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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.
Newly rehabilitated insurgents in Dikwa urgently need shelters, food, water and basic necessities
At least 300 repentant insurgents – including their wives and children – who were returned to Dikwa on March 25, having undergone 11 months of rehabilitation, still do not have proper accommodation, food, clean water and other basic necessities.
Sudan conflict : Evacuate Nigerian students now
Many Nigerian students – most of them from Borno State in the northeast – are trapped in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and in other parts of the country, where fierce fighting has broken out between the Sudanese military junta and the country’s
Ten killed, including a child, and one severely wounded by insurgents in Buni Gari
Brief – Ten people, including a child, were shot and killed and one man severely wounded by insurgents on Friday evening at Buni Gari in the Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.
Army shuts down illegal brothels that were selling sex with minors to adult men
The Nigerian Army has raided and shut down brothels in a poverty-stricken area of Maiduguri that were selling sex with underage girls to adult men.
Nine years on and 96 of the 276 girls abducted at a Chibok school are still being held captive
Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory at a school in Chibok, Borno State, 96 girls still remain in captivity.
Do not touch unknown or suspicious objects because they might be explosive devices and you could end up dead
Explosive experts have warned the public to be vigilant and to immediately report any suspicious objects they see to the nearest security outpost.
Hundreds of innocent men – detained under false pretenses during the peak of the insurgency – released by Nigerian Army
The Nigerian military has released hundreds of men who were arbitrarily detained – allegedly profiled as “terrorists” or as having some sort of connection with “extremist” groups – at the peak of the insurgency.
Patients dying and others’ illnesses worsening as scorching heat and power blackout hit Maiduguri hospitals
The scorching heat – with temperatures hitting between 43°C and 44°C – and the power blackout in Maiduguri are seriously affecting the health of patients in Maiduguri hospitals, where doctors and nurses are struggling to cope and the sick
Major health hazard as at least 48 million Nigerians still defecate in the open
About 48 million Nigerians still defecate in the open and more than 100,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhoea, 90% of which is directly attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation.
Governor wants Nigerian refugees in Niger to be repatriated to Malam Fatori by May
Borno State governor Babagana Umara Zulum wants Nigerian refugees in Niger to be repatriated to Malam Fatori – a town on the shores of Lake Chad and a former stronghold of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) – by May.
