Peace & Security
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.
UN Demands Justice for 63 Killed in Nigeria’s Northeast
“Civilians should never be a target”. The United Nations strongly condemned the recent attack in Darul Jamal, a village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. 63 people, including Nigerian soldiers, was murdered during the assault.
UNHAS shutdown fligths operations in Nigeria’s Northeast over lack of funding
Funding Shortages Forced UN to Shut Down Air Services in Nigeria’s Northeast. The shutdown will severely compromise the humanitarian response in Nigeria’s northeast, where millions are already suffering from hunger, displacement, and insecurity.
ISWAP Kills Five Farmers in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria
Saturday, August 30, suspected ISWAP insurgents killed at least five farmers. The tragedy occurred in Ngoshe, a community in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. “Such horrors visit us almost daily” said Junaid Jibrin, a legislative aide.
Islamist Militants Kill Six Security Operatives in Nigeria’s Northeast
Islamist Militants Kill Six Security Operatives in Nigeria’s Northeast. The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) urge the government to provide us with the necessary support. Farmers abandonned their farms, threatening food security in the communities.
Landmine blast in Borno State kills 26 – including women and children
Borno State senator says there is an urgent need to provide the military and other security operatives with sophisticated weapons to end the rampant killings and destruction. Twenty-six people – […]
14 killed, many missing, houses and church razed
At least 14 people have been killed in an insurgent attack on Kwaple, a village 5km from Chibok in Borno State. Many people are still missing. The attackers, believed to […]
Drivers and passengers demand improved security after deadly landmine blast
Commercial drivers, motorists and passengers urge the government to open highway, saying more traffic on the road might deter insurgents from planting deadly landmines. A recent landmine attack on the […]
Bus driver and eight passengers die in IED blast
Deadly blast just days after Borno State governor holds a special expanded security meeting to discuss the escalation of attacks – he says the state is ‘losing ground’ to insurgents. […]
Two children killed in raging blaze
People left with only the clothes on their back as they drop everything and flee from fires that blazed through the densely packed settlements of Wanori, Kalari and Nugururi. Two […]
