End insurgency to honour slain aid workers – INGO urges FG

The International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) Forum, called for immediate end to insurgency in the North-East, as honour and justice for slain aid workers, Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Liman.

Red Cross Confirms Role In Chibok Girls Release

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed its role in the release of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants since April 14, 2014.

UN remembers Chibok schoolgirls on Women’s Day

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called on the international community to remember the Chibok schoolgirls and thousands of other women abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists.

Shekau hiding in Kala-Balge forest

Nigeria has recently trumpeted a major victory in its battle against Boko Haram, claiming that its army has routed the jihadists from their forest bastion, but the war against them is far from over.

Boko Haram: UN launches appeals for 500,000 victims

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday launched a multi-million dollar inter-agency appeal to provide support for about 500,000 Boko Haram victims from Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

Boko Haram: children severely malnourished, at risk of death, says UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Director,Anthony Lake,  on Tuesday, said the brutal years of Boko Haram insurgency had left a devastating impact on the children in northeast Nigeria.

Five million in Nigeria’s northeast need food – FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Boko Haram insurgency and rising inflation have left more than five million people in northeast Nigeria facing acute food insecurity.

Borno IDPs get UN cash assistance

The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Maiduguri said on Sunday that many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state had benefited from its different cash support programme aimed at improving their living condition.

There is a stand-off at the entrance to the presidential villa, Abuja, as members of the Bring Back Our Girls group, campaigning for the release of school children abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, insist they be allowed to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.