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 Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has set up the state’s Refugees Commission, decrying the high number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. He announced a take-off grant of N500 million and said it was part of his efforts to cater to the IDPs in the state. Bago made this known on Monday in Minna after making presentations …

The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo has said that the agency under her leadership was able to repatriate 3,500 displaced persons taking refuge in Niger, Cameroun and Chad Republics, even as close to 1 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were resettled back to their liberated communities in the last five and half …