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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
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 […]
Gashua flood : 75 dead and 6,592 displaced, homes collapsed or submerged in past six months
As many as 75 people have died and 6,529 have been displaced by raging floods and fierce windstorms in the Gashua Local Government Area of Yobe State in the past […]
Eight insurgents ‘neutralised’ and three others captured in attack on village in Bama on Sunday
The Nigerian Army, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and other security operatives killed eight Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) fighters and captured three others in an […]
‘My son fell down, his body was hurting and he was vomiting – we took him to hospital and he died the next day’
Although there has been a cholera outbreak in 13 local government areas of Borno State, residents of some unofficial internally displaced persons’ camps have not heard about it and one […]
Suspected ISWAP insurgents brutally slay top Civilian Joint Task Force commander
Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents sneaked into Gajiram, the headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area, in the early hours of Wednesday, September 28, and brutally killed Mustapha […]
‘Take the money politicians might offer – but then vote for the person of your choice’
Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially gave the green light for political parties in Nigeria to kick-start campaigns for the forthcoming 2023 general elections in line with its […]
As electoral campaigning begins, youths are urged to beware unscrupulous politicians
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has announced that public campaigning by political parties will officially begin today. Ambassador Shehu Jafar Imam, the director-general of the National Orientation […]
