Tag: nigerian refugees
FG budgets N15bn to resettle 20,000 Nigerian refugees
This was disclosed by Nigeria's Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of refugees and management of repentant Boko Haram…
500,000 Nigerians to be repatriated from Niger, Chad, Cameroon
There is a Presidential Committee on Repatriation in the North -East set up by the Nigerian government
Cameroon to deport 4,000 Nigerian refugees
Cameroon officials on Wednesday said it has concluded arrangements with neighbouring Nigeria for the return of 4,000 Nigerian refugees to…
Stop sending Nigerian refugees back to Boko Haram violence, UN tells Cameroon
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Cameroonian authority not to send Nigerian refugees…
4,000 Nigerian refugees return from Niger Republic
No fewer than 4,000 Nigerian refugees returned home from Niger Republic in the past one month, the United Nations Office…
Boko Haram: 58,000 Nigerians to be repatriated from Cameroon
The Tripartite Commission for the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon has called for the safe, dignified return and…
FG, UNHCR launches Tripartite Commission for repatriation of Nigerian refugees
Nigerian, Cameroonian Governments and United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR) have inaugurated a Tripartite Commission for the voluntary repatriation…
Cameroon commended on its generosity to Nigerian refugees
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has commended Cameroon for its generosity towards the Nigerian refugees who fled to…
Boko Haram: Cameroon Forcefully Repatriates Nigerian Refugees
The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they…
Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 3 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon
Two female suicide bombers, suspected of belonging to militant group Boko Haram have killed three Nigerians in a truck full…
Nigerian refugees in ‘atrocious’ situation in Niger – UN
AFP – Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in…
Nigerian refugees face deadly epidemics, hunger in Cameroon
Toby Lanzer, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Africa’s Sahel region, said Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, where they have sought refuge,…
Niger Evacuates 4,000 Nigerian Refugees From Lake Chad
Niger has evacuated thousands of Nigerian refugees sheltering from Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad’s Karamga island, a military official…
300,000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram
Nearly 300,000 people, more than half of them children, have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria since May last year…
UNHCR urges Cameroon not to expel Nigerian refugees
The UN’s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Cameroon and other nations not to expel Nigerians who have fled their homes…