Fishermen In Nigeria’s North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death
Standing on the shores of Lake Chad in Baga, Nigeria’s North East, 41-year-old Yusuf Usman and his son, Ibrahim, tidied their canoe and fishing net.…
Standing on the shores of Lake Chad in Baga, Nigeria’s North East, 41-year-old Yusuf Usman and his son, Ibrahim, tidied their canoe and fishing net.…
Ten years have passed since the infamous night of April 14, 2014, when Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno…
It is 2014, and he is on a bus with his mother and other families, travelling to Gombe for a wedding. They have arrived in…
The city of Maiduguri in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, has been plunged into darkness for several weeks, leaving its residents in a dire situation. The…
Babagana Muhammad spent 14 years seeking religious knowledge. He started when he was five, around the same age children get enrolled in primary schools. Four…
On a Saturday evening in November last year, a pickup truck came to a stop in front of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in…
On March 4, the Nigerian Police arrested Adamu Garba Hudu, a Mental Health Psychiatric Nursing lecturer at the Al-Ma’arif College of Health Science and Technology,…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has suspended two members of a third-party support team after investigating allegations of fraudulent activities in a cash distribution…
On Tuesday, March 12, a fire outbreak at the Muna Kumburi displacement camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, North East Nigeria, destroyed 3200…
It was a steamy August afternoon in Bulumkutu, Maiduguri, Nigeria. The kind that makes people sullen with discomfort. I found Hassana Ibrahim* smiling at her…
There are many things wrong with the water in Shuwari II suburb of Old Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria. For one, “the water does…
At around 12:25 a.m on March 7, terrorists belonging to the Boko Haram terror group invaded the resettlement site in Nguro Soye, in Bama Local…
The Governor of Borno State, North East Nigeria, Babagana Zulum, has spoken out regarding the alleged mass abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), primarily women…
Five young women embarked on a one-way journey from a remote location not far away from the Sambisa forest area, each carrying deadly explosives and…
Returning home upon completing his dawn prayer, 39-year-old Bukar Gana* quickly prepared to be on his way. He gathered his belongings – an axe, a…
On the eve of Nigeria’s last presidential election, around 4 p.m., Ibrahim Hassan wore one of his finest clothes, grabbed his voter card, exited his…
The government of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria spent millions of dollars about a decade ago to purchase 500 K-Yan teaching devices and train 40…
With support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Borno State government in Northeast Nigeria has unveiled a cutting-edge Primary Healthcare Clinic aimed at…
One morning in January 2015, Hafsat Bukar woke up to a violent attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Baga, a town in the northeastern Nigerian…
Kaltume Adamu was one of those considered an expert in female genital mutilation by many mothers in her community in Borno, North East Nigeria. Because…