Borno IDP Camps: Could Governor Zulum be misplacing the difference between ‘prostitution’ and rape?

On Wednesday, July 7 2021, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, lamented that prostitution is on the rise within the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps of the terror-ravaged North-East state. The statement could ordinarily pass scrutiny in Nigeria’s cultural clime – one that is largely anti-sex work, but for a number of... Read More

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boko haram, Borno IDPs, IDP Camps, prostitution, sex work, Sexual assault, Zulum

March 20, 2017

Borno IDPs accuse officials of diverting their food

The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to improve on their feeding. They said this while speaking with newsmen at the Teacher’s Village camp in Maiduguri. The IDPs particularly accused the State Emergency Management Agency [SEMA] of diverting food meant for them. Hajja Falmata Bukar, one of the displaced persons said... Read More

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Borno IDPs, diverting food, officials, SEMA

March 16, 2017

Three dead in fire incident at Borno IDPs camp

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Emergency Management Authority has said a fire incident at internally displaced persons camp in Borno State, has killed three people and left six persons injured. In a statement by its Information Officer, in the North-East zonal office, Maiduguri, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim onThursday, the agency said the fire incident started from... Read More

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Borno IDPs, CAMP, Fire incident, north-east, Three dead

February 21, 2016

2 Boko Haram suspects caught among Borno IDPs (PHOTOS)

Two Boko Haram suspects, Audu Umar and Hassan Umar, have been arrested by the Nigerian Army for ‘smuggling themselves’ among the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) that were relocated from Pulka to Gwoza IDPs Camp in Borno state. The male suspects, who were apprehended on Saturday, are currently undergoing interrogation by the military and intelligence operatives.... Read More

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