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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
Governor pledges to provide adequate security to stop the slaying of farmers in Borno State
Following the recent spate of attacks on farmers in Borno State, governor Babagana Umara Zulum has reiterated his commitment to collaborate with the Nigerian Army and other security operatives to increase safer access to farmlands.
Two charcoal makers found beheaded in Damboa forest
Security analyst says the recent spate of attacks on farmers is because insurgents want to jeopardize and destabilise the relative peace that now exists in Nigeria’s northeast
Lots of promises – but Nigerian refugees in Niger Republic don’t hold up much hope
This year’s theme of World Refugee Day, commemorated around the globe on June 20, was “Hope Away from Home” – but the more than 20,000 Nigerian refugees in Diffa in the Niger Republic are not feeling very hopeful.
The fear of being kidnapped is keeping farmers from their lands
Farmers in Gajiganna say there has been a sudden rise in the number of people being kidnapped by unknown men who demand ransom money before they let their captives go
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.
