Tag: Northeast
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FG says 4m children in Northeast, Northwest are malnourished
The Federal says more than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are malnourished. Mrs Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, the Director of Nutrition Department in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare,
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Severe hunger affecting 4.3m people in Northeast Nigeria- UN official
United Nations (UN), top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has said that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. Schmale disclosed this to journalists in Geneva on Wednesday, that the number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition had doubled in one year…
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You’ve opportunity to produce another Tafawa Balewa, Atiku tells Northeast supporters
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says the party’s supporters in the Northeast have an opportunity to produce another Tafawa Balewa by voting for him in 2023. Abubakar stated this at the Pantami Stadium, Gombe while addressing supporters during his campaign launch in the state.
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UN seeks funding to implement humanitarian plan for Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations said funding was required to implement the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to address humanitarian needs of people in the Northeast Nigeria. UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, at a news conference on Tuesday in New York, said 1.1 billion dollars would be required to fund the HRP. According to him, only 37 per…
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Eid-el-Kabir: IGP, COAS celebrate with policemen, troops in Northeast
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkali-Baba, on Tuesday hosted a special feast with officers and men of the Command in Borno, to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maiden IGP feast is designed to enable the police hierarchy celebrate the festive season with personnel of the…
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Insurgency: Nigerian Army renames Northeast’s Operation Lafiya Dole
The Nigerian Army has renamed Operation Lafiya Dole, military operations ongoing to flush out Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the northeastern part of the country. This was announced on Friday via a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima. Following the approval of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim…
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We’ve found oil in Northeast, production starts soon, says Buhari’s petroleum minister
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to begin oil exploration in the northeast. Speaking during a recent interview on Channels Television’s on Monday, Sylva said: “I have said it a few times that we have found oil in the northeast and we have started drilling…
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Military approach alone can’t defeat insurgency in Northeast — Zulum
The Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has said it would take more than just the military approach to be able to defeat the insurgency in the Northeast region of the country. Speaking to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, the governor…
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Northern zones under siege, says Senate
The growing insecurity in parts of the country came to the fore again in the Senate on Thursday. The upper chamber particularly lamented the increasing humanitarian crisis in the Northeast, Northwest and Northcentral geo-political zones. The humanitarian crisis in the regions, it said, was being fueled by Boko Haram and Islamic State in West African…
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2019: APC Senator under attacks for predicting Buhari's loss in Northeast
A serving senator on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bukar Abba Ibrahim on Monday came under heavy attacks for predicting a loss for President Muhammadu Buhari and the party in the Northeast in next year’s elections. His comment does not reflect the reality on ground and he is not speaking for…