By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The United Nations has warned Federal Government against returning internally displaced persons, IDPs, in the North-East to their homeland, saying the area was not safe. Giving the warning, yesterday, in Abuja at the Lake Chad Basin Regional Protection Dialogue for the victi...

The World Health Organisation and the United Nations have embarked on a campaign to vaccinate 4.7 million children against measles in Nigerian states affected by conflict. Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Chikwe Ihekweazu explains the importance of the massive campai...

By Tom Miles GENEVA Nov 16 (Reuters) - The four countries fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa's Lake Chad region should unite behind a broader strategy to ease the poverty and climate change that are spurring millions to migrate to Europe, a U.N. official said on Monday. Nigeria,...

Wild polio virus (WPV1) outbreak After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in Nigeria, the Government reported three laboratory confirmed wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) cases with onset between July and August 2016. All three cases were detected from Borno State, in childr...

Chad's president, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, is seeking re-election for a fifth term when voters go to the polls on 10 April. President Idriss Deby Itno has been in power for 26 years. President Deby came to power through a military coup in 1990. He has maintained tight control over...

Local support for the so-called West Africa Province of the Islamic State (more commonly referred to as Boko Haram) has always been a nebulous subject. Often measured in terms of recruitment, local support for the organisation has been erratic over time and shaped by various factors. Nonetheless,...

A UNHCR report reveals that 65.3 million people were displaced as of the end of 2015, compared to 59.5 million just twelve months earlier Conflict and persecution caused global forced displacement to escalate sharply in 2015 reaching the highest level ever recorded and representing immense human ...

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA/WASHINGNTON — Three years ago, at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian soldiers stopped all fishing activities in the country's section of Lake Chad. Militants had infiltrated the ranks of the fishermen, the army said, and were using the guise to fund arms purchases a...

N'Djamena, Chad | AFP | Saturday 5/1/2016 - 03:42 GMT by Valérie LEROUX With US and European support, African states threatened by Boko Haram are out to smash the militant Islamist group terrorising the region -- but a coordinated response is required if they are to succeed. A regional offe...

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Abuja, June 15, 2016 (NAN) The Acting Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugee, Migrants, and Internally Displaced persons (NCFRMI), has said that the Federal Government will support every effort targeted at re-integrating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Mrs Ma...