By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said repeated attacks in northwest Nigeria have forced over 11,500 Nigerians to flee across the border into neighboring Niger in November, resulting in humanitarian crisis. Armed groups, locally called “bandits”, have repeatedly attacked villages in...
IDPs
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs are being resettled from their Maiduguri camps to their respective local government area headquarters. The PDP in a statement by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commentate World Toilet Day, UNICEF Officer in-Charge , UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Office, Dr. Clement Adams said “across the country, about 48 million Nigerians lack access to toilets and the protection they confer against diseases and possible deaths.” Dr. Clement added...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says as more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number of the forcibly displaced has now exceeded 84 million globally. UNHCR disclosed this in a new data- Mid-Year Trends report- released on Thursday. UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report,...
The Borno Committee on the Resettlement of Displaced Persons to their ancestral homes has distributed food items and cash to 8,640 households in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Kaka- Shehu Lawan, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this while addressing...