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Sanitary Pads Tax-Free: More Affordable for Conflict-Affected Women
Nigeria’s government announced tax-free policy on sanitary pads making them more available and affordable. Lower income women use pieces of cloth to manage their monthly flow, which is unhygienic and harmful. Tax removal will improve health condition
Young activist determined to put an end to climate change – or at least slow it down
Keen environment activist writes book for young people so that they will learn to live a more sustainable life and will not contribute to the scourge of climate change
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal postponed to May 17
Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal – investigating the challenges brought against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of February’s presidential election – has been postponed to Wednesday
‘We want to take the war to the insurgents so that we can crush them once and for all’
Five criminals, who have been pretending to be insurgents and have been terrorising residents in villages in the Kaga Local Government Area of Borno, were killed by soldiers and other security operatives on Monday, May 8.
Living life as a survivor instead of a victim
Fifty women severely affected by the insurgency – many forced to marry their captors – attend training to help them overcome their trauma and learn skills to empower them and make them self-reliant
As rainy season starts citizens take measures to avoid predicted extreme flooding
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has warned citizens living in the north of the country to prepare for an earlier-than-normal onset of rain, with downpours expected to start between June and July in Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano, Kastina,
A labour of love
Being a midwife is hard labour – it takes dedication, an understanding and caring attitude, an ability to get on well with people from a wide range of backgrounds, emotional and mental strength, good observation, an ability to act on one’s own
Time for women to smash the shackles of silence and speak out
It’s time for women in Nigeria’s northeast to smash the shackles of silence and to speak out about issues that affect them, even if this means tearing down the stereotype that only men have the right to speak and women should simply obey.
Press gives a voice to those whose rights have been violated
It’s not easy being a journalist in Nigeria – especially in the northeast of the country where, armed with just a camera, digital recorder, a pen and paper, many members of the press have died, been kidnapped, harassed or assaulted while carrying
A lesson in living in peace and harmony
After more than 13 years of insurgency, many people in Borno State are finding it hard to live in harmony with one another, particularly as rehabilitated repentant insurgents – the very people who had tortured and killed their loved ones –
A man’s job? Nonsense, says successful woman cobbler
Being a cobbler in Borno State is not really regarded as the type of work women should do – but that hasn’t stopped Maryam Muhammad Umar, whose shoemaking business is thriving.
