Nigerian refugees, who recently returned from Cameroon, are now facing enormous challenges ,which include difficult living conditions due to lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, as well as limited and overstretched health facilities. This is particularly the case in Pulka and other areas of...

LAGOS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria will unveil a National Integrated framework for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) by September, Yemi Osinbajo, the country's acting president said Tuesday. The acting president made this known at a ceremony to commemorate the 2017 World Ref...

His broken arm is in a bamboo splint, his torso pock-marked with shrapnel and his jaw wired together by a Nigerian army surgeon. But 38-year-old vigilante Dala Aisami Angwalla is undaunted by two nearly fatal brushes in the last year with Boko Haram, one involving a landmine, the other an ambush, a...

By Ebuka Onyeji and Agency Report A former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the destructive activities of Boko Haram contributed to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly in the north-east. The Boko Haram insurgency has caused about 100,000 deaths since ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed to stakeholders to support the rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe with opportunities to rebuild their lives. The Head, UNHCR in Yobe Mr. Gabriel Idoko, who made this appeal on Tuesday at the commemoration of t...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday appealed to stakeholders to support the rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe with education, safe living condition and economic rehabilitation. Mr Gabriel Idoko, Head UNHCR in the state, made the appeal at the comme...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday donated sanitation equipment to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Damaturu, Yobe, to enhance their living condition. Mr Gabriel Idoko, the Head, UNHCR in Yobe, presented the materials to the displaced persons at Kukareta ...

Nigeria, Niger and Chad face the risk of a disease outbreak as the rainy season starts in the Lake Chad Basin. 2.4 million people are already displaced due to the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram and the military operations to counter them, and the rains are set to make the humanitarian situation ev...

For Immediate Release Saturday, July 8, 2017 USAID Press Office +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov | Twitter: @USAID Today, the United States announced nearly $639 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the millions of people affected by food insecurity and violence in South Suda...

Member Nations briefed on famine-fighting efforts in four at-risk countries 6 July 2017, Rome - Preventing famine in northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen urgently requires intensified humanitarian support and further funding. That was the message of an event hosted by the UN's Foo...