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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.
Kids stealing: A matter of survival
The 12-year insurgency in northeastern Nigeria has made criminals of many children who steal whatever they can to help bring in money so that their indigent families can put food […]
We have nothing left: Muna camp fire victims
“We have nothing. No shelter, no food, no clothes. We are in agony. We are hungry. And no one is helping us.” Six days after a raging and devastating fire […]
Soldiers thwart ISWAP attack on military base in Tamsukawu Village
After a raging gun battle that involved air and ground support, Nigerian soldiers managed to thwart an extremist attack on a military base in Tamsukawu Village along the infamous Maiduguri-Damaturu […]
Toddler among the three who died in the raging fire at Muna Garage
Three people – including a two-and-a-half year old toddler – have died, many others are in hospital and hundreds of tents have been razed to the ground in a […]
Wula Wula gangs terrorising residents in northern part of Borno State
Gangs of youths – known as Wula Wulas – operating in the northern part of Borno State are terrorising residents, threatening them with guns, beating women and the have even […]
No light in sight after insurgents attack power lines in capital again
Just as residents of the Maiduguri metropolis were beginning to see a glimmer of light, suspected members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), more commonly referred to as […]
Accidental bombing by Nigerian Air Force kills 10 civilians and injures more
Ten people died and more than 20 others were injured on Wednesday, September 15, when a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet accidentally bombed Buhari village in the Yunusari Local […]
Polio: ‘No incentives, no vaccinations’
A major drive to vaccinate children against polio began in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, September 9, following growing concern by the federal government over the outbreak of vaccine-derived polio […]
Cholera outbreak: 43 deaths and 559 suspected cases
Borno State’s commissioner for health has confirmed the deaths of 43 people as a result of a suspected cholera outbreak. Juliana Bitrus told a press conference in Maiduguri on Tuesday […]
Residents flee for their lives as soldiers and insurgents engage in fierce gun battle
Many residents of Rann fled for their lives when a large number of heavily armed men, suspected of being members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), attacked […]
