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Displaced by Insurgency and Flood: Residents Continue to Experience GBV in Borno

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  The nature of farmland in Fariya community PC: Zainab Yetunde Adam By: Zainab Yetunde Adam & Sa'adatu Awwalu Salihu   22-year-old Fatima Julde is one of the women who were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri and resettled twice in different locations as a result of flooding. Mrs Julde sought temporary shelter at Alau Dam, Konduga Local Government in 2015. But, in 2023, the river's constant overflow washes away their shelter and farmland and in turn made her and her family seek another temporary shelter at Fariya, a desert community in Jere Local Government . The residents, could not farm like in their previous location due to desertification and had to go to nearby farmlands in search of firewood for cooking and water for consumption which is unsafe for them, especially women of the community. This report gathered that Girls and women in Fariya community are vulnerable to Gender Violence which is often silenced.  Umma Shehu* who is an Internally Dis...

UCJ Unimaid chapter inaugurate EXCOS; Experts Charge all to Uphold Ethical Journalism

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By: Aisha Yusuf Sabo Union of Campus Journalists University of Maiduguri chapter, has on Wednesday, 1st November, 2023 held its official launch and inaugurated first set of EXCOS.  The event which took place at American space, Ramat Library University of Maiduguri, had professionals and members of the union in attendance.  Declaring the event open, The UCJ Unimaid President, Rukaiyatu Idris, disclosed that the team is working diligently to ensure reaching the core objectives of the union, as it is poised to record milestone achievements and ensure responsible journalism. Highlighting overview of the union, the General Secretary, Abdullahi Khairalla, said the union of campus Journalists is fashioned after the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) which is the professional body of "Penpushers", adding that just like the NUJ, UCJ caters for the interests of campus Journalists noting that the chapter has a membership strength of over 150 students On his part, the Head of Department...