The closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Mokwa by the Niger State government was welcomed by concerned stakeholders including residents. Supporting the closure, stakeholders argued that the camp established by the state government to provide temporary abode for victims of flooding in the area is fast becoming abode for illicit activities. Major […]
As insecurity lingers in many communities riddled with disturbances, the hope of victims being permanently resettled in their homes continues to be a mirage. BY TYAV SAM TYAV Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps, world over are not known to be permanent camps. It does not in any way become the permanent homes of the occupants. […]
*Approves new policy to tackle poverty, sets 2050 agenda *Okays N2.1bn for Nigerian Content House maintenance *Approves N665m for poultry farmers in four states Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja To forestall attacks by bandits, the Federal Government has asked security agencies to beef up security in and around Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. The Minister of Humanitarian […]
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, and other International organizations have been accused of frustrating the Nigerian Army over its fight against terrorists in the country. A Coalition Civil Society Organisations on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria in its first quarter report released in Abuja on the ongoing war against insurgency in […]
A Group under the umbrella of Daffo Mangai Women Association, Plateau State on Thursday in Jos took to peaceful rally to the Plateau State House of Assembly appealing to government to help resettle the growing number of Internally displaced persons (IDP) camps back to their ancestral homes. The women also alleged that government has abandoned […]
A Non-governmental Organisation, Rotary Club International, has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to use the 2018 budget to end polio ravaging Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) across the country. The call was made Thursday by the District Governor of the club, Nnoka Mbanefo, in Jos, while commissioning two Bus Terminal Shelters, constructed by Rotary […]