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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.
‘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 […]
Cholera outbreak: 1,716 cases recorded and 104 deaths in 13 local government areas of Borno State
Poor sanitation, unhygienic toilets, open defecation in riverine areas and the consumption of contaminated food and water have contributed to the outbreak of cholera in 13 local government areas in […]
At least 11 cholera deaths as disease spreads from IDP camp to host community in Bama
At least 11 people have died from cholera in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Isa Kawu, a clinician from the primary healthcare management information system, said the […]
Waterlogged and slippery mud path leaves Zabarmari village residents almost stranded
The rainy season has left the inhabitants of the Zabarmari community in Jere Local Government Area just about stranded – the only path that leads into and out of the […]
Cholera outbreak hits repentant insurgents’ camp in Maiduguri, killing ‘two or three’
It has been confirmed that a cholera outbreak has hit a repentant insurgents’ rehabilitation camp in the Tandari Mashamari area of Maiduguri and that at least two or three of […]
Prices of basic goods skyrocket as Nigeria’s inflation rate soars to 20.52%
The inflation rate in Nigeria soared to 20.52% in August – the highest in 17 years – according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In August 2022, on a […]
Residents in areas of Damboa – made inaccessible by insurgents – are most at risk of losing their children in the measles outbreak
Many residents are believed to be suffering and dying from measles in small villages in the Damboa Local Government Area – but they cannot be reached by health workers because […]
