Tag: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Addressing the ordeals of IDPs through sustainable solutions
By Lizzy Okoji Affected by conflicts and disasters millions Nigerians have been forced to flee their homes, becoming Internally Displaced…
Borno govt closes 4 IDPs’ camps, resettles 11,000 households
Zulum said the return of the IDPs is in accordance with the Kampala Convention without force, stressing that it was…
40,000 Nasarawa IDPs return to ancestral homes
The executive secretary further urged the people of the state to always expose the criminally minded people especially the youth…
Edo CP Ogbadu donates relief materials to IDPs
Ogbadu on 31 Dec led the management of the command to donate food items to the camp. He promised to…
Camp management seeks educational support for Edo IDPs
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Edo State has appealed to Nigerians to help the 66…
U.S Embassy re-orientates IDPs in Abuja
The U.S Embassy in Abuja has engaged some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Federal Capital Territory in a three-month…
Over 81,000 IDPs will vote in Adamawa – NOA
No fewer than 81,000 registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) possessing Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) will participate in the 2019 general…
Hungry IDPs protest in Maiduguri, NEMA moves in
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday dismissed as misleading reports alleging that some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) staged…
Education: IDPs welcome partnership with foundation
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ohogua, Edo, on Monday, said that the plan to assist some of the IDPs…
FG donates farm inputs, relief materials to empower Borno IDPs
The Federal Government on Thursday donated 4,200 agricultural items and relief materials to Borno’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), as part…
Boko Haram: Borno SEMA distributes relief items to victims
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Wednesday, distributed relief items to victims of Boko Haram insurgency in four…
Aggrieved youths attack ActionAid Officials
Aggrieved youths at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Muye, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger on Sunday attacked officials…
UN collaborates with NHRC to protect IDPs human rights in North East
The National Human Rights Commission in collaboration with United Nations High Commission for Refugees have moved to protect the human…
Edo Government sets out IDPs distribution plan
The Edo Government on Thursday released a roster showing how relief materials approved by the Federal Government for the Internally…
IDPs: Nigerian Govt budgets N1 bilion annually for water, sanitation facilities
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, says the Federal Government has been budgeting N1 billion annually for the…
MDAs trained on IDPs management in northeast
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has organised a special training for personnel of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) saddled…
Half of food aid for IDPs disappears in transit – Govt
Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria's Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been delivered,…
2,080 IDPs households to get farm inputs
No fewer than 2,080 households among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gombe State are to receive farm inputs under…
Boko Haram: Borno to evacuate 78,000 IDPs from Cameroon
The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it plans to evacuate 78,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back home from…
Taraba governor tasked on timely resettlement of IDPs
The Taraba Tiv Youth Frontier on Saturday urged Gov. Darius Ishaku to expedite action on the resettlement and rehabilitation of…
Christmas: Yobe supports Christian communities with clothes, food
The Yobe Committee on Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), has donated clothes and food items to Christian…
5,000 IDPs living with HIV/AIDS in Borno- Official
No fewer than 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in Borno are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Mr. Hassan…
Plateau first lady celebrates birthday with IDPs
Mrs. Regina Lalong, wife of Plateau Governor, on Wednesday, visited some camps hosting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in the state,…
Borno Governor’s wife launches fight against malnutrition in IDPs camps
Hajja Nana Shettima, Wife of Borno Governor, on Tuesday, launched enhanced feeding for children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps…
Insurgency: 1,000 women get N20,000 each empowerment fund
The Victim Support Fund (VSF) has empowered over 1,000 women, particularly those widowed by Boko Haram, through its Women Economic…
IOM delivers aid to 12,000 IDPs in Borno
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Nigeria, has distributed 3,000 non-food relief item (NFI) kits to internally displaced people (IDPs)…
Borno govt. to relocate IDPs from 3 LGAs
The Borno Government announced on Tuesday that it planned to immediately relocate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Konduga, Mafa and…
Dangote promises to support victims of insurgency
The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on Sunday promised to mobilise additional support towards assisting victims of…
Breaking: Hungry IDPs protest in Maiduguri, block highway
Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons have left their camps and taken to the streets to protest against hunger and thirst…
NSCDC decries begging among IDPs
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has decried high rate of street begging among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…