Society
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
‘Senseless and barbaric’ attacks a threat to national security
National Union of Road Transport Workers threatens to suspend transportation of goods to the southeast if Indigenous People of Biafra continue to brutally kill truck drivers from the north. The […]
Coronations mark the ‘restoration of peace’
Thousands of people, including dignitaries and traditional rulers, gather to celebrate the coronation of two new Shehus in the emirates of Bama and Dikwa in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State. Thousands […]
New beginning for repatriated refugees
Thousands of Nigerians who have been living in a refugee camp in Chad have been repatriated – they will be staying in Maiduguri until it is safe to resettle in […]
Repentant insurgents ‘rude, arrogant and reckless’
Residents of Konduga in Borno State say surrendered insurgents working with the military in counterinsurgency operations think they are better than everyone else. Penitent insurgents – who are working with […]
‘May Almighty Allah see us through this’
No reported casualties or missing people, thanks to flood alert, but thousands of houses are submerged and destroyed – and some displaced people are living on the streets with nowhere […]
Displaced Christians in Borno State too broke to celebrate Christmas
Cost-of-living crisis hits cash-strapped Christians who say it will be a low-key festive season – in fact, many will not celebrate Christmas at all because they simply do not have […]
How disabled persons survived the devastating flood
‘When I heard his voice screaming my name – it was in the early hours of that Tuesday morning – I knew something was wrong; something bad, something terrible was […]
Borno flood victims say the government is ignoring them
Displaced persons in unofficial camps have not received any relief aid from the government even though they lost all their possessions in the flood and are struggling to survive. Displaced […]
Gender-based violence: From victims to survivors
‘Insurgents made us sex slaves: They demanded sex and raped us frequently … they treated it as their right to sexually abuse us whenever they wanted; it was a case […]
