Tag: Northeast
Shekau in new video, claims responsibility for series of attack in Northeast
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video message on Tuesday claiming a series of attacks in northeast Nigeria during…
VSF begins livestock distribution in North East
Victims Support Fund (VSF) will on Thursday launch its pilot distribution of livestock in Yobe in continuation of its 2017…
Cholera: Pregnant women in Northeast at huge risk – UNFPA
The outbreak of cholera posed grave risks to pregnant women in the Northeast States ravaged by the destructive activities of…
North-East humanitarian Makeathon to begin in October – FG
The Federal Government will begin a North-East focused Makeathon in October, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the…
Northeast too vast to police, Boko Haram attacks ‘ll continue – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that it is difficult to police the northeast.
NAF helicopter suffers mishap
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said its Agusta 109 Light Utility Helicopter suffered a mishap while undertaking a liaison…
Nigeria’s northeast needs $172m food aid – United Nations
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently needs 172 million dollars for its operations in north-east Nigeria to alleviate…
800,000 IDPs benefit from UNDP cash transfer
About 800,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East have benefited from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) cash transfer,…
FAO urges urgent support to Northeast Nigeria
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has restated its call for urgent support to Northeast Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and…
Sustain return of Northeast IDPs -UN official
The former UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Safieldin, said Nigerian government and the international community should sustain the…
Senate to unravel mismanagement of resources
The Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East has pledged to unravel massive corruption allegedly…
Military to reassess performance of troops in northeast – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military hierarchy will review the entire counter-insurgency operations in order…
Zoning chairmanship to Northeast is unconstitutional – PDP Concerned Leaders
A group, Peoples Democratic Party Concerned Leaders on Wednesday said zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to the North-East…
Japan to offer $1.45m assistance to IDPs in northeast
The Japanese Government on Monday said it would support a humanitarian response project with 1.45 million Dollars toward assisting internally…
Northeast children deserve to grow up in peace – Zerrougui
The children of Nigeria’s North East region deserved to grow up in peace, Ms Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of…