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2Face Foundation, UNHCR intensifies efforts to raise funds for Internally Displaced Persons
As part of the partnership between The 2Face Foundation and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Projects in Africa with Focus on IDP Intervention, both organisations have put…
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N18bn MMM loss, N3.5m donation | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N1.3million - A suspected Boko Haram terrorist was found carrying this amount of cash and was arrested by the Nigerian Army in Borno while he was trying to gain entrance into…
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2baba donates N3.5m to UN
by Dolapo Adelana Entertainer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2baba, has donated the sum of N3.5 million to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Nigeria, to support humanitarian…
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Opinion: Recovering Nigeria’s refugees and IDPs: A fight worth fighting
by Olawale Rotimi Nigeria has been ranked among nations with high number of displaced persons and refugees; this record is solely linked to insecurity challenges faced by the country…
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There are many stateless people in Nigeria and the UNHCR says it wants to help
by Jewel Stephen The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it will help Nigeria in providing technical support for the conduct of a national study on statelessness.…
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Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram need $34m – UNHCR
by James Sambo With over 75 000 people displaced in the battle against insurgents in NorthEast and NorthCentral Nigeria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on…
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How Nigerian refugees are fleeing Borno to deserted Island in Chad because of Boko Haram
by David Cyril Majority of the people who fled Kolikolia, Borno State, after being attacked by the dreaded terrorist group Boko Haram, are presently at an uninhabited island of Choua…
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Angelina Jolie writes in the New York Times: How I am winning the battle against cancer
by Angelina Jolie My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they…
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UN Report: 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011
by Lekan Olanrewaju According to a new report released by the UN refugee agency, about 10,500 Nigerians last year sought asylum in developed countries. This is an increase from the 9,500…
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