Tag: Borno

Polygamy creates terrorists, says Nigerian Emir

February 22, 2017 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Education, Kano, Katsina, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Rape, Terrorism, Women

One of Nigeria’s most prominent Muslim leaders has suggested that polygamy among the poor should be banned, saying that having masses of uneducated, poor children leads to terrorism. Muhammad Sanusi, the Emir of the northern state of Kano, who has four wives, said that polygamy itself is not wrong, but . . . Read More

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram fear going home

January 25, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Aid workers in Borno State say thousands of Nigerians still live in fear of Boko Haram and have no intention of returning home, reports The Guardian. Nigeria’s government claims the insurgents are defeated, but the continued threat posed by Boko Haram was underlined on 16 January when twin suicide bombings . . . Read More

1,000 days: 24th Chibok girl to be freed leaves 195 of 276 still missing

January 6, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN

Almost 1,000 days since she was kidnapped with 275 other schoolgirls from school dormitories in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, the 24th girl to be released from captivity has been found. Rakiya Abubakar Gali was discovered on 5 Jan. by the Army, who were questioning captured Boko Haram militants. She has a . . . Read More

UPDATE: Army recovers 24th Chibok kidnap victim

January 5, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Trauma

The released 21 Chibok girls met President Buhari – seen here with Vice President Osinbajo – at his villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, 19 Oct.The Office of the President Update 5 Jan. 2017: The Nigerian Army says it has discovered another woman who kidnapped nearly three years ago from . . . Read More

Boko Haram’s survivors now facing HIV/AIDS

December 2, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Gwoza, IDPs, Nigeria

At least 5,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in 27 camps in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State have HIV/AIDS, a local official has revealed. Speaking to the media on Thursday (1 Dec.), Hassan Mustapha, the Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, said most of the patients were women who were rescued from captivity in . . . Read More

NE Nigeria has ‘more refugees than all of Europe’

November 29, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Nigeria, Refugees

“North-east Nigeria has been hit by a displacement crisis that dwarfs any migration flows seen in Europe in recent years,” reports . The small town of Monguno in Borno state, which has a population of 60,000, is sheltering 140,000 Nigerians who have fled their homes – comparable to the number . . . Read More

Boko Haram still active in northeast Nigeria

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Nigeria

With the onset of the dry season in northern Nigeria (Oct-March), Boko Haram attacks have been on the increase. Yaga Yarkawa, the chairman of the Chibok Local Government Area – infamous as the scene of the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls two years ago – told journalists on Tuesday (22 Nov.) . . . Read More

75,000 children in N. Nigeria risk ‘dying of hunger’; 14 million need humanitarian aid, says UN

November 18, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, Gwoza, IDPs, Niger, UN, Yobe

The UN says 75,000 children are at risk of dying of hunger in north-east Nigeria.Open Doors International Seventy-five thousand children are at risk of dying of hunger in north-east Nigeria, reports the UN, as the region deals with the aftermath of Boko Haram violence. The UN also says that . . . Read More

UPDATE: Another Chibok schoolgirl escapes with baby

November 7, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Trauma

The released 21 Chibok girls met President Buhari – seen here with Vice President Osinbajo – at his villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, 19 Oct.The Office of the President A Nigerian Government spokesman, Sani Usman, told media another girl, believed to be one of the nearly 300 Chibok school . . . Read More

One pastor among NE Nigeria blast victims

November 3, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Church of Christ in Nigeria, IDPs, Maiduguri, Nigeria

A Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) pastor was among seven persons killed in two assumed Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri on 29 Oct. No further details on the pastor were yet available, but BBC reports that a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside the Bakassi IDP camp, . . . Read More

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