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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.
Civilian joint task force member and vigilante wounded in blast on Maiduguri-Damboa highway
A civilian joint task force (CJTF) member and a vigilante were wounded on Thursday, March 2, when they drove over an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Maiduguri-Damboa highway
Political parties say general elections not free and fair and accuse INEC officials of rigging the vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress
The Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to conduct free and fair elections and they have accused it of rigging the votes
All Progressives Congress, the ruling party, in the lead as first election result from Ekiti State is announced
Even though it is early days, the first of the 36 states to announce the results of Saturday’s general elections, Ekiti State, has placed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party, in the lead.
Dire threats from insurgents put an end to Kaga rural dwellers’ hopes of participating in the elections
Many rural people living in the south of the Kaga Local Government Area were bitterly disappointed as they did not get the chance to vote in the general elections on Saturday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Repentant insurgents are ready and willing to vote in tomorrow’s general elections
Penitent insurgents, who have been through deradicalisation and rehabilitation processes and are now fully reintegrated into society in Maiduguri and other communities, will be voting tomorrow in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
Nigerians are keen to make their mark and welcome a new president
This Saturday, February 25, more than 93.4 million people in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, will be heading to polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in the general elections – but it’s not an easy time for Nigerians
One killed, two kidnapped in attack by suspected JAS insurgents in Monguno
A relative of one of the victims, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, told RNI that the insurgents, believed to be members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), better known as Boko Haram, had kidnapped two
Women urged to exercise their right to vote – and to stop being ‘puppets’ who obey their husband’s every command
Even though it is enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution that all people aged 18 and over have the right to vote for the candidates of their choice, some men in the northern part of the country are flouting this fundamental principle and are forcing
Four wounded in bomb blast on Maiduguri-Damboa road
A member of the civilian joint task force, who asked to remain anonymous, told RNI reporter Fanna Usman that members of the security agency were escorting vehicles from Maiduguri to Damboa at about 12pm on Sunday.
Exclusive Interview: Surrender while you can – new Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai warns remaining insurgents
“We will fight until there is not one insurgent left in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region – wherever you are, we will find you and destroy you.”
