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AMID claims and counter-claims of successes in the war against insecurity by the Federal Government and its critics, hundreds of internally displaced persons, IDPS, in Plateau and Benue states are yet to see the successes..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/377ubMc Get More...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Plateau State chapter has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to redeem his promise of N10 billion grant for resettling internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state..... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2Moraka Get More Nigeria...

Several people are feared killed in a fire that broke out in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Gajiram, Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, claimed the lives of four people... Read more via Channels Television –...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not consider any Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Zamfara, saying they do not have records. This was disclosed by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Asmau Maikudi, at a press briefing in Gusau on Wednesday...

In a humanitarian intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation on Monday, January 22, 2019 officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of insurgency. The farmers-herders clash and sporadic...

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO), condemns in unambiguous terms, the alleged plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency to rig the.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2PxSTg4 Get More...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in the neighbouring countries of Niger and Chad, who fled their homes due to insurgency in the North East would not be denied their voting rights..... Read more via PER SECOND NEWS –...

Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) residing at Gongola camp in the FCT, have appealed to relevant authorities to provide potable water and toilets, saying women were usually bitten by snakes while looking for water..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2CKE8V8 Get More...

The United Nations has earmarked the sum of $2.1 billion to be given out as grants to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northeast Nigeria. This was disclosed by the United Nations Emergency Relief.... Read more via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/2yaM91G Get more: Nigeria Business News

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State are reportedly being forced back home to ruins, without a guarantee of their safety. According to Reuters, the move is to... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2LKtvle Get More Nigeria Metro News

Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs) in eight camps in Benue State have expressed fear over their safety. This followed the plans by police authorities Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2n7EZFN Get More Nigeria Metro News

The death toll from the flood that ravaged 10 villages in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday has risen to 58 as more corpses were said to have been.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JyoJpN Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army has described as untrue, reports making the rounds that Boko Haram attacked its military base in Bama, Borno State, but admitted that there was an attempted attack on its location. Director of Army/Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, who made this known...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed an attack on a military base by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Yobe State, North-East Nigeria. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier Genera.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2NWZGQL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau’s convoy was on Saturday attacked by displaced persons living at Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Jos. Media reports that the incident occurred when he visited one of the IDPs at Zawan to give relief materials to the IDPs. Stones were thrown at the governor’s …...

As part of return of peace in the State, Yobe State government has closed the Pompomari Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Damaturu on Wednesday morning. In his address on the occasion of the closure... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2tJSn5N Get More Nigeria Metro News

Over 2000 IDP’s have returned back to their Gudunbali, Borno ancestral home for the first time in six years, for Sallah celebrations. The development was made possible by the Army’s Operation.... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2JHIY9H Get More Nigeria Metro News

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north-east have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an independent panel to investigate.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2LmKWZs Get More Nigeria Metro News

Two non-government organisations have engaged 200 mostly women returnee internally displaced persons (IDPs) to clean up Dikwa, one of the towns liberated from Boko Haram. The North-East Regional Initiative (NERI), a humanitarian.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the federal government’s support to all groups involved in the fight against drug abuse, challenges facing women and children in IDP camps as well as women and youth empowerment. At a meeting with Nigerian governors wives in Abuja.... Read more via...