Society
More than 100 houses in floodplain demolished
Residents with houses on riverbanks, waterways and low-lying land are anxious – they cannot afford to rent a house on higher ground and the government is refusing to compensate them. […]
Alarming 1.8 million children at risk of severe acute malnutrition
Residents of Borno State are calling on the government and food traders to reduce prices, saying even the staples – rice, beans, maize and millet – are out of reach […]
No work, no pay … and no stay
Repentant insurgents say despite undergoing skills training, without capital or starter kits they are unable to start a business or earn a living and cannot put what they learned into […]
Borno State governor has let us down – displaced persons
Displaced persons from the Konduga district of Borno State say they have waited long enough – they want the governor to fulfil his pledge to resettle them in their […]
Nigerian refugees in Niger, Chad and Cameroon want to return home
Tens of thousands of refugees in neighbouring countries want the Borno State and federal governments to honour their promise of repatriating them to their ancestral hometowns. Tens of thousands of […]
Cycling: A cheaper, more eco-friendly and healthier means of transport
Gone are the days of ‘men-only’ cyclists – now women of all ages are riding high, getting physically and mentally fit and helping to save the planet by cutting greenhouse […]
Malnutrition stalks Maiduguri’s children
As people around the globe commemorate World Food Day, humanitarian agencies say the number of critically malnourished children is likely to escalate in the aftermath of the flood. As people […]
Women give thumbs up to revised bus seating policy
Women passengers in Maiduguri say men have been taking advantage of them in overcrowded buses: They touch us inappropriately and if we complain, we are simply told to ‘get off’. […]
Committee to review ban on scrap metal scavenging in Borno State
As the state begins to get back to normal after the devastating flood, governor forms committee to devise a framework to ‘sanitise the scavenging business’ and provide jobs to thousands […]
More than 1,300 houses on riverbanks earmarked for demolition
Residents – who have been ordered not to rebuild or renovate their houses along the riverbanks – fear they will end up on the streets if the government does not […]
