Tag: North-East
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UN allocates $13.4m to support 1 million people with life-saving aid in North-East Nigeria
The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated $13.4 million to help thousands of children, women and men in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in crisis-hit north-east Nigeria. The humanitarian emergency in the northeastern Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world today, with 8.5 million people in need of life-saving…
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Yuletide: Terrorists may bomb Abuja, other parts of Nigeria where crowds gather – UK, US warn
British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise the terrorism threat alert in Nigeria during…
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Chad withdraws troops fighting Boko Haram in North East
Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources and officials said. The pull-out over the past two weeks could weaken a region-wide struggle against the militants who have killed tens of thousands of people, forced many more to flee and triggered…
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ISIS didn’t ambush, kill 30 soldiers in North East – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday dismissed as “falsehood” the reported killing of 30 troops by Islamic State (ISIS) in the North East. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Army is reacting to rumours that ISIS ambushed and killed 30 Nigerian troops on Friday in the North East. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Theatre Command of Operation…
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Boko Haram: Over 3m children need emergency education support in North East – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) on Friday says an estimated three million children need emergency education support occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. UNICEF’s Deputy Director, Justin Forsyth, told newsmen in Maiduguri that urgent interventions were necessary to address the situation. Forsyth said that over 57 percent of basic…
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Overall situation in North-east Nigeria remains extremely worrying – UN top official
The Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley yesterday described the overall situation in northeast Nigeria as extremely worrying while urging government bodies and humanitarian workers to not to relent on their push to save lives in the face of a complex and challenging emergency. Beasley who made the remarks in a…
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Boko Haram: Osinbajo reaffirms commitment to transparent aid distribution in North East
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government remained determined to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of insurgency in the North East through a transparent and effective process. He gave the assurance when he received a situation report on the distribution of humanitarian aids to the victims of insurgency from the implementation team…
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Intensify efforts to flush out Boko Haram remnants in North-East, Gaidam charges FG
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has appealed to the Federal Government to intensify the mop-up operation against Boko Haram remnants in the North-East to save lives and property. Gaidam made the appeal in Damaturu on Thursday while declaring open a two-day National Sensitisation Workshop on the Implementation of the National Counter Terrorism Strategy organised…
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Over 8.5million people in North-East require urgent humanitarian assistance – UN
Sequel to the ravaging effects of the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group in the North-East, the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday said an estimated 8.5 million people in that region are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance while over 5 million remain food insecure. It however commended the Federal Government for the…
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FG will commit significant share of 2017 budget to Northeast – Onyeama
The Federal Government will commit a significant share of the 2017 budget to confront the security and humanitarian situation arising from the Boko Haram terrorism, the Minister of of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said. Onyeama made the remarks on Friday at the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region, according to…