By Dr. KELECHI ONYEMAOBI Internally displaced persons camps in various parts of Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria, bubbled with livelihood activities just before they shut down in August 2022 – as the men and women perfected new skills that would help them to feed their families when they returned...
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The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies have said. “As we speak today, 650,000 kids are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. If not treated, half of them will...
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate says she will give voice to the voiceless if she becomes the country’s next first lady in 2023. She said this on Saturday in Abuja when she visited Karon-Majigi Ward of Gwarimpa and Yar Goje Community of...
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no eligible Nigerian will be left out in the electoral processes leading to the 2023 general election. Yakubu said this at the presentation of the 2022 Revised Framework and Regulations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Voting,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to ensure that no eligible Nigerian is left out of the electoral process on account of displacement, disability or other circumstances that may limit citizens’ participation in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission has presented for validation a revised...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Cameroonian Government and the Borno State Government will jointly repatriate thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in some parts of Minawawo refugee camp in Cameroon Republic The Governor of Far -North Region of Cameroon, Mr Midjiyawa Bakari, who is also the sitting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up with specific programmes to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the North East region. The President, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed fear over the state of the returnee Internal Displaced persons (IDPs) being exposed to the possibility of Boko Haram terrorists attack. The governor’s concern is coming barely few day after the state government shut down the Dalori-1,...
Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from. It means, in essence, not being able to meet the basic needs for yourself or...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Stakeholders in Borno State have called for an improved welfare for the victims of Boko Haram insurgency in North East region. They also called for proper and effective management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) including the provision of basic facilities at the IDPs...
Concerned citizens note that attacks on residents of Plateau by terrorists have resulted in the death of many people while others have left their destroyed houses, becoming destitute. Investigations have shown that scores of people from different communities across the state have died in such attacks from April to...
Terrorists of The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of the Boko Haram have attacked a convoy of four food trucks meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and resettled communities in Borno and intercepted four of them. According to Daily Trust, the attack, which occurred Thursday night...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Saturday donated 38,000 bags of maize, rice, spaghetti and non food items to the Borno State Government for onward distribution to about 66 repentant Boko Haram insurgents and their families as well as other victims of insurgency...
Dr Gabriel Nyitse, Chief of Staff to Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom says 1.5 million persons are in various Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) camps in the state. Nytise made the declaration at the 70th anniversary celebration Thanksgiving Mass of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, at the St. Leo Catholic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Banagana Zulum on Sunday visited Logumani, a community in Ngala LGA of the state, where he approved the construction of 500 resettlement houses to accommodate returnees. Logumani residents were displaced as a result of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Saturday traveled to Kirawa, a border community in Gwoza Local Government Area, to supervise the resettlement of 2,500 displaced families into their homes which were rebuilt by the state government. The homes were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A United States-based non-profit organization, Mission Africa International, has called on the Federal Government to do more in addressing the humanitarian needs of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Benue State. President of the organization, Pastor Oluwasayo Ajiboye made the call when he paid...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – About 24, 000 farmers who lost their livelihoods to the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, have received support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to resume planting crops in safe locations in the state. ICRC said it had...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the State House in Abuja. He was received by top government officials. Buhari’s conversation with Guterres centred on the need to ensure peaceful and democratic elections as well as the robust participation of women and young...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has said her ministry would continue to support and cushion the hardship of the people of Borno State particularly the IDPs who have been affected by the 13 years of Boko...