abducted […]
Private schools and colleges in Borno State have until October 31 to get accreditation or face closure
Parents are calling on proprietors of private schools and colleges to apply for accreditation as the state’s education ministry discovers only 266 of about 600 are certified The Borno State […]
Four fishermen killed in violent clash between two insurgent factions over ‘ownership’ of Lake Chad area
Fishermen caught up in ISWAP and JAS fight lose more than 100 canoes as well as nets and traps – and they are terrified now of leaving the safety of […]
