Tag: IDPs
How women from IDP camps are getting back their livelihoods
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are persons who have been displaced by natural disaster or conflicts from their homes, and with ...
The Late 5: Military Task Force arrests 3 suspects over Plateau Killings, Buhari plans re-organisation of security architecture and other stories
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Special Military Task Force in Plateau, Operation Save Haven on ...
[The Injustice Blog] Edo IDPs in a close shave with death
The state of health of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Edo is one that requires emergency intervention by the state ...
[The Injustice Blog] As if they’ve not done enough damage, Politicians now use Abuja IDPs as protesters
The precarious state of Internally Displaced Persons across the country has been addressed several times on this blog, international and ...
The UN just released another 4 billion naira for IDPs, but what happened to previous monies?
In its bid to ameliorate the sufferings of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, the ...
[The Injustice Blog] It’s less than two months to May 2018, when are we returning IDPs to their communities?
November 25, 2016 Borno state Governor Mr Kashim Shettima while speaking to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) stated expressly that ...
The Big 5: Ortom decries the living conditions of IDPs, Manchester City beat Arsenal again and other top stories
These are the top stories you should be monitoring today. Security agents who have gone in search of the missing ...
[The Activism Blog] You need to listen to Osasu Igbinedion
TV host, Osasu Igbinedion has joined the list of numerous Nigerians playing a positive role in the lives of the ...
IDPs: Prosecute Babachir, others | UNDP, NHRC tell FG
The National Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday called for the prosecution of former Secretary to the ...
[The Injustice Blog] What message is Nigeria passing to the world?
In the last few weeks, the world has keenly followed the aftermath of the groundbreaking ruling annulling Kenya’s 2017 presidential ...
Opinion: Why the North East Development Commission must succeed
by Ayodele Adio A few days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the North East Development Commission bill, a ...
The Thread: “The cabal has fallen” | TwitterNG reacts to Buhari firing Babachir Lawal
It’s been a long time coming, this sacking of Babachir Lawal by President Buhari. We’d like to think that our ...
[The Injustice Blog] This strike by NEMA is all shades of insult on Nigeria’s image
You might have heard and you might not have heard, but the latest news in Nigeria is that employees of ...
1.8m Borno IDPs unwilling to return home – Report
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said 1.8 million persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency are unwilling to return to ...
Water in a Basket II: Susan is too distressed to be stressed
Since the floods, Susan, 31, and her mother-in-law, 55, have lived in the IDP camp at the Ultramodern International market. ...
[The Injustice Blog] Why arrest protesting IDPs just because they are tired of suffering in silence?
On Sunday, about 3000 IDPs in Maiduguri stormed the streets protesting their poor living conditions in the IDP Camps and ...
[The Injustice Blog] We should be ashamed of ourselves as a Nation
Nigeria has refused to evolve from where it is, to where it ought to be. We have tried the military ...
Benue police arrest reporter over IDPs protest story
The Benue Police Command has arrested a NAN reporter, Emmanuel Atswen over a report on the protest by IDPs at the ...
Boko Haram insurgents kill 9 IDPs in Borno
Boko Haram insurgents have killed nine people in the Rann Internally Displaced Persons camp in Borno. An aid worker and a ...
IDPs protest alleged diversion of relief items in Benue
Internally Displaced Persons at the International Market Camp, Makurdi, on Tuesday protested alleged diversion of relief materials by camp officials. ...
‘Boko Haram insurgents attack IDPs camp in Borno’
Boko Haram insurgents on Friday reportedly attacked an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Gamboru Ngala local government area of ...
EFCC arrests SEMA officials for diverting materials meant for IDP’s
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe, have arrested the secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Danlami ...
[The Activism Blog] UN condemns attack on IDPs
The United Nations has condemned the attack by Boko Haram insurgents at the Banki Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in ...
Is NEMA still in control of the IDP situation?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Reports from camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Borno state say that at least seven have ...
We have spent N2bn on IDPs in Borno – SEMA
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency SEMA on Saturday said it has spent over N2 billion on distribution of food ...
[The Injustice Blog] IDPs attack on humanitarian workers is the price to pay for ignorance
The originator of the popular saying, “If education is expensive try ignorance” might not have predicted that the price for ...
[The Injustice Blog] That shameful attack by IDPs on humanitarian aid workers
Nigeria was placed on the world map again on Saturday, August, 26, 2017, though for a very negative reason. Staff ...
N1.6bn relief for flooded states, 240 Borno children die of malnutrition | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N1.6 billion – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo ordered on Wednesday that this amount be released to states affected by flooding. ...
2face to donate proceeds of new song to IDPs
Iconic musician, 2face Idibia has promised to donate proceeds from his yet-to-be-released song to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. ...
Entertainment Roundup: D’banj releases tracklist for new album, ‘King-Don-Come’; Dammy Krane drops new single | More stories
Here are the biggest entertainment stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing ...
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