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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.
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 […]
Insurgents kill one and severely wound seven others in another pub attack
An improvised explosive device (IED) killed one man and severely wounded seven people who were drinking in a pub in the Abasha area in Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade […]
Although preventable, malaria remains a significant killer disease, especially in sub-Saharan Africa
With the world’s focus in the past two years on the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastating effect of malaria on families has somewhat fallen under the radar. However, malaria remains a […]
