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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
Notorious Marlians gang members kill three and make life in Zajeri a living hell
Three members of the Marlians – a gang of young thugs disrupting the Zajeri community of Maiduguri – have been killed during infighting among the violent group’s members. RNI reporter […]
Bereaved family of slain Islamic cleric demand justice and compensation
The family of Sheikh Goni Aisami Gashua, a prominent Islamic scholar, who was killed allegedly by a soldier while travelling from Kano State to his hometown of Gashua in Yobe […]
Suspected ISWAP insurgents attempt to infiltrate Gajiram town twice in three days
Brief – The Nigerian Army successfully quashed two attempted attacks on the town of Gajiram in the Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State last week, the first on Thursday […]
Large numbers of bandits attack, kill or kidnap people in Taraba State communities, forcing residents to flee for their lives
Marauding bandits have forced residents in Taraba State communities to leave their homes so that they can move in. Security officials said certain areas of Taraba had been targeted by […]
Raging river forces Maiduguri residents to flee their flooded homes and head to higher grounds
Hundreds of residents from the Moduganari and Bulumkutu wards, as well as other areas in Maiduguri in Borno State, have been forced to evacuate their homes as the raging River […]
Nigerian Army recaptures Gudumbali, the last town under the control of insurgents
In a highly orchestrated move, the Nigerian security forces swept en masse into Gudumbali town, the headquarters of the Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State, on Saturday, August 20, […]
Two soldiers arrested for killing of cleric in Yobe State
Brief – Two men, believed to be Nigerian Army soldiers, have been arrested for the killing of Shiekh Goni Aisami, an Islamic cleric, who was shot on Friday, August 19. […]
Travelling in full flow
People living close to the Gwange River in Maiduguri are resilient – they know the river overflows every rainy season but, instead of allowing the flooding to get them down, […]
Kushari flood : ‘It was as if a river was flowing through my house’
Last week’s heavy downpours have left many internally displaced persons (IDPs) and residents of Kushari in Maiduguri not only homeless but also angry – so angry in fact that they […]
It never rains but it pours for farmers in the northeast
The overflowing Ngadda-Bul, a major river within Maiduguri in Borno State, has left some irrigation farmers counting their losses, while others are elated, have thanked Allah and are expecting a […]
