Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Friday, unveiled a five-year, N853 billion programme to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. The governor, during the unveiling of the Action Plan in Makurdi, the state capital, said the aim was to foster the IDPs safe return to their ancestral homes. According to him, the Action Plan, also known as Durable …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said an estimated 1,134,828 from 251,082 households are internally displaced in Nigeria. A report by the bureau stated that Borno state recorded the highest number of displaced households, with 206,753, while 877,299 were internally displaced, representing 77.3 per cent of the entire surveyed population. It stated that the survey was conducted in 2023 across …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has allocated $9 million to aid refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and stateless individuals in its member nations. Nigeria received $1 million to assist terrorism victims in the North East. The Chair of the ECOWAS Permanent Representative Committee Musa Nuhu said this during the 2024 ECOWAS Ambassadors Retreat held in partnership with …

The Borno State Government said it had started probing some non-governmental organisations in the state for their alleged involvement in the burning of Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof Usman Tar, disclosed in a statement on Sunday. The state in the recent past witnessed fire outbreaks in several IDP camps. Such cases …

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians abroad to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa spoke when she hosted a Nigerian-Canadian, and founder of Bethel Outreach Communinty Services in Abuja, Ms. Vivian Etuka, presented an IDP with food items, clothes, toys, and books. She urged other …

Amidst reported threats by terrorists to attack Monguno in northern Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum, has announced the closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Government Senior Science Secondary School, Monguno. The closure of the Monguno camp brings to about 13 IDP camps that the state government has closed since 2018. The Monguno IDPs camp, about 120 …

Federal Government, on Thursday, called on international partners to intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Benue State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, made the call in Makurdi during her visit to the Ichwa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. Ichwa is one of the 13 official IDP camps located across the state. The minister, who …

National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has reiterated its commitment to building more resettlement and rehabilitation homes for vulnerable persons across the country. The federal commissioner of NCFRMI, Alhaji Tijani Aliyu Ahmed who disclosed this during the launch of the Resettlement City Project for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gusau, Zamfara State acknowledged the vision of …

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) under its Rapid Response Mechanism in collaboration with UN Central Emergency Response Fund and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) have embarked on the treatment of 14,000 malnourished children in Government Girls Arabic Secondary School (GGASS) in Mafa local government area of Borno State. The GGASS has a unique population of people …

The estimated number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue, Niger and Plateau States in 2023 alone has risen to about 548,751, figures collated on Sunday from various local and international organisations showed. It was also gathered, on Sunday, that the Federal Government, through its National Emergency Management Agency, has commenced the distribution of relief items under the Special National …