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Farmers in Bama get security clearance to resume planting grains as they did before the deadly insurgency
Borno State farmers in Bama have been given the go-ahead to begin farming grains again after more than a decade of the insurgency.
One year on and desperate flood victims are still waiting for help from Borno State government
This year’s rainy season has begun but hundreds of people, who had to scramble to higher ground in Maiduguri after huge flooding devastated their homes last year, have still not received any help or compensation from the Borno State government.
At least 103 wedding guests drown as overcrowded boat capsizes in the Niger River
A wedding at the weekend ended in tears when a boat ferrying returning relatives and guests capsized in the Niger River in the early hours of Monday, June 12, drowning at least 103 people, many of whom were said to be children.
Some reprieve for Nigerians: As fuel costs soar, cooking gas prices are crashing
Experts say the lower prices could help to reduce climate change and deforestation as more people will use cooking gas and fewer trees will be cut down
Two killed in attacks in the Damboa and Magumeri local government areas
Civilian joint taskforce member shot dead in Damboa and man killed in Magumeri – both attacks carried out by insurgents
Miracles can still happen
A caring community, some good Samaritans and two local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have stepped in to help a mentally ill widow who lost everything when her husband was killed by suspected insurgents.
Mobs storm petrol stations after new president’s announcement that fuel subsidy ‘is gone’
The price of fuel in Maiduguri in Borno State has gone through the roof – and marketers, travelling salesmen, drivers, passengers and residents are feeling the pinch.
Nigerians rush to fill their tanks before fuel subsidy is removed
The announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy by Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sparked concerns among citizens and has resulted in “panic buying” as many rush to filling stations to buy petrol before the cost incre
Nigeria gives a rousing welcome to Bola Tinubu, the country’s new president
Thousands of people gathered at Eagle Square in Abuja on Monday, May 29, to celebrate Bola Tinubu being sworn in as the new president of Africa’s most populous nation.
What life means now to the reintegrated repentant former fighters
The Nigerian government claims that at least 93,000 members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), better known as Boko Haram, including their families, have surrendered to the military in the past two years.
