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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.
A mother’s anguish as son’s visit ends in his death
A young man who was visiting his mother at an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nguro Soye in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State has been shot and killed by unknown gunmen, suspected of being members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah
Too many people + too few resources = broken environment
Overpopulation in Nigeria is having an extremely harmful effect on the environment and is contributing to less food production, increased pollution and frequent outbreaks of diseases.
Three humanitarian workers and two security guards abducted in Gamboru Ngala
Three humanitarian staff members of the Family Health International (FHI 360) organisation and two security guards have been abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State
At least 35 insurgents ‘neutralised’, scores arrested and more than 1,500 captives rescued in massive security onslaught
In a strategically planned seven-day operation in the Bama area of Borno State, troops, special forces, members of the civilian joint task force (CJTF) and local hunters “neutralised” at least 35 insurgents, captured 300, including some of their
