Tag: Lake Chad Basin
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Buni emerges Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Chairman
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum. Buni was elected during an extra ordinary session of the governors meeting, on Friday in Maiduguri.
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JTF kill scores of terrorists, recovers weapons in Lake Chad Basin
Fight against insurgency continues in Lake Chad Basin, as Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, (MNJTF) operating in region killed many terrorists and captured several pieces of equipment and high calibre weapons. In a statement signed by the MNJTF’s spokesman, Lt. Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke at the weekend,said the latest successes were recorded under the…
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Displacement of 30,000 people from Nigeria to Cameroon alarming – NRC
Eric Batonon, Country Director in Nigeria for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said the displacement of 30,000 people from Nigeria to Cameroon is alarming. Batonon in a statement on Wednesday said, “The women, men, and children fleeing are not opportunists; they are civilians fleeing for their lives”. The statement reads: “The Norwegian Refugee Council…
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Boko Haram: FG working with Lake Chad Basin neighbours to end menace – Osinbajo
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said countries in the Lake Chad Basin, in collaboration with Nigeria, were working together in dealing with insurgency in the region and the consequent humanitarian crisis. According to the Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande in a press release made available…
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Time to plant seeds and cultivate peace in the Lake Chad Basin
By José Graziano Da Silva In the two decades before 2015, West Africa made notable strides in reducing hunger, reducing the number of hungry people by more than 60 percent, well ahead of its Millennium Development Goal pledge. Yet today in Nigeria – one of the region’s star performers in that period – we now…