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Do not panic, says president, urging Nigerians to be calm but vigilant after US terror alert
President Muhammadu Buhari urged his people on Friday not to panic and instead to remain calm but vigilant, following the alert put out on Sunday, October 23, by the US […]
Escalating inflation rate is forcing traders to shut up shop
The annual inflation rate in Nigeria accelerated for the eighth straight month to 20.77% in September from 20.52% in August with food inflation – at 23.35% – the highest since […]
Reminder to politicians: Disabled people’s votes are as important as any others
Disabled people in Borno State are tired of sitting back and not participating in politics – this time they have banded together and are determined to take part and have […]
Drownings : Children missing, presumed dead
Every year it is estimated that hundreds die when the mighty River Ngadda-Bul overflows its banks and floods large areas in and around Maiduguri – and this year’s water has […]
Fed-up public school teachers want their money … and they want it now
Many public school teachers in Maiduguri are furious because some of them have still not been paid since a qualification verification exercise was started two years ago. They want their […]
10 days of hell: Insurgents repeatedly rape and molest underage girls
A group of young Dikwa girls – who ventured into close-by bushes while looking for firewood and vegetables for soup – were captured by insurgents, believed to be from the […]
Cholera control centre offering free care is set up in Umarari, Maiduguri
A cholera control centre has been set up in Umarari, Maiduguri, to treat and control the spread of the disease. Residents told RNI reporter Alkali Mustapha that they were happy […]
Youth cash in on abundance of fish in overflowing River Ngadda-Bul
Although the rainy season and the overflowing River Nagadda-Bul has brought disaster for some – flooding, collapsing and destroying homes and even businesses – it has bought an abundance of […]
Alarming review shows that only 5,439 of the state’s teachers are qualified to teach
A review of Borno State’s teachers has shown that of the more than 19,500 who wrote exams, only 5,439 passed; 7,915 needed further training; 3,829 were not qualified to teach […]
Chibok village attack: What have we done? Why do they keep killing us?
Brief – Three people were killed and several houses burnt down in the early hours of Monday, October 3, by suspected Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) in an attack […]
