internally displaced persons

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major-General Abba Dikko has emphasized the conduct of thorough needs assessment to enhance the quality of intervention and assistance provided for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, and other victims of war in the North-East. The Theatre...

The banditry activities in Zamfara State have forced another set of 20,000 people from over 50 communities in Maradun local government area to abandon their homes. The migration of the people to Maradun town, the headquarters of Maradun local government, was to evade killings and kidnap by the...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has raised allegation against the inspector-general of police, Ibrahim Idris, accusing him of withdrawing police personnel deployed to protect the Internally Displaced Persons in the state. Tribune reports that Ortom said on Wednesday, August … Read more via...

Editor’s note: Nigerian university lecturer, Anthony Kolawole Kolawole, writes on the present administration – led by President Muhammadu Buhari – and its policies especially on security in Nigeria. Kolawole says these polices have help curb the activities of terrorists … Read more via...

Attacks involving Boko Haram have displaced more than 1.8 million Nigerians in predominantly agricultural northeast Nigeria over the last 10 years. Due to the increase in violence, many small-scale farmers were forced to abandon their farms and agricultural activities. The subsequent … Read...

Barley two weeks after donating 150 cars to the Nigeria Police, the Aliko Dangote Foundation, in yet another philanthropic gesture, Monday launched the Dangote Village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The Dangote Village in Maiduguri is a...

Some Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs), at Fariya camp in Maiduguri, Borno, have decried their poor living condition amidst Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. The IDPs made the complaints in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Friday. Malam Jiddah Ambari, the leader of …...

In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in....... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2sGIy8i Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Defence Headquarters has responded to the allegations of sexual offences levelled against the military by Amnesty International. Addressing a news conference on Friday in Borno State, the Director Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim, warned that the military would … Read...

Officials and internally displaced persons at camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Friday defended the Nigerian military over the allegation of rape and sexual assault raised by Amnesty International. This is as the military in a separate forum, again … Read more via Thisdaylive...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has assured Benue people that the Senate would not stop engaging security agencies to ensure adequate security in the state to enable the over 180,000 internally displaced persons currently occupying eight IDP camps return to their homes. Saraki, who gave …...

Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of raping thousands of women and girls at the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the country. The Nigerian Military had announced that it had received credible intelligence report of a plan by the Amnesty International (AI)...

The precarious state of Internally Displaced Persons across the country has been addressed several times on this blog, international and local humanitarian organizations have also bemoaned the abysmal manner in which these persons have been treated, with government officials siphoning much...

Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west Senatorial district has likened civil servants in the state to Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs). The House of Representatives also on Wednesday mandated its Ad Hoc Committee on Bailout Funds to investigate non-payment of salaries of Kogi workers and...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has expressed regret over the misdirected bombing of Rann Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp early this year. The incident resulted in the death of over 100 people. The NAF’s apology is coming less than a week after the Defence Headquarters (DHQ),had blamed...

Federal government has ordered a full scale investigation into Tuesday`s accidental bombing of civilian target by the military in Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, gave the directive in Maiduguri on Wednesday while speaking at a condolence...

…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...