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  • Unknown person dumps 2-day old baby at Edo IDP camp

    Unknown person dumps 2-day old baby at Edo IDP camp

    The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, in Uhogua, near Benin, says an unknown person has dumped a two-day-old baby in its community.

    Coordinator of the camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, who disclosed this on Friday, said that the baby was discovered at the camp woods by the entrance into the camp last Friday at about 11a.m.

    He said that the baby, who was presently under medical care at the camp health facility was dumped by the person with a note.

    “We discovered the baby who is about a day or two old at our woods on the entrance into the camp.

    “The baby was dumped with a note which read ‘please help me take care of him. I cannot take care of him, because I don’t have anything and I don’t want to kill him also, so he is your own please’.

    The coordinator however said that the development had been reported to relevant authority as well as security agencies in the state like the Ministry of Women Affairs, the Police and the Department of State Service (DSS).

    Meanwhile, Folorunsho has appealed to the parents of the child to be confident enough to come out, adding that child is in need of breast feeding .

    According to him, I encourage the parents of the child to come out and not be afraid, if not for anything so that the baby can be given breast milk, while we solicit support for them.

    “Or we could mobilise to raise and rent a house for her(mother), help with food and other things, since she said the reason for her action is because she cannot take care of the child.

    “If she has support, I am sure, she will be able to take care of the baby. If the woman will be there, we will be supporting the child.

    “But in the absence of that, we are ready to take care of the child and train him like other children here, because some children we have here were brought in here quite young, though this is the youngest.”

    The coordinator also appealed to well meaning Nigerians to assist the child with baby clothes, food and other nutritious things.

    “While we take care of this child with the nurses we have here and our staff, we appeal to well meaning  Nigerians to assist the child.

    “Because we definitely need help in terms of baby clothes, baby food, and other nutritious things the child needs,” he said.

    Folorunsho said that the parents of the child must have dumped him because of the confidence that the camp takes good care of all babies in their possession.

    “The way we care for children here, I think the news is everywhere. Everybody knows us and how we are able to take care of children.

    “We bring them up well morally, educationally, upkeep and everything.

    “So I believe she is somebody that knows us, or somebody told her about us,” he said.

  • How I spent my Christmas – Peter Obi

    How I spent my Christmas – Peter Obi

    Candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has disclosed how he spent his Christmas.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Obi made the disclosure on Sunday via his official Twitter handle, tweeting that he spent the day visiting displaced Nigerians in IDP Camps.

    “They were forced to abandon their homes due to the pervasive insecurity. It is disconcerting that the government is failing in its responsibility to protect her citizens. This must change,” Obi tweeted.

    Meanwhile, speaking with the IDPs, Peter Obi said that their plight would not continue, adding that they should have hope that they would soon go back to their ancestral homes.

    “What you are passing through is what Nigeria is passing through. As long as you remain here in the camp, Nigeria is not doing well.

    “It is my desire that you will like this camp and continue to do what you know best to do which is farming. As long as you remain in IDP camp, Nigeria is in IDP,” he said.

    Obi expressed joy at celebrating Christmas with the Displaced Persons, saying that he was unhappy to see fellow Nigerians camped against their wishes in IDP camps.

    “I cannot celebrate while you are in camps hence the decision to celebrate with you,” he said.

    Earlier, Dr Emmanuel Shior, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said that Obi was the only presidential candidate that visited and celebrated Christmas with the IDPs.

    Shior said that the state 12 has officially recognised IDPs camps and seven unofficial camps hosting thousands of Displaced Persons.

    He said that Obi had visited to encourage and give hope to the over 10,000 IDPs in Abagana IDPs camp, stating that he donated N3 million to them.

  • Insurgency: Borno Govt shuts down MOGOLIS IDP camp

    Insurgency: Borno Govt shuts down MOGOLIS IDP camp

    The Borno State Government has shut down the Mohammed Goni Islamic and Legal Studies (MOGOLIS) Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) camp in Maiduguri.

    Announcing the formal closure of the camp on Saturday, the state Commissioner for Resettlement, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Mr Mustafa Gubio, said all the 500 households taking refuge in the camp have been resettled.

    Gubio said the development was inline with Gov. Babagana Zulum’s promise to close some camps in Maiduguri and return all those willing to go back to their ancestral communities to engage in farming and other normal businesses.

    “Closure of these camps, particularly those occupying schools and other related organisations would make room for resumption of full academic activities affected institutions,” he said.

    Also speaking, the Director-General of Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, said that everything was done inline with international protocols, particularly the Kampala Convention.

    Kolo said the affected households were given livelihood support alongside choice to either stay in Maiduguri, Auno or Damasak towns.

    She said those who chosed Maiduguri were given rent subsidy to rent accommodation, while those who chosed Auno and Damasak were given accommodation in already completed housing estates in the affected towns.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that there are 26 official camps in Maiduguri.

  • NNPC staff inserts pepper, burns private part of 14-year-old girl picked from IDP camp

    NNPC staff inserts pepper, burns private part of 14-year-old girl picked from IDP camp

    A staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Kaduna, Mrs. Yemi Awolola has been arrested for allegedly torturing and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl she took into custody from IDP camp.

    Kaduna State Ministry of Human Services and Social Development which disclosed this on its Twitter handle said, Mrs. Awolola collected the victim from her parents at an Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna 15 months ago.

    According to reports, the victim was given to Mrs. Awolola on the agreement that she would be supported to go to school.

    The Ministry said Awolola and some of her family members had consistently abused, battered, made the girl to sleep in the toilet and often times forced her to drink pepper.

    The Tweet reads: “The Ministry is currently investigating a distressing news of child labour and physical violence by Mrs. Yemi Awolola a staff of NNPC group Kaduna on one 14-year old Princess Michael whom Mrs. Yemi keeps as a house help.

    “Princess was given to Mrs. Yemi by her parents, upon agreement that she will be supported to go to school.

    “For the 15 months of Princess’s stay with Mrs. Yemi, she has been consistently abused and battered. She is made to sleep in the rest room and often times is forced to drink pepper which Mrs. Yemi rubs on Princess’s body.

    “Recently the case was brought to light when Mrs.Yemi and her family members used a lighter to burn Princess’s private part and also inserted same device into her vagina which landed Princess in a hospital in Barnawa.

    “The Ministry does not condone cases of violence on anyone let alone on a child and will mete out sanctions on Mrs. Yemi and her family on three counts: a. Child labour. S.29 (1) of the CWPL states that no child should be subjected to forced or exploitative labour & anyone who contravenes any provision of (1) or (2) commits an offence & is liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N50,000 or imprisonment for a term of 5 years or both. b. Violence against children: Part IV, S.28 (1) of the CWPL states that no person shall subject a child to emotional & physical violence & anyone who contravenes this, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than Two (2) years or fine of not less than N100,000 or both.

    “Sexual violence: Mrs. Yemi recently used a device into Princess’s vagina and used flames to burn her around the walls of her vagina. S.32 (1) of the CWPL considers this an offence & S.33 (2) states that she is liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N100,000 or imprisonment to a term of not less than 5 years, or both.

    “Princess Michael will get justice for all Mrs. Yemi and her family have done to her. And every other would-be criminals like her who think they can abuse a child in Kaduna State and go free, should please try and see. No one hides for long,” the Ministry assured.

  • 14 burn to death in Borno IDP camp, Buhari mourns

    14 burn to death in Borno IDP camp, Buhari mourns

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening described as “extremely horrifying,” the news of the death of 14 persons and injury to many from a fire incident at an IDP camp in Ngala, Borno State.

    According to reports, the blaze broke out mid-morning in a camp holding some 70,000 people in the town of Gamboru, close to the border with Cameroon.

    “We recovered 14 burnt bodies from the gutted shelters and another 15 who sustained varying degrees of burns from the fire,” militia leader said.

    More than 200 shelters were destroyed, rendering 1,250 people homeless, said a rescue official, who asked not to be named.

    “The fire killed 14 people, six from the same family, and left 15 with injuries, seven of them critically,” said the official.

    It was not clear what caused the fire but residents blamed it on arson after a suspect was arrested with a lighter in his pocket, another militia member Shehu Mada said.

    The decade-long Boko Haram conflict has killed 36,000 people and forced 1.8 million from their homes in northeast Nigeria.

    Reacting to the sad incident, the President directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to investigate and report the circumstances leading to the incident, and advise on how a future occurrence will be averted.

    He further directed that urgently needed assistance be immediately given to the victims, and prayed to Allah to repose the souls of those whose lives were lost, and the quick recovery of the injured persons.

  • BREAKING: Children burnt as fire razes IDP camp in Borno

    Information reaching TheNewsGuru (TNG) has it that Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Monguno Local Government area of Borno state has been razed by fire on Thursday.

    Unknown number of children were said to have been burnt in the inferno.

    Details Shortly…

     

  • Flood: New IDP camps rebound as NEMA deploys relief materials to Delta

    Flood: New IDP camps rebound as NEMA deploys relief materials to Delta

    The ravaging impact of the flood in Delta have caused the victims who could not access any of the 12 Government established Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps to create 10 new Camps for themselves.
    However, the Flood Management Committee created recently by the State Government and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said they were on top of the situation.
    The agency said that it would cater for the needs of the people in both the government and the private camps.
    The Director, Relief and Rehabilitation, NEMA, Mr Kayode Fagbemi, in a statement on Monday in Asaba, commended the state government after inspecting some of the IDPs Camps and areas affected by the flood.
    He noted that government had been proactive in the setting up of the camps to handle the impact of the flood across the state.
    He expressed his sympathy for the people for their suffering and inconveniences particularly for those in the private camps and gave the assurance that the challenge was being addressed.
    The director expressed hope that the effect of the flood would not be as devastating as that of 2012.
    In an interview, Mr Walson Brandon, NEMA Incident Coordinator for 2018 Flood Emergency Operations Centre, Anambra and Delta States, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that NEMA was handling the situation.
    According to him, NEMA had on Friday delivered truck loads of relief materials for distribution to the IDP Camps in Delta.
    He said that the material supplied included rice, tin tomatoes, blankets, mattresses, mosquito nets, sanitary pads, pots, children’s wears, women and men’s wears, water purifiers, others.
    Brandon said that when the agency reviewed the situation in the camps there might be additional supply of relief materials to complement and to ensure that the victims’ needs were met.
    He said that the agency was working with other partners to ensure that the people had good life while at the camps.
    He said that after the flooding the next line of action would be on how to resettle the victims back in their homes.
    “Now, what we are doing is purely response and the most important need of the people now is how to eat.
    “This is why, as you can see today, we are handing over some relief materials and medications.
    “As we speak, we are waiting for a truck load of drugs billed for the victims of flood in various IDP camps in Delta.
    “In managing the camps, there are gaps that have been identified in various camps such as shortage of health personnel and water supply; but as the days go by most of these issues would be addressed.
    “After this stage, our focus will be on how to put the people back to normal life to enable them to go back to their homes,” Brandon said.
     

  • IDP camp bombing: Presidency foots medical bills of victims

    The Presidential Committee on the North East on Sunday announced its decision to settle the medical bill of victims of the recent Air Force accidental bombing in Borno.

    Alhaji Tijjani Tumsa the Executive Vice Chairman of the committee who disclosed this when be visited the victims on admission at the Specialists’ Hospital, Maiduguri, pledged N20 million to the hospital to cover the medical expenses.

    Tumsa said that the committee would also give N10,000 to each of the victims on admission to take care of their personal needs.

    “We have come here to commiserate with the victims and their families and see what we can do to help them.

    “On behalf of our chairman, Rtd Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, we are pledging complete payment of their medical bills.

    ” We are going to pay N20 million to the Specialist Hospital to cover the cost of their treatment.

    “This is to ensure that none of the victims pays for any treatment or medication,” he said.

    He also said that the committee would give N1 million to the caregivers to further boost their moral.

    “We are also providing N1 million to the caregivers to encourage them and to facilitate their humanitarian activities,” Tumsa said.

    He commended the International Committee for the Red Cross and other bodies for their concern to the victims.

    “I want to thank the International Committee for the Red Cross and other humanitarian bodies for particularly showing interest towards assisting the victims.

    “We are persistent in our belief that victims should not be allowed to suffer,” Tumsa said.