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18 Nov
A remote part of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja is Wassa, a community not far from Waru in Apo District of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The community houses some Abuja residents living in dilapidated structures...
12 Nov
There appears to be succor in sight for victims of perennial flooding along the borderline between Lagos and Ogun states, and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Tatyo and Kyo community in Makurdi North Local Council of Benue State...
10 Nov
A non-governmental organisation, Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society (Zakat Foundation), has partnered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to raise N500 million for Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria.
5 Nov
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has set a two-month completion date for 1,000 housing units in Logumani and Gajibo communities to resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Ngala and Dikwa Local Councils of the state. According to him, 500 houses each at Logumani and Gajibo, have reached completion stage towards the relocation of the…
3 Nov
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has assured the displaced people of Logumani and Gajibo communities that they would soon be resettled back to their communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reoorts that the two communities in Ngala and Dikwa Local Government Areas were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents and residents displaced since 2014. The…
30 Oct
The number of internally displaced people within the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a record 6.9 million due to escalating violence, the United Nations said Monday.
26 Oct
Senior police officers and allied security chiefs are gathering in Owerri, Imo State from Monday, October 30 till November 1 to bounce ideas on enhanced security mechanism, also predictably to sharpen skills.
9 Oct
National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, (NCFRMI), has launched a rehabilitation and resettlement city for Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs), and the vulnerable.
21 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has announced stringent measures that would end banditry and terrorism, which have forced about 11,000 pupils out-of-school and 400 schools closed in Niger State.
13 Sep 2023
United Nations (UN) has promised to partner Borno State government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) to resettle and address the challenges of about 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the three North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe ravaged by Boko Haram.
7 Sep 2023
To ease the burden of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), a non-governmental organisation, Refuge Foundation, has donated school items to displaced children at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos.
5 Sep 2023
Save the Children, yesterday, said the total number of teens displaced by climate-induced disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa nearly doubled last year.It revealed that based on reliable data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre....

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