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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.
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.
Exams held in local government areas of Borno State for the first time since 2013
Secondary schoolchildren are in the process of completing the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) in the Dikwa and Damboa local government areas of Borno State for the first time since 2013
Crude oil exploration and drilling in the Lake Chad Basin begins
Crude oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin – which was inaugurated on Tuesday, May 23 – could have a negative effect on the environment and biodiversity.
