How Trafficked Nigerians Fall Victims Of Organ Harvest In Europe

With the targeted airstrike at a migrants’ camp in Libya, it is clear the migrant crises is taking a new dimension. A good number of the victims are Nigerians but before that, Nigerian migrants trying to reach Europe have for long been falling victims to organ harvesting as our correspondent reports.

Nigerian Govt, Private Sector Vote N56bn For Victims of Boko Haram Insurgency

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the total funding commitment of the Federal Government and the private sector in support of the rehabilitation victims of insurgency at N56 billion.

16 Die, 172 Hospitalized Sequel To Severe Cholera Outbreak in Maiduguri IDPs Camp

MAIDUGURI—Cholera outbreak in three Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps within Maiduguri, Borno State, have left 16 people dead and 172 in critical conditions, with World Health Organization, WHO, and UNICEF battling the epidemic.

Nigeria Has Highest Number of IDPs Worldwide - United Nations

The United Nations Country Representative, Mr. Dauda Toure, has said Nigeria has the highest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world numbering 1.5 million.

Flood Alert! NEMA Warns of Possible Flooding As Cameroon Is Poised To Release Water From Dam

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted the state governments and communities along River Benue of possible flood following information from Camerounian authorities of plan to release excess water from Lagdo Dam.

Boko Haram: Displaced Women Deliver Of 5 Babies In 3 Days

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that displaced women have been delivered of five babies at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Kalambaina, Sokoto, between May 7 and 9.

The NEMA assistant head, Sokoto Zonal Operations Office, Thickman Tanimu, made this known to newsmen in Sokoto, saying amongst the five new babies, three were girls, while two were boys.

He said two were delivered on May 7 while on transit to Sokoto, two on May 8 and one on May 9, adding the mothers and children were hale and hearty.

The official said 2,000 displaced persons, including the new babies, were evacuated by the agency from Geidam in Yobe on Wednesday to Sokoto.

He said nearly 80 per cent of the affected people were from Kebbi, while the rest were from Sokoto State.

“They were earlier displaced due to insurgent activities in Doron-Baga in Borno and they fled to Gegeme in Difa state, Niger Republic as refugees.

“However, they were also unfortunately deported back to Geidam in Yobe State after an insurgent attack at their IDPs camp in Niger Republic.

“It was from Geidam that the IDPs were screened by NEMA and security agencies, and the agency evacuated them to Sokoto,’’ Tanimu said.

He said that the affected persons from Sokoto State had almost been evacuated by the state government to their various towns and villages across the 23 local governments of the state.

Rescued Girls, Women Face Taunts, Stigma – UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that hundreds of girls and women recently rescued from the Boko Haram militants, including dozens who are pregnant and other females among them may now face stigma from their communities.

In a telephone interview with Associated Press (AP), the executive director of the UN agency, Prof Babatunde Osotimehin, said that the most important thing is to restore their dignity. He said, “When you have been in captivity against your will and God knows whatever they have done to them.

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Nigeria Now Has 743,062 Internally Displaced Persons Due To Conflicts and Natural Disasters — NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has recorded about 743, 062 persons that were internally displaced by conflicts and natural disasters in various parts of the country, Director General of the agency Muhammad Sani Sidi, has said.

Terrorism: NEMA Takes Relief Materials To Chibok

The National Emer­gency Management Agency (NEMA) has again distributed relief materials to members of the Chibok community traumatized by activities of terrorists.