The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (HERC), Mark Lowcock, has said over seven million people; are dire need of humanitarian assistance in insurgency affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.

The Chairman of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Maj. Gen. Paul Tarfa (retd), has declared the readiness of the Commission to reduce the rate of illiteracy and poverty in Bauchi State.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has called for the establishment of a North-Central Development Commission (NCDC) to rebuild the communities ravaged by herdsmen banditry. Ortom, who made this request during an interview with newsmen yesterday in Makurdi, wondered how the National Assembly had approved the establishment of a North-East Development Commission (NEDC) because it…

Senators yesterday expressed fear that the funds to be released to the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari may be abused to defeat the purpose for the establishment of the agency.