This afternoon, I met with the Governor of Borno State, H.E Kashim Shettima at his office here in Maiduguri. During our meeting, the Governor and I exchanged a lot of ideas and important information on the ongoing humanitarian work in his State. His Excellency expressed his immense appreciation o...

Nigeria makes history today with the launch of a strategic plan and roadmap to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The plan tagged: “Synthesis Report of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Review” articulates what Nigeria needs to do to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2)—one of the recently ado...

Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Tobi Soniyi, Paul Obi in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Tuesday was another day of tragedy for Borno State as a Nigerian Airforce fighter jet mistakenly dropped bombs on some settlements, believed to also harbour Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs), in Rann, Kala Balg...

Nigeria - IOM has built mental health resource centres in nine locations across northeastern Nigeria to assist and support thousands of people who have fled the Boko Haram insurgency, and the local communities who are hosting them. The centres are part of IOM’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Supp...

With its mandate up for renewal, there’s work to be done to ensure the MNJTF stays relevant. 13 Jan 2017 / by Wendyam Aristide Sawadogo Boko Haram’s latest incursions in Cameroon and Nigeria, specifically in the towns of Mora, Madagali and Maiduguri, claimed many victims – both military and ci...

By Ola Lanre | RANN, NIGERIA Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after the air force accidentally killed dozens of people there, local and military officials said. On Tuesday, the air force said it had bombed Rann in Born...

Destruction of homes and killings of friends and relatives have traumatised countless adults and children across northeast Nigeria By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Puffing on the cannabis joints dangling from their mouths, a group of teenage boys hurl ...

Erratic rainfall and decreased agricultural production in the Sahel in 2012 resulted in a food security and malnutrition crisis that depleted household food stocks, resources, and livelihoods assets, exacerbating preexisting levels of acute malnutrition in Niger. As of May 2014, approximately 1 mill...

President Muhammadu Buhari asked parliament on Sunday to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, deepening suspicions among many Nigerians that his health is worse than officials are admitting publicly. The statement did not say how much extra time Buhari was seeking off. He had...

12 April 2017 – The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported. According to the UNICEF report, Silent Shame: Bringing out the voic...