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National Orientation Agency vows to inform voters in their own languages of their rights to ensure elections are free, fair, transparent and democratic
Even though elections are just around the corner – due to be held in February 2023 – many Nigerians, particularly in rural areas, don’t have a clue about voting, what […]
Without urgent aid, people and animals in Gubio could die of thirst
Brief – Cattle ranchers in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State say their animals are getting sick, with some unable to even stand or walk, because of a […]
Wake up! One day a woman will be president of Nigeria
Wake up! One day a woman will be the president of Nigeria – so said a young woman, one of hundreds who voted for senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, the […]
Monkeypox outbreak: Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirms 21 cases and one death
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that out of 61 suspected cases of monkeypox, as of Sunday, May 29, 21 cases had been confirmed, with one death. […]
Hike in diesel and fuel prices could cause blackout of news as radio stations and TV channels struggle to keep on air
Residents of Maiduguri have got used to the power blackout – but now they face a news blackout as well because the recent hike in diesel and fuel is making […]
Unity and peace questioned as pregnant woman and her children brutally killed in southern Nigeria
The deaths of a pregnant woman and her four young children in Anambra State in southern Nigeria has generated concern among citizens who believe the brutal killings could create violence […]
Rann residents still reeling from shock after brutal slaying by insurgents who beheaded and dismembered the bodies of innocent victims
Residents of Rann in the Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State are still deeply shocked after more than 45 farmers, hunters and gatherers, who had gone to the small […]
Early rainfall in Borno could be a ‘false start’ to the wet season caused by climate change and global warming
The early downpour of rain in Borno State in April could have been a “false start” to the rainy season and might have been the result of climate change and […]
Abubakar Shekau : How a quiet, timid and lonely schoolboy became the most feared man and the leader of Boko Haram’s killers and rapists
May 19 marked the first anniversary of the death of Abubakar Shekau, the most feared former leader of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), better known as Boko Haram. […]
14 killed in violent clash between Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram fighters
Members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) attacked a group of herdsmen in a forest about 10km from the village of Gajigana in the Magumeri Local Government Area […]