One after another, passengers alighted from their cars. Two men in their mid-twenties, Mohammed and Tasihu, emerged from a boat to direct the drivers. They had deliberately parked the boat in the middle of the road to prevent them from passing through a route that was no longer navigable. One car, whose driver might have […]
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The police in Borno state in Northeast Nigeria, on Wednesday, June 14, disclosed that they arrested four men on the charges of raping a 13-year-old girl. This is one of the notably numerous cases that have been going on between April and June this year in the state, according to the Police Public Relations Officer […]
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With a satellite office now set up in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, HumAngle Media hopes to further consolidate operations in Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. The Abuja-based non-profit news organisation has, since 2020, reported on conflict situations and humanitarian crises across Africa. It has especially distinguished itself through its coverage of the Boko […]
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The United Nations would issue a statement after investigating the involvement of a humanitarian worker who allegedly raped a female minor that later committed suicide in Maiduguri, Borno State, a source said. The Daily Trust newspaper had earlier reported that a teenage girl in Maiduguri, Borno state capital committed suicide after being forcefully defiled by […]
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Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents on Friday, Jan. 14, continued their persistent onslaughts on communities in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno as they launched an attack in the Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The ISWAP insurgents on Friday evening attacked the town of Kautikari located in southern Borno. HumAngle learnt […]
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The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents in multiple vehicles on Tuesday, Jan. 10, destroyed parts of the Nigerian Army Institute during an attack on Buratai town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State. HumAngle learnt that a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people were killed. Several vehicles were also destroyed alongside sections of the Nigerian Army Institute. […]
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Reports reaching HumAngle from security sources indicate that there is an ongoing gun battle between troops of the Nigerian security forces and the members of the ISWAP faction of Boko Haram. The source said the attack started about 10:30 a.m. WAT when suspected ISWAP terrorists came to take over the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway at a spot […]
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The Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) on Thursday Nov. 4, 2021, flagged off a sporting competition amongst youths in various camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) within Borno state, Northeast Nigeria. According to the federal government-owned crisis intervention commission, the sporting competition is to help them overcome trauma induced by the 12-year long Boko Haram crisis. […]
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Prices of commodities are steadily rising at the markets in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, in Northeast Nigeria. With Boko Haram insurgents still attacking hinterland communities, coupled with diminished spaces for income generating activities, residents closely observing the local economy say they don’t expect the situation to change for the better any time soon. […]
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The Nigerian military has carried out air and artillery strikes on gun trucks and gathering of insurgents in Sambisa forest general area in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. Sambisa was a notorious stronghold of the Boko Haram terror group for years until the incursion by the rival Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) into the area. According […]
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Education is one of the public sectors most severely affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria. Recent data obtained by HumAngle revealed that at least 2,246 classrooms have been destroyed in the last 12 years in Borno State alone. According to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), a total of 500 public […]
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The European Union (EU) is supporting the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), a medical humanitarian Non-governmental organisation with their ongoing efforts to reduce cholera fatality rates in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria. The medical NGO indicated that as of Sunday, Sept. 26, over 88,563 suspected cases of cholera and 3,057 suspected deaths were reported, with […]
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