Tag: IDPs
Killer herdsmen: IDPs protest killing of 7, say we’ll resort to arms to defend ourselves if the FG does not intervene
April 27, 2021 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Abagana camp have blocked the Markurdi-Lafia Federal Highway protesting the recent killings by herdsmen and laying the corpses of the victims on the road. The suspected herdsmen on Tuesday morning invaded Abagana IDP camp killing seven persons and injuring about 15 of them. According to an ...IDPs worried over 50% depletion in food supply to camp in Adamawa
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Fufore International Transit Camp in Adamawa, have complained of depletion in food supplied to the camp. The Fufore International Transit Camp was established in 2014 and located on the outskirt of Fufore town, headquarters of Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The camp was designated by the Federal ...Fake IDPs: Gov. Zulum discovers 650 ‘ghost households’ in camp in midnight headcount
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies, MOGOCOLIS, in Maiduguri, in the early hours of Sunday, where internally displaced persons from Abadam local government area of northern Borno were being camped. Zulum immediately sealed the entrance and supervised a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in order ...UN Deputy SG visits IDP camps in Borno border town to assess govt’s responses to humanitarian crisis in the N/E
The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General and ex-Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has visited Banki, a border town in Borno State. She arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on board a UN jet, and immediately flew to Banki. The deputy secretary-general was accompanied by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, other principal ...Borno Attack: Gov. Zulum ignored intelligence – Ex-DSS Boss
A former Deputy Director of the Department of State Service (DSS), Dennis Amakiri has reacted to the recent attack on Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum. Speaking during a special programme on Channels Television to mark Nigeria’s independence anniversary on Thursday, Amakiri said Governor Zulum was warned earlier against moving out. “The Governor of Borno State was given ...Insurgency: Police confirms death of 8 officers, others in Borno attack
The police authorities in Borno State have confirmed the death of eight officers following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Baga area of the state. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Edet Okon, the Command said three other members of the Civilian Joint Task ...FG declares Sept. 16 as National Identity Day
The Federal Government has declared Sept. 16 as National Identity Day and has supported the enrolment of Nigerians for Digital Identity (ID) across the country. Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, said this in a statement signed by Mrs Uwa Suleiman, his spokesperson on Tuesday, in Abuja. Pantami reminded Nigerians of the ...Malaria: WHO inaugurates SMC programme in Borno, targets 2.1m children
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it has targeted 2.1 million children for the 2020 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in Borno. SMC is designed to prevent and protect children against malaria. Dr Iniabasi Nglass, National Consultant Malaria Emergencies in Nigeria, disclosed this during the inauguration of the SMC programme at the Elmiskin Internally Displaced ...Northern Governors describe attack on Zulum’s convoy as callous, reprehensible
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act as callous and reprehensible. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham. He said the ...Borno fire kills 14 IDPs, razes 1,250 shelters, Buhari mourns
No fewer than 14 persons were burnt to death with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge constituency in Borno, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on ...
