Tag: IDPs
Why the North suddenly cares about northern lives, By Farooq Kperogi
It should be made clear from the outset that I am overwrought with immense grief by the heartbreaking but unintentional killing of 126 innocent...
What to do about sex and gender-based violence in Abuja...
By Justina AutaIt was the rainy season when Maryam Musa and her escaping family left Gwoza, walking through kilometers of forests and Savannah on...
They are burning down this house (2), By Ugo Onuoha
DEPENDING on who you ask, between three and four million Nigerians accounted for internally displaced persons in this country as at the end of...
ASUU donates foodstuffs to 320 IDPs in Katsina State
KATSINA- ASUU donated food items to about 320 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Katsina State on Sunday.Dr Lawalli Alkali, the association’s national resource person...
FG working on safe resettlement of IDPs, others— Minister
ABUJA- The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has assured that the Federal Government is working out modalities to resettle returnees and...
Foundation urges FG to return IDPs to their states, provide security
By ADEROGBA GEORGEABUJA- Hope Raisers Global Foundation, an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to do everything possible to return the people at...
Video: Ortom to Nigerians – If I were not in PDP,...
MAKURDI (Sundiata Post) - Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that if he was not a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
Sen Gyang, OPSH resettle IDPs, commission project
By Chijioke KingsleyAbuja (Sundiata Post) - In an effort towards peace building and reintegration/resettlement of displaced communities, the Senator Representing Plateau North in...
2023: Some Benue IDPs drag INEC to court over attempt to...
By TAIYE AGBAJEABUJA- The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Guma Local Government Area of Benue have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High...
2023 Census: NPC assures of counting special population, locations
By IKENNA OSUOHAMARARABA- The National Population Commission (NPC) on Thursday assured of the commission’s preparedness to conduct an all-inclusive census by counting and mapping...
UN Secretary-General in Maiduguri, visits rehabilitation centre, IDP camp
By YAKUBU UBAMaiduguri- The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Nigeria on Tuesday in Maiduguri, visited a rehabilitation centre for victims...
Ortom doles out rice, cash to IDPs, Kinsmen at Sallah
By Chibuike NwabukoAbuja (Sundiata Post) - Governor Samuel Ortom, Saturday, April 30th, 2022 doled out over 5 million to his kinsmen of Nzorov,...
IDPs: Refugees in their own country, By Kazeem Akintunde
A friend, who is a deputy director in one of the federal ministries has a building project in Kuje Area Council of Abuja. Though...
House of Reps member empowers returnee IDPs with constituency allowance
Following the dislodgement of the Internally Displaced Persons of Gwoza and Damboa origin from the Bakassi Camp to their ancestral homes by the Borno...
Borno APC accuses PDP of being insensitive to plight of IDPs
The Borno Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Hon Ali Bukar Dalori, has described as unfortunate the attacking of Gov. Babagana Zulum APC-...
Zamfara Govt Returns IDPs To Their Communities As Security Allegedly Improves
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Zamfara state have begun returning to their communities following improved security situation as reported by security forces.This was disclosed...
FG neglects Benue IDPs, funds only northeast – Group laments
By Chijioke KingsleyThe Federal Government that pledged to support over 1.5 million Internally Displaced Person (IDPs), scattered all over Benue State, has failed in...
“Even When I’m On Top Of My Wife And I Remember...
Governor Samuel Ortom has lamented about the worsening insecurity in Benue state, stating that the rise in the population of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),...
NEMA distributes food items to 35,508 households in Borno
By Abdulkadir IbrahimMAIDUGURI - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has begun routine food distribution for Internally Displaced persons in IDP camps, host communities...
17,058 births recorded in Borno IDP camps in 2 years
ABUJA - A total of 17,053 babies were born in 18 different locations of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno State between 2019...