Humanitarian aid group, Doctors Without Border has said a total of 240 displaced children have died of malnutrition in Borno State. Moctar Abari, emergency officer of the group – which is also known as Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) – made this known in an interview with NAN on Monday. He said the deaths were between... Read More

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December 16, 2013

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South Sudan ‘quashes coup attempt’

by Akintomiwa Agbaje An attempted coup d’etat by soldiers to overthrow the goverment of Sudan has been put down. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir told reporters in the capital that the government was in full control and announced a night time curfew which resulted from the heavy battle between rival factions of the presidential guard overnight in... Read More

December 9, 2012

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“800,000 FCT residents displaced in 6 years”

The human rights group, Federation of the Urban Poor, on Saturday said the Federal Capital Territory Administration has evicted and demolished homes of over 800,000 residents of the FCT. The figure includes 10,000 persons that have been displaced since the recent demolition exercise by the FCT in the past few months. The President of FEDUP,... Read More

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October 11, 2012

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SNAPSHOT: 120-year-old woman rescued from submerged house in Bayelsa

by Hauwa Gambo Great news: A 120-year-old woman, Rhoda Tamunu, has been rescued from a house submerged in the floods in Bayelsa. On Wednesday, Mrs. Tamunu was rescued by the state’s Emergency Medical Services at Agudama in the state’s capital, Yenagoa. She is one of many displaced by the raging floods, some in relief camps... Read More

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June 9, 2012

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#DanaCrash: Displaced victims shun resettlement camp

by Stanley Azuakola Days after the Lagos State government set up a resettlement camp at Ipaja to provide temporary accommodation for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Iju-Ishaga area where the DANA Airplane crashed last Sunday, the camp has remained deserted as the victims refused to return to the camp. Though the resettlement camp being run... Read More

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Malnutrition ‘kills 240 displaced children’ in Borno

Fighting resumes in South Sudan after botched coup

South Sudan ‘quashes coup attempt’

“800,000 FCT residents displaced in 6 years”

SNAPSHOT: 120-year-old woman rescued from submerged house in Bayelsa

#DanaCrash: Displaced victims shun resettlement camp

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