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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
Nigerian refugees in Chad will be repatriated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan
More than 20,000 refugees living in Chad will be repatriated to Nigeria at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, says Borno State governor Babagana Umara Zulum.
Civilian Joint Task Force member killed in early morning attack on Gamboru town
A member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) was killed in the early hours of Monday, March 27, in an attack on Gamboru town in Borno State.
Thousands of surrendered teenage fighters in need of urgent mental health support
At least 14,000 teenage fighters – most of them the children of the more than 80,000 surrendered penitent insurgents – are in urgent need of mental healthcare.
Weekend warfare: Soldiers and Civilian Joint Task Force members kill at least 70 insurgents and five of their wives
An Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander and at least 70 insurgents and five of their wives were killed in a weekend of strategic strikes by Operation Hadin Kai troops and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno State.
Disgruntled voters and opposition parties call for new gubernatorial elections in the northeast
The gubernatorial elections in Nigeria have come and gone but not everyone is happy with the results – in the six northeastern states voters and opposition parties alike are calling for new elections to be held.
Scorching heat and scarce water leave Borno State residents parched
World Water Day, observed globally on March 22, did not mean much to the residents of Maiduguri – particularly internally displaced persons (IDPs) – who say the scorching heat and scarcity of water are leaving them parched.
Residents fear reprisal strike after troops kill at least 60 insurgents in Mafa attack
More than 60 insurgents were killed in the early hours of Sunday, March 19, in an attack on a military base in Mafa town where officials were collating the results of the gubernatorial elections which were held on Saturday.
Nigeria is all set for the gubernatorial elections on Saturday
Independent National Electoral Commission (INC) officials, political party representatives and security operatives have spent most of Friday, March 17, adding the final touches at polling units across the country,
Starvation is driving thousands of surrendered insurgents to return to the fighters in the forest
Very little food and clean drinking water, too few shelters and poor living conditions are driving thousands of repentant insurgents in the Dikwa Local Government Area to return to their old ways of life, rejoining fighters in the forest
Monguno-Maiduguri highway is a ‘death trap’
After another killing last week on the Monguno-Maiduguri highway, traders, drivers and passengers say they are terrified of using the road because they fear it will be their turn next to get attacked and they will end up dead.
