Watch as soldiers clash with Boko Haram members

A video of a major clash between officers of the Nigerian Army and the Boko Haram terrorist gropup has emerged just as the government prepares to empower 7,000 widows. The Punch reports that the executive director of the Victims Support Fund, Prof Sunday Ocheche, revealed that N120 million had been earmarked to empower the 7,000 widows and other vulnerable women affected by the Boko Haram insurgency

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Speaking in Maiha local government area of Adamawa on Wednesday, November 2, during the inauguration of the empowerment scheme, Ocheche said the beneficiaries were those in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. He said: “As part of the organisation’s humanitarian intervention in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, about 7,000 widows and other vulnerable women would be assisted with unconditional cash grant. “Each beneficiary will receive N20,000 cash to restart a small business of her choice.” He said the programme started last year with 1,000 internally displaced women living in some camps in Maiduguri, adding that the operation is now to be expanded to other states. The director of programme of VSF, Prof Nana Tanko, revealed that Borno state had the highest number of beneficiaries at 3,500 with a N50 million grant.