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At a corner of the federal capital territory (FCT) is an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp housing more than 1,500 persons. The victims were forced to flee their homes in the north-east following attacks by Boko Haram insurgents. Unlike many of such camps across the country, the...

Seven internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking refuge at the African Church and LGEA Primary School, Mondo, were, yesterday, killed in Ukemberagya, Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local Government … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2Jwpi46 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Many do not think much of the song that goes, “Some have food but cannot eat, some can eat but have no food,” but indeed there is a lot of truth to it. Ask IDPs in the Northeastern region of Nigeria. Over 6,779 metric tonnes of rice was donated to the IDPs by the good people of China, and guess...

Towards eradicating malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Nigeria, Promasidor Nigeria Limited donated products to Empower 54 Project, that is at the forefront of eradicating malnutrition in the country. The Founder/President, Empower54, Princess Modupe Ozolua, said the...

The Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse, and some residents of Benue State have disagreed with Governor Samuel Ortom on his advice to internally displaced persons, who are currently taking shelter in various camps across the state. Ortom had, on Monday, asked the IDPs to return to their ancestral...

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, told the Internally Displaced Persons, who were displaced due to Fulani herdsmen attacks, to go back home and use stones to defend themselves. This, he said, was because he was tired of keeping IDPs in Camps. Click here to read more

THE House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committee on Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to thoroughly probe allegations of increasing cases of sex abuse, teenage pregnancy and theft of relief materials in IDPs camps, and report back to the House within two months. This was …...

The Saudi Arabian Government, through the King Salman Aid and Relief Centre and the Saudi Development Fund, has donated relief materials worth $10 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East. The delegation from Saudi Arabia had already visited the Ministry of Defence...

Rich countries are convening in Norway this week to discuss the Nigeria food crisis, few days after world's first famine in six years was declared in South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that about 1.4 million children are at “imminent risk” of dying from...

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Bakassi camp yesterday morning arrested an official of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) over alleged theft of food items meant for displaced persons. The official identified as Satomi Mohammed was allegedly intercepted along with three...

The Nigerian Students Society, University of Leeds, U.K has raised fund for the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the country. The fund was raised during the grand finale of a cultural heritage festival lined up in celebration of the 56th anniversary of Nigeria's independence. The festival...

The Borno State Government says it may declare a state of emergency to curb the menace of drug abuse in communities liberated from Boko Haram control. Alhaji Kaka Shehu, the state Borno Commissioner for Justice told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Maiduguri that illicit drug...

Nigeria’s Senators today agreed on a N300, 000 contribution each to alleviate the plight of Internally Displaced Persons in all camps in the country. The senators agreed to make the donations after deliberating on the Mounting Humanitarian crisis in the North East. The motion was moved by...

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has offered scholarship to 200 Internally Displaced Persons IDPs and other vulnerable students in Adamawa State Okorocha had built Rochas Foundation Academy in Yola, Adamawa State capital, through his foundation early this year with the aimed to provide...

The Network of Civil Society Organisations in Borno State, has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of prostitution by female internally displaced persons in the state. The Chairman of the CSOs, Ahmed Shehu, said that displaced women and teenagers were engaging in prostitution in order...

The Borno State commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ibrahim Abdullahi, says the agency has uncovered at least 40 fake non-governmental organisations, NGOs, that are exploiting internally displaced persons, IDPs, in Borno State. In an interview with NAN over the...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno on Thursday said that it had arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping an Internally Displaced Person. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that the 13-year-old...

The federal government said yesterday that it is shutting down Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the North-eastern states of Yobe and Adamawa. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mohammad Sani Sidi, made this known at a press conference to mark...

The Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry of Nigeria in Kaduna, on Wednesday distributed over 1,000 packaged food and drinks to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), destitute and widows to mark Sallah celebration. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Yohanna Buru, said that...

…As Edo First Lady Commends Initiative In furtherance of its commitment to delivering impactful social investments in Nigeria, Arla Dano Milk has provided nutrition to over 2000 children at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Uguagolor near Benin-City, Edo State, Nigeria with the donation...