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The real victims of the Benue Massacre I: “First, they slit his throat”

There has been a lot of propaganda around the rash of ethnic and economically driven killings that have spread across the Nigerian Middle Belt. At the very forefront of this humanitarian crisis is Benue, which on January 1st 2018, was at the centre of a maelstrom of violence that left 100 people dead. Propaganda and... Read More

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September 25, 2017

[The Activism Blog] UN donates relief materials to Benue flood victims

The United Nations on Thursday, September 22, 2017, through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), donated relief materials worth N18 million to victims of the recent flood disaster in Benue. The Head of Benue UNHCR office, Samuel Agwa who donated the item on behalf of UNHCR said in conjunction with SEMA,70 percent of... Read More

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September 9, 2017

31,000 police officers to be recruited; $2bn spent on IDPs | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

31,000 – The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has said that the Nigerian Police Force would recruit this number of officers annually to solve the problem of shortage in the force. 223 – The number of people that have been killed in Boko Haram attacks in North-East Nigeria between April and now, according to... Read More

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September 7, 2017

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 Rukuje, for allegedly diverting materials meant for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Alongside Mr Rukuje’s arrest, is his accomplices which followed a tip-off received by... Read More

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September 2, 2017

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 items and condiments to IDPs in the last four years. SEMA’s Chairman Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri. Satomi said that the amount went... Read More

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August 31, 2017

#BenueFlood: Figures of people displaced, houses lost increases

The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi were displaced by flood. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Boniface Ortese, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Wednesday that over 2,769 households were also affected. Achusa, 200 houses were affected with 5,125 persons displaced. Idye,... Read More

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August 27, 2017

#BenueFlood: 7 communities, market, radio station submerged

A Radio Station, Wurukum Market and seven other communities have been submerged following the Saturday night heavy downpour in Makurdi, Benue state. The State Commissioners for Land, Survey and Solid Minerals, Bernard Unenge, and Water Resources and Environment, Joseph Utsev went round the town for situation report on Sunday. Ustev: The disaster was caused by blocked... Read More

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Suicide bombing: Youth attack SEMA rescue team in Maiduguri

Officials of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency rescuing victims at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri on Monday were attacked by a mob. The incident occurred at Londonciki-Simari area of Maiduguri, where a female suicide bomber attacked a mosque killing eight worshippers while 15 others sustained injuries. The youth who were... Read More

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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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September 24, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XX: The receptionist

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 23, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XIX: The men from Hong

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 22, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVIII: The elasticity of Yakubu

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 21, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVII: Hassan Hassan

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 20, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVI: The book seller

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 19, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XV: Hunger in Maiduguri

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 15, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XI: “The children are happy now”

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 8, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM IV: Jibrin went back to school

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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September 7, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM III: “We survived Shekau’s men, we can survive hunger”

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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August 22, 2016

YNaija Editorial: The humanitarian crisis in the North-east

A major plank of the Buhari administration was the pledge to end the insurgency in the North-east. It met on the ground a war against Boko Haram that had been badly handled and allowed to metastasize, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. While the moves to improve security and defeat the insurgents have... Read More

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October 23, 2014

How did Nigeria come to have 743,000 refugees within its borders?

by Isi Esene The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has recorded about 743,062 persons that were internally displaced by conflicts and natural disasters in various parts of the country, Director General of the agency Muhammad Sani Sidi has said. He disclosed this in Calabar at the opening of the annual consultative meeting of the National... Read More

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Revealed: Boko Haram not using suicide bombers

The truth however is even some of the bombers are sent to their death without them knowing so…. Contrary to widespread belief that most of the bombings by the Boko Haram sect are carried out by suicide bombers, it has been revealed that the sect, whose members are being routed out of... Read More

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