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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 […]
