Culture
Widowed by Insecurity, Women Struggle to Remarry in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Barriers hinder women from remarrying. Data on Nigeria report more than 10,000 women widowed since Boko Haram conflict in 2009. During the insurgency, hundreds of young men from Borno state were arrested, abducted, or forced to join the insurgents.
Behave morally and embrace your culture, Keke Napep told
The government in Borno State has urged residents to uphold morality and embrace their culture and has set up a committee to help keep the region on track. The mostly […]
Save our girls: Stop child marriages
Early marriage can have a devastating effect on girls and women under the age of 18. Even though child marriage was a long-recognised tradition in the northeast region of Nigeria, […]
