Nigeria: Military accidentally drops bomb on refugees, kills at least 52
Jan 18, 2017, at 05:45 pm
Abuja, Jan 18 (IBNS): An error by the Nigerian military turned fatal as they accidentally dropped a bomb on a refugee camp in Rann, killing at least 52 people and injuring hundreds, reports said.
Nigeria: Church roof collapses, kills 60
Dec 11, 2016, at 01:56 pm
Uyo, Dec 11 (IBNS): The roof of a church collapsed in Nigeria's Uyo area, killing at least 60 people, media reports said on Sunday.
Nigeria: At least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra activists killed in crackdown
Nov 24, 2016, at 09:05 pm
Washington, Nov 24 (IBNS): The Nigerian security forces, led by the military, embarked on a chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions and violence resulting in the deaths of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters in the south east of the country, according to an investigation by Amnesty International published on Thursday.
Nigeria: UN expert seeks urgent answers on ‘brutal’ eviction of 30,000 people in Lagos
Nov 18, 2016, at 05:08 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert has appealed to the Government of Nigeria for an urgent explanation of the forced eviction of 30,000 people in Lagos state in the last week.
Oct 27, 2016, at 01:35 pm
New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): With nearly 400,000 children facing starvation in Nigeria, and citizens suffering with little to no protection, security, food or access to clean water, “Nigeria is facing the worst humanitarian crisis on the African continent,†Peter Lundberg, the acting United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, warned on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s military gains against Boko Haram uncover vast humanitarian needs – UN
Aug 20, 2016, at 04:12 am
New York, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that it is increasingly alarmed at the unfolding situation in north-east Nigeria where the advancing military campaign against Boko Haram has exposed “catastrophic†levels of suffering among a population outside humanitarian reach over months or years.
Aug 12, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United Nations health agency on Thursday stressed the need to prioritize immunization of children in hard-to-reach areas such as the Lake Chad region, spanning several countries and often affected by conflict.
After attack on convoy, UN suspends aid delivery in areas of restive north-eastern Nigeria
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:23 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations has temporarily halted humanitarian assistance missions in north-eastern Nigeria’s restive Borno state after on Thursday’s attack on a multi-agency aid convoy which had been delivering desperately needed relief aid in a remote area of the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Children starving in parts of Nigeria held by Boko Haram, UN children’s agency warns
Jul 20, 2016, at 01:19 pm
New York, July 20 (Just Earth News): About a quarter of a million children in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, are suffering from severe malnutrition, the United Nations children’s agency on Tuesday announced. Of those, about one in five will die if they do not receive treatment.
'Alarming' levels of malnutrition and famine-like conditions in northeast Nigeria – UN
Jul 13, 2016, at 04:59 am
New York, July 12 (Just Earth News): Humanitarian convoys have uncovered emergency levels of severe acute malnutrition and famine-like conditions in Nigeria's Borno State, particularly in 15 satellite camps, where some 275,000 people are living, the United Nations relief aid wing has warned.
Vizag engineer kidnapped in Nigeria
Jul 01, 2016, at 07:30 pm
Vishakhapatnam, Jul 1 (IBNS) : Two Indian employees, including a civil engineer of a cement company from Vishakhapatnam, were kidnapped by unidentified miscreants in Nigeria on Wednesday morning, The Times of India reported.
UN allocates $13 million from emergency fund to support people in north-eastern Nigeria
Jun 28, 2016, at 03:19 pm
New York, June 28 (Just Earth News):The top United Nations relief official on Monday released $13 million from a fund that supports rapid humanitarian responses – known as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) – to provide life-saving assistance to 250,000 people in areas of north-east Nigeria that have just become accessible.
Niger: UNICEF reports more than 240,000 uprooted from homes in Diffa region
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:16 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):More than 240,000 people, or a third of the population, in Niger’s Diffa region have been uprooted from their homes since 3 June attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the single largest displacement since 2013, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday.
Women in displacement sites in Nigeria’s Borno state face high risk of abuse – UN
Jun 10, 2016, at 05:17 am
New York, June 9 (Just Earth News):New assessments of the protection risks faced by the affected people living in Nigeria’s restive north-eastern Borno state have concluded that women face a high risk of abuse in displacement sites, the United Nations humanitarian wing has reported.
One kidnapped schoolgirl found in Nigeria
May 19, 2016, at 04:20 am
Lagos, May 18 (IBNS): A school girl, who was abducted by militant group Boko Haram, has been found in Nigeria media reports said on Wednesday.
Nigeria: UN human rights experts call for progress in abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok
Apr 13, 2016, at 01:35 pm
New York, Apr 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Ahead of the second anniversary of the abduction of 200 schoolgirls in the town of Chibok in Nigeria, a group of United Nations and African human rights experts on Tuesday appealed to Boko Haram to immediately reveal the location of the girls, and urged the Government of Nigeria to escalate its efforts to free all civilians kidnapped by the group.
Nigeria: Security Council condemns 'heinous' terrorist attack attributed to Boko Haram
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:46 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Condemning in the strongest terms Saturday’s "horrific terrorist attacks" attributed to Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, which resulted in a large number of dead and wounded, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all States to cooperate in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Nigeria: Boko Haram attack on village kills 50
Feb 01, 2016, at 03:35 pm
Maiduguri, Feb 1 (IBNS) A gun and bomb attack by suspected militant group Boko Haram, reports said.
Nigeria: Several killed in gas plant explosion
Dec 25, 2015, at 10:39 pm
Nnewi , Dec 25 (IBNS): A blast at a gas plant in south-eastern Nigeria has left several people dead, media reports said on Friday.
Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency forces one million children from school - UNICEF
Dec 23, 2015, at 01:52 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries have forced “a staggering†one million children out of school in a conflict that has dealt “a huge blow for education in the region,†the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.
Nigeria must halt evictions threatening thousands with homelessness: UN expert
Nov 24, 2015, at 02:49 pm
New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A United Nations human rights expert on Monday called on the Nigerian Government to immediately end unlawful large-scale evictions that are threatening tens of thousands of people with homelessness even as the rainy season rages on, voicing alarm at the violence sometimes used by police.
Nigeria: Ban condemns deadly terrorist attack
Nov 19, 2015, at 02:02 pm
New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the terrorist bomb attack in the Nigeria city of Yola, which killed dozens dead and injured scores.
Terrorism most immediate problem for new Government: Nigerian President
Sep 29, 2015, at 02:38 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): The new Nigerian Government has many issues to contend with but none as important as defeating the terrorist threat posed by Boko Haram and bringing back the Chibok girls unharmed, the country’s President declared at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.
Nigeria: UN rights expert condemns attack against displaced persons' camp
Sep 17, 2015, at 01:54 pm
New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): A "heinous" attack against a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, where some 32,000 people have found refuge, was strongly condemned on Wednesday by an independent United Nations human rights expert.
Children suffering 'dire consequences' of conflict in northern Nigeria-UN agency
Jan 21, 2015, at 07:24 pm
New York, Jan 21 (IBNS) Women and children make up the vast majority of the latest wave of refugees fleeing violence in northern Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned on Tuesday , spotlighting its ongoing efforts to provide basic assistance, including safe water, nutrition, health, education and protection services to affected children in the region.
Ban 'appalled' by deadly bombing near shopping centre in Nigeria's capital
Jun 27, 2014, at 07:15 pm
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday voiced his condemnation of the bomb attack that took place yesterday near a shopping centre in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, which reportedly resulted in the death of at least 21 people.
Nigeria: UN urges national actors to ensure release of schoolgirls
Jun 10, 2014, at 05:16 pm
New York, Jun 10 (IBNS): A United Nations envoy on Monday renewed the world body's commitment to supporting ongoing efforts by the Nigerian Government to secure the safe release of the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok, and called for concerted efforts to tackle the insurgency in the north-east of the country.
Nigeria: UN to support efforts to release abducted schoolgirls
May 16, 2014, at 05:40 pm
New York, May 16 (IBNS): The United Nations is committed to supporting Nigeria's efforts to ensure the release of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants, the world body's newly-appointed envoy to the country said on Thursday, as he announced that the UN has initiated preparation of a "support package" that will include assistance for affected families and the girls after their release.
Nigeria: In wake of abductions, Ban set to send high-level envoy
May 09, 2014, at 05:41 pm
New York, May 9 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday voiced his deep concern at the fate of the recently kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria during a phone call with the country's President, Goodluck Jonathan, who has accepted the United Nations chief's offer to send a high-level envoy to discuss how the world body can support the Government tackle internal challenges.
Nigeria: UN seeks immediate release of abducted school girls
Apr 17, 2014, at 05:48 pm
New York, Apr 17 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have condemned the abduction of some 100 school girls from their hostel in north-eastern Nigeria on Tuesday and called for their immediate release.