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Anti-bomb squad safely detonates improvised explosive device found in Dalori IDP camp
Brief – Internally displaced persons are even more desperate to return to their ancestral homes after an improved explosive device (IED) was found in the Dalori camp in the Jere […]
Soaring fertilizer prices could lead to food shortages and heightened insecurity
Irrigation farmers in Borno State say the soaring cost of fertilizer will greatly diminish their harvests and could possibly worsen food insecurity. The cost of most goods in Nigeria has […]
Civilian Joint Task Force members fight off insurgents and rescue group who had been held in captivity
Brief – Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) managed to rescue a group of people, including women and children, who had been held captive by Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah […]
Out-of-school children: More than 10 million girls are not receiving any education in Nigeria
Nigeria has a staggering 18.5 million out-of-school children – 60% of them girls – and most of these are in the north of the country where insecurity is still rife. […]
Three farmers’ necks slit ‘as if they were animals’
Shocked villagers say they are living in terror after insurgents brutally slaughtered three farmers by slitting their necks and severing their heads. They say they now too scared to go […]
No end in sight as massive surge in diesel prices negatively affects truck drivers, exporters and consumers
The depreciation of the naira and the surge in global crude oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine war has made doing business in Nigeria a very costly affair and could […]
Kautikari residents ordered to flee from frequent deadly attacks and they have vowed to return only when troops are stationed in the village
Terrified residents in Kautikari village in Chibok have had enough of the persistent and deadly attacks by insurgents and are fleeing their homes for safety, vowing that they will not […]
Animal trading on the road to recovery
Brief – Animal trading in Borno State is finally on the comeback trail, thanks to the reopening of the border road linking Nigeria to Cameroon and Chad. Since the Gamboru […]
It’s getting harder to earn one’s daily bread because of skyrocketing price hikes
The price of bread – a staple in the diets of most Nigerians, but particularly the poor, is set to rise in the coming weeks. Already high inflation rates – […]
Eight killed, houses and properties torched in attack on Kautikari in Chibok
Brief – Eight people were killed and a church, houses and properties were torched in an attack by insurgents in Kautikari, a village in the Chibok Local Government Area, on […]
