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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 […]
Busiest highway in the northeast falling to pieces and prices rocketing sky high
The Maiduguri-Dikwa-Mafa-Gamboru Ngala highway is one of the busiest roads in northeastern Nigeria – but the rainy season is messing up traffic and, as a result, the prices of commodities […]
Resettled Baga IDPs beg government to give them access to their land so that they can farm again
Eight months ago, internally displaced persons from Baga were delighted to learn that the Borno State government was going to allow them to resettle in their ancestral communities – but […]
Stray bullet kills man during an attack on Goniri Garuwa town in Yobe State
Brief – A man was killed by a stray bullet in an attack by suspected Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) fighters in Goniri Garuwa, a town in the Gujba […]
Military airstrike: Notorious JAS commander and 27 of his comrades ‘neutralised’
The military has confirmed that the infamous commander of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), Alhaji Modu, also known as “Bem Bem”, and 27 of his comrades were killed […]
