Tag: North-East
North East: Army pledges to support UNICEF
Nigerian army on Wednesday pledged continued support to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian efforts at providing assistance to women and…
North East: Group trains 160 traditional rulers on conflict management
The State Team Leader, Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN), an NGO, Sambo Abdulkadir has said that 160 traditional rulers including…
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…
North East: Nigerian Govt urged to sustain funding of road projects
Communities along the corridors of ongoing road projects in the North East zone of the country, have urged the Federal…
Road contractors urged to speed up work in North-East
Mr Mohammed Rufai, the North-East Zonal Director of Highways, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has called on road contractors…
Police, NSCDC bosses relocated to North-East
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, has directed the Inspector- General of Police(I-G), Ibrahim Idris, and the Commandant-General,…
Insurgency: Governments urged to reconstruct places of worship in North-East
The President, Church of Brethren in Nigeria, Rev. Joel Billi, has appealed to the Federal and State Governments to fast…
United Nations unveil Humanitarian Response Plan for North-East
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Nigeria on Thursday unveiled 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan to support…
Boko Haram: UN says 8.5m people need live-saving support in North-East
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons need life-saving support due to…
Oxfam calls for improved humanitarian assistance in North-East
Oxfam Nigeria has advocated the scaling up of humanitarian assistance in the lingering crisis and sufferings in the North-East.
Buratai urges commanders to remain focused to curtail traces of insurgency
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai charged field commanders to remain focused toward containing the traces of insurgency…
Fiscal commission verifies Federal capital projects in North-East
Officials of Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) have commenced physical verification of work on 2015-2016 Federal Government-funded capital projects in the…
North-East: 8.5m persons need life-saving support – UN
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons are in dare need of…
North East: FADAMA initiates strategies to strengthen project
The FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) Programme is planning to launch infrastructure and cash-for-work strategies to strengthen the implementation…
North East oil exploration will not stop activities in producing states
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says oil exploration in the North East is for the good…