By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has facilitated the resettlement of over 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) into 500 newly built mass housing units in Dara Jamal community, Bama Local Government Area, on Sunday, July 13, 2025. The housing project, fully executed by...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation of United States Congressional staff led by Ms. Allison Cantrell and Ms. Angelle Kwemo visited Borno State. The visit was undertaken in collaboration with the Nigerian Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), represented by Mr. Arjun Jain. The...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) has confirmed that 15 babies have been born at the newly established Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp for residents of Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area, while 122 women are still pregnant. Head of Administration at BSEMA, Mr....
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Government has confirmed the arrest of 50 fake Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the International Market IDP camp in Makurdi. According to the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Mr Aondowase Kunde, criminals and people from the host community have infiltrated...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Tension erupted at the Ultra Modern International Market Makurdi temporary camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) when a humanitarian volunteer, Chef Victor Tartenger, was allegedly harassed at the gate. However, the Benue Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Aondowase Kunde, dismissed...
By MIKE AUDU, Jalingo – As the sun rises gently over the green hills of southern Taraba, 14-year-old Terseer Mtomga who hails from Tor-Musa village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State squats beside a pot of boiling yam in a makeshift IDP camp in Jootar in Benue...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has called for assistance in facilitating the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes. Alia made the call at the North-Central Regional Consultation on the Harmonisation of the National Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Framework, on Wednesday in Makurdi. The Workshop on...
A record 83.4 million people have been forced to flee from their homes, fuelled by an increase in disasters and conflict, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. The UN migration agency in its 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement on Tuesday said the number of people living...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum Umara, has announced the resettlement of 6,000 families displaced by Boko Haram insurgents. The families mostly hailed from Dikwa and Mafa local government areas. Zulum announced the plan on Monday at Muna IDP camp, one of the largests with...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has appointed music legend, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba as his Technical Adviser on Entertainment and Community Outreach. Alia announced the appointment at Government House, Makurdi, on Wednesday, when he received the music icon who paid him a sympathy visit. The governor described...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over what he described as a deliberate attempt by the Benue Government to frustrate his humanitarian mission to the state. Obi, who had planned to visit internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and health institutions...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Member representing Dikwa, Mafa, and Konduga Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Abuna (BurBur), has sympathized with victims of the devastating fire outbreak at Wanori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Abuna in a statement issued and...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has appealed for the establishment of a military base at Arewa Local Government Area of the state to beef up security in the area. Idris made the plea in an interview with Journalists shortly after a condolence visit to Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Following the recent attacks that have displaced over four thousand residents of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, the Benue State Government has taken swift action to address the humanitarian crisis. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management/Benue State Emergency Management Agency...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia is committed to the security of lives and property of the Benue people and would also ensure the return of the all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. Addressing some journalists under the auspices of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government through the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) distributes the sum of 200,000 each to first batch 713, returnees who return back from Chad & Cameron respectively The first trip (Batch A) also received many humanitarian intervention which includes food...
by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Commission for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), officially handed over food and non-food relief items to the Borno State Government this morning to support the resettlement of Nigerians returning from Chad. During the handover...
The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has accused his successor, Gov. Hyacinth Alia, of playing politics with the continuous insecurity bedevilling the state. Ortom stated this in a statement on Tuesday signed by his media aide, Mr Terver Akase, and made available to newsmen in Makurdi....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has finally received 8,000 Borno displaced persons from Chad Republic which were repatriated in collaboration with the presidential committee on repatriation and resettlement. Governor Zulum, who was represented by Hon Karta Maina Ma’aji Lawan, Member representing Kukawa, LGC State...
United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) on Friday said no fewer than six million people were displaced in the Lake Chad Basin region’s conflicts from January 2024 to January 2025. Resident Representative for UNFPA Burkina Faso, representing the Regional Director for UNFPA West and Central Africa Region, Mr Alain Akpadji,...