UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH EAST NIGERIA STRIVE TO SURVIVE AND PROGRESS AMIDST BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY
June 2nd, 2020
Universities and other tertiary education institutions in northeast Nigeria are working to recover from severe disruptions to operations and academic life, in some cases lengthy closures and falls in enrollments caused by attacks from insurgent group Boko Haram.
Its activity has become less intense in recent years following aggressive campaigns by the Nigerian military, although attacks such that last month (June) on a village in north-eastern Borno state, where 81 people were killed, show the group has yet to be defeated.
Nonetheless, universities in the ...
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