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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.
Pregnant mother and her three children die when house collapses in severe deluge
A pregnant woman and her three children died when their house collapsed around them as heavy flooding deluged Bulajaji in Yobe State on Tuesday, July 2. At least 28 houses […]
A shocking 6,698 Nigerians lost lives in the first half of 2022
At least 6,698 Nigerians have been killed in the first half of this year, according to alarming research conducted by Beacon Consulting, which also reported an increase in kidnappings, attacks […]
Rumours that the chairman of the Nganzai local council was kidnapped in convoy attack ‘are false’
Rumours that Asheikh Mamman Gadai, the chairman of the Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State, was kidnapped during an attack on his convoy by suspected Islamic State West Africa […]
Alarming hike in malnutrition cases in Kawar Maila internally displaced persons’ camp after months without food assistance
The number of malnutrition cases in Kawar Maila internally displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri has surged and there is nothing mothers can do because they cannot afford nutritious food and […]
People too scared to travel on highway because they are terrified of being blown up by improvised explosive devices
Drivers using the Gamboru Ngala highway – the busiest commercial road in the north – are losing money because passengers are terrified that if they travel on the road they […]
Trade unions give government two weeks to resolve the five-month university pay strike
The National Labour Congress (NLC), an umbrella organisation for trade unions in Nigeria, started a two-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, July 26, against the federal government’s inability to end a […]
Latest video of Nigerians snatched by insurgents after train bombing shows hostages being flogged as they scream, wail and beg to be released
Insurgents, who bombed the Abuja-Kaduna train in March, have released a second video showing 39 people, who have been held captive since the attack, screaming and wailing for help and […]
World Health Organisation wages war on mosquitoes in Borno State
Parents in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State say their children are already showing signs of improvement since a four-day seasonal chemopreventive malaria control (SCMC) campaign was launched […]
Jumbo problem in Rann as elephants eat crops, trample and destroy farmlands
Brief – Roaming elephants – believed to come from Cameroon – are causing havoc on farmlands in Rann in the Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, as they trample, […]
Four confirmed cases of monkeypox in Maiduguri
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that there are four positive cases of monkeypox in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. RNI reporter Ummi Fatima […]
