Humanitarian
A starving New Year for stranded IDPs who are desperate for government payout
No food, no water and no money – the New Year does not look good for those stranded in internally displaced persons’ camps of Maiduguri, who are still waiting for […]
Thousands of IDPs get reprieve as government payout agreement is delayed
The festive season and the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari to commission projects in Maiduguri on Wednesday, December 23, has given thousands of internally displaced persons some reprieve. They were […]
Teenager dreads evacuation from Teachers Camp in Maiduguri
Many men have tried to have sex with her, her brother was hit by a car while begging and now 17-year-old Adama Muhammad, who looks after her five siblings and […]
Government lied to us about food assistance, claim IDPs
In Brief – The government has not kept its promise to provide healthy and essential food and, when it did help feed internally displaced persons in Maiduguri’s Teachers Village Camp, […]
We could starve to death, say resettled internally displaced persons in Pulka
Internally displaced persons who have been returned to their community in Pulka, Gwoza, are “knocking on the door of starvation”, as the World Food Programme described it. Many of those […]
Yobe State women demand that the government implement law to stop gender-based violence
The message was loud and clear: The culture of silence about gender-based violence (GBV), which has become a scourge in northeast Nigeria, must end. “Women’s voices must be heard,” so […]
Children and pregnant women, particularly those in IDP camps, are most at risk of life-threatening severe malaria
Children under the age of five and pregnant women – especially those living in internally displaced camps – are most likely to suffer from severe malaria and could even die […]
Without shelter, poor almajiri children roam the streets with hungry bellies
Almajiranci is the oldest form of Islamic education in northern Nigeria and it involves sending children – some as young as three – to different states across the nation to […]
Victims of the fire at Muna Camp are pleading with the government to urgently provide tents and shelters
It has been 23 days since a raging and devastating fire swept through the Muna Garage El Badawe Camp in Maiduguri and the internally displaced persons who live there have […]
Ending food insecurity is a long and hesitant journey
The food insecurity situation in conflict zones in Nigeria is likely to worsen, affecting thousands of the most vulnerable communities and leading to an inevitable food crisis that will be […]
