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Sanitary Pads Tax-Free: More Affordable for Conflict-Affected Women
Nigeria’s government announced tax-free policy on sanitary pads making them more available and affordable. Lower income women use pieces of cloth to manage their monthly flow, which is unhygienic and harmful. Tax removal will improve health condition
Newly wedded penitent insurgents and displaced widows find love, happiness and hope
Repentant insurgents, at first deeply distrusted by ordinary inhabitants of Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast, are starting new lives and finding love and acceptance – even marrying and having children with the widows whose husbands they helped to k
Maiduguri a city overrun by large numbers of street children
Children as young as four years old are among the more than 10 million kids living on the streets in Nigeria.
As costs soar to new heights, president declares immediate state of emergency on food
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – reacting to the steep increases in prices caused in no small part by removal of the fuel levy on July 1 – has declared an immediate state of emergency on food.
Missing days at school because of menstruation can have a devastating effect – and often leads to girls dropping out of the education system
Millions of girls across the globe miss school for a week every month because of menstruation.
Renowned activist tells Nigerians that education for girls is not optional, it is a fundamental human right
Every year since 2013, July 12 is observed as Malala Day to honour education activist Malala Yousafzai, the young girl who became an international symbol for the fight for girls’ education after she was shot in 2012 for opposing Taliban restrictions
Hundreds of IDPs face being chucked out of their homes and on to the streets
Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who moved almost a year ago into a housing unit meant for 1,000, face being chucked out of their houses and on to the streets in five days because they do not have residency permits.
Stop going to your farmlands or you will be slain
Insurgents in the Marte Local Government Area in Borno State have given farmers a clear message: Stop going to your lands or you will be slain. Residents in Marte town […]
Radio Ndarason listeners’ expectations of Lake Chad Basin Governor’s Forum
The 4th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum – organised by the Lake Chad Basin Commission in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – will take place in N’Djamena, Chad, from tomorrow
Eid-El-Kabir: Amid tight security, celebrations in Nigeria’s northeast go peacefully and harmoniously
Heavy presence of police officers, soldiers, members of the civilian joint task force and other security operatives ensure the safety of worshippers across the northeast of Nigeria
Six more farmers in Damboa beheaded by insurgents
Six more farmers have been beheaded by insurgents after they ventured into a nearby forest on the outskirts of Damboa town. They were buried on Tuesday morning.
