Tag: IDPS
Don’t sell relief materials, NEMA pleads with IDPs
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa not to sell relief materials donated…
NDLEA arrests 2 cocaine peddlers in IDPs camp
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Borno Command, said it had arrested two men for allegedly peddling cocaine in…
50 IDP children graduate from private school
Zion Pilgrims Christ School, Kagadama, Bauchi, says it has graduated 50 children of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), from 2014…
Buhari urges OIC to support resettlement of IDPs
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday in Mecca that the Federal Government will welcome support from the Organisation of Islamic…
Buhari urges OIC to support FG to resettle IDPS
President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Mecca that the Federal Government will welcome support from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation…
IDPs: 450 die from diseases, malnutrition in Borno
The Borno State Government has confirmed that 450 people died from ailments and malnutrition across the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
Osinbajo commends Northeasterners for supporting IDPs
Nigerians in the North-East have been commended for their neighborliness and accommodating nature towards Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their…
Traditional ruler wants additional security at IDPs camps
Alhaji Mohammed Masta II, the Shehu of Dikwa in Borno, on Monday advised the state government to provide additional security…
Boko Haram: Yobe IDPs return home, engage in irrigation
Alhaji Mai Musa, acting Chairman, Gujba Local Government of Yobe, said people who fled the area due to the Boko…
Shettima sets up Task Force on IDPs feeding
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday set up an Independent Task Force to ensure regular supply of foodstuff to…
NHRC chief decries neglect of 4,000 IDPs in Taraba
Prof. Bem Angwe, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC), has decried the neglect of at least 4,723 Internally…
Melaye dines with 1,000 IDPs in Abuja, pleads for release of Chibok girls
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday spent his entire day with…
Buhari lauds Oshiomhole’s effort on IDPs, says they’ll return home
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federal Government has put in place measures to ensure that…
Return of IDPs to their homes will begin in 2016 – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency will earnestly begin to return to their home communities in…
Displaced Nigerians will return home next year, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Abuja that the return of persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency to…
Amosun, Dabiri-Erewa, others laud Airtel’s support to IDPs
Airtel has been commended for its key role in touching the lives of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in…
60 IDPs write NABTEB exams in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin [email protected] At least 60 internally displaced persons from the Boko Haram insurgency are currently participating in this year’s…
Boko Haram: IDPs rises to 2.2m in Nigeria
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday that the population of Internally Displaced People(IDP) in the…
Ashaka Cement donates 100 bags of rice to IDPs
Ashaka Cement Company, a subsidiary of Lafarge Holcim, gave 100 bags of rice to 100 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), from…
Buhari visits IDPs, gives them reason to be optimistic
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ending Boko Haram insurgency. Buhari, in Hausa language, gave the assurance…
Borno Central has been displaced by Boko Haram – Sen Garbai
The senator-elect for Borno Central, Alhaji Babakaka Garbai, on Tuesday said his major task at the Senate would be to…
IDPs laud UNFPA humanitarian, psycho-social services
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri on have commended the UNFPA for providing humanitarian and psycho-social support services in Borno.…
N150m: Aisha Buhari commends Ambode’s donation to IDPs
Wife of Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos for donating N150 million to Internally…
GE donates N220m to UNICEF in support of IDPs in Borno
Leading technology and Infrastructure Company, General Electric (GE) has made a donation of $1m (220 million naira) to UNICEF (United…
Borno govt. to relocate IDPs back to their hometowns
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to…
300 Bakassi IDPs get free medical service
No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from…
Borno begins evacuation of IDPs in Adamawa camps
Borno State Government on Thursday resumed the evacuation of it’s remaining indigenes staying in Fufore, Damare and Malkohi IDP camps…
Presidency explains why Buhari missed meeting on IDPs in New York
The Presidency on Saturday refuted reports that the Nigerian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly…
Nigeria shuns meeting for IDPs, angers US, EU
The absence of Nigeria’s United Nations Mission at a meeting to discuss and proffer solution to the problems of Internally…
Nigerian troops intercept Boko Haram fighters disguised as IDPs
Nigerian troops have intercepted some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, on Friday. The members of the terrorist group…