Tag: IDP
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FG will restore normalcy to IDPs in North East – Osinbajo reassures
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to restore normalcy to the lives of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast region of the country. A statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, on Friday, said Osinbajo stated this when the Executive Director of the…
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7.1m Boko Haram survivors eat one meal a day – UN envoy
No fewer than 11 million survivors of the destructive Boko Haram insurgents are in desperate need of humanitarian aids. Mr Toby Lanzer, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, said this while Spotlighting the desperate plight of millions in Africa’s Lake Chad basin. The top United Nations humanitarian official for the Sahel region also called for…
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EFCC arrests Councilor, 4 others for stealing 300 bags of rice from IDP camp
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has picked up a Supervisory Councillor for Agriculture in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, Umar Ibrahim and four others for allegedly stealing bags of rice donated by Danish Refugee Council, a Non-Governmental Organisation, to the Internally Displayed Persons in the council. The anti-graft agency in…
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Buhari regrets accidental bombing in Borno, wishes victims divine succour
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness and regret over the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno, by the Nigerian Air Force engaged in fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the area. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, the president…
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Several dead as Nigerian jet mistakenly drops bomb on IDP camp
Several Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were reportedly killed after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the Rann IDP camp in Borno State. The Rann IDP camp in Kala-balge Local Government Area caters for thousands of persons displaced by Boko Haram. “At least hundred people were injured and needed to be evacuated to hospitals.…
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Headies 2016: Uti Nwachukwu urges artists to spare Christmas gifts for IDPs
Uti Nwachukwu, a Television personality, model, and actor on Friday urged artists in the country to remember Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as they celebrate Christmas. Nwachukwu made the call while presenting the award for the Best Pop Single at the eleventh edition of the HIP television HEADIES music awards in Lagos. According to him, the…
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Senate demands sack of SGF over alleged mismanagement of IDP funds
The senate has demanded that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, resign from office over allegations bothering on mismanagement of funds set aside for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The upper legislative chamber took this decision following the indictment of Lawal by a committee that investigated corruption in the management of funds…