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UN Secretary-General gives hope to internally displaced persons in Borno State, acknowledging their grave need for humanitarian aid
A refugee or internally displaced persons’ camp would be the last place on earth that António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, would like to live with his family. Guterres said […]
Insurgents kill one and severely wound seven others in another pub attack
An improvised explosive device (IED) killed one man and severely wounded seven people who were drinking in a pub in the Abasha area in Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade […]
Insurgents slice necks of nine civilians, shoot dead one other and set fire to technical college in vicious attack on Gaidam, Yobe State
Insurgents sliced the necks of nine people – completely severing the heads of some – and shot dead one man in a vicious attack on the Gaidam Local Government Area […]
One year after the death of former president Idriss Déby, ordinary Chadians are pessimistic that the country will ever return to civilian rule
A year after the death of Idriss Déby Itno, the former president of Chad, and the subsequent takeover of the government by the Tchadian Military Council (TMC), ordinary citizens and […]
Suspected improvised explosive device blast kills five and wounds 19 in beer hall in Taraba market
Five people died and 19 were wounded after a bomb, suspected of being an improvised explosive device, detonated in a beer hall in Taraba State on Tuesday, April 19. The […]
Man killed and an unknown number of residents abducted in three separate attacks by insurgents in Borno State
A man was killed and an unknown number of people were abducted in three separate attacks by insurgents, thought to be members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), […]
Parched internally displaced persons in Gubio camp are crying out and begging the government to provide much-needed water
Hours turn into days – sometimes as many as four or five – as hundreds of parched people, mostly women and children, stand in kilometre-long queues for life-saving water. The […]
March 2022: A month of hell in Nigeria as 1,497 citizens killed and 702 abducted
In just March alone, there were 428 security incidents in Nigeria resulting in 702 abductions and 1,497 fatalities. A comparison with March 2021 shows a 144% increase – 175 to […]
Still 109 Chibok schoolgirls in captivity – eight years after their horror abduction
There are still 109 Chibok schoolgirls in captivity eight years after their abduction – and more than 20 of their parents have killed themselves and others have developed debilitating illnesses […]
Without urgent financial aid, 4.1 million Nigerians in the northeast face starvation
More than four million Nigerians in the northeast will face the “severe pain of food insecurity” in the approaching lean season. Matthias Schmale, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, […]
