Internally Displaced Persons

By FEMI ADESINA The Yoruba people of South-west Nigeria have a saying: when a child rejects instructions at home, it is from outside that such child is trained. And that was exactly what happened on Tuesday and Wednesday, this week,…

Several people have reportedly contracted measles at various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps scattered across Benue State. It was gathered that at least 60 people, mostly children above the age of five, had been infected in…

Anthony Iwuoma The Senate, on Wednesday, set in motion steps to make life more tolerable for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Following the submission of the senator, representing Imo North, Sir Frank IIbezim,…

Nigeria is currently going through one of its worst unemployment crises in recent times, a new report by the World Bank has stated. The multilateral institution also noted that the socio-economic challenges facing Nigerians in the last…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, led a delegation of Senators on a visit to the Wasa IDP camp in southern Abuja to commemorate the 2nd year anniversary of the ninth Assembly. On the delegation were: the Deputy Senate President,…

Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi representing Niger North in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, raised alarm over the growing number of persons displaced by the activities of bandits in Niger North Senatorial District. The lawmaker disclosed…

The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), at Fufore International Transit camp, Adamawa State, on Wednesday, staged a protest over shortage of food supply for four months. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Fufore international…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, has called on the Federal Government to make provision for special funds to resettle victims of banditry and cattle rustling in Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states. Masari made the call at the…

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), has called for stiffer penalties against perpetrators of violence against women and children. The association made the call on Thursday in Lafia at its Zone D Executive Council…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized and commiserated with internally displaced persons (IDP’s) in eight local governments of Katsina state who were displaced by armed banditry. Buhari, who sympathized with the victims on Wednesday…