Humanitarian
Life is good for returned internally displaced persons of Baga
Brief – It has been a year and seven months since internally displaced persons returned to their home in the Baga Local Government Area and life could not be better […]
Farmers look on helplessly as crops are washed away by floods and know they will be left with nothing
This year’s torrential rainfall has resulted in flooding across the Lake Chad region – Nigeria Niger, Cameroon and Chad – and has had a dire effect on the socioeconomic lives […]
Women skip meals to save their children from starving to death
More women are likely to reduce the amount they eat to save food for their children, the elderly and/sick people – and in some cases women skip meals altogether to […]
Northeast Nigeria needs to make peace with itself
“If we do not forgive the repentant Boko Haram insurgents, we will never have peace, just insecurity.” So said a participant at the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development’s conference […]
Starving residents of Gubio camp hold protest in the hope the government will take note of their urgent need for food
Starving internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Gubio camp in Maiduguri took to the streets on Saturday, September 17, protesting against the lack the humanitarian aid – especially food. Residents told […]
He dragged me into his room, made me undress and raped me, says distraught 15-year-old girl
Approaching the house, the old and cracked wooden door is open. Only a shabby curtain serves as a barrier between the street and the unplastered house which has only two […]
We buried 10 elderly people in the past two weeks – they died of starvation
Since the government stopped humanitarian agencies from helping internally displaced persons, the elderly, particularly, but also some of the children, are dying daily from starvation. RNI reporter Zainab Alhaji Ali […]
Insurgents not solely to blame for the incessant crimes under international law and serious human rights violations
Although relative peace has returned to northeastern Nigeria, Amnesty International’s Report on Human Rights Violations (2021/2022) and two books unveiled on Monday, September 5, by the University of Maiduguri, reveal […]
Hard times call for hard work – even if it makes you ill
Since many humanitarian organisations have stopped providing aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, they have had to find ways to make money to survive – but sometimes the […]
Most of us are hungry all the time – Maiduguri beggar
Even though the Borno State government banned street begging in 2019, there are now many more beggars – men, women and children – than ever on the streets of Maiduguri. […]
