News: Nigeria

NIGERIA: Timeline of recent unrest in Niger Delta region

SC.WebAdmin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:02 +0000

ABUJA Thursday, February 04, 2010 (IRIN) - Despite abundant oil wealth in the Niger Delta region in southeast Nigeria, residents lack basic services including electricity, piped water, health clinics and schools. The region has seen decades of unrest stemming mostly from local militants’ uprisings over what they call neglect of the moneymaking region.

Nigeria: 6,900 IDPs in and around Jos, no plans to return home

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:49:13 +0000

Date: 12 Feb 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

NIGERIA: Jos displaced dread return

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:20:28 +0000

Source: IRIN Some 15,400 people who fled violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos remain displaced three weeks later and despite dire living conditions, many do not plan to return and rebuild their destroyed homes.

Frightened residents flee violence-hit Nigerian city

SC.WebAdmin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:32:36 +0000

Date: 25 Jan 2010
Source: Agence France-Presse

Nigeria: Thousands displaced after sectarian clashes in Jos

SC.WebAdmin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:39:53 +0000

Date: 18 Jan 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Nigeria: No end to internal displacement

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:49:02 +0000

Date: 23 Dec 2009
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Norwegian Refugee Council

NIGERIA: Displaced go home as calm settles over Maiduguri

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:23:52 +0000

Source: IRIN Most of the 4,000 Maiduguri residents in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria who fled last week's violence to shelter in military and police barracks on the outskirts of town, have now returned home, according to the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC).

Nigeria: Displaced go home as calm settles over Maiduguri

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Date: 05 Aug 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Nigeria: Red Cross helps people displaced by armed violence in the north

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Date: 31 Jul 2009
Source: ICRC

Nigeria: Red Cross helps people displaced by armed violence in the north of the country

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:27 +0000

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Abuja/Geneva (ICRC) - Following this week's violent clashes between the Nigerian security forces and members of the Islamic armed group Boko Haram, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society are providing material and psychological assistance to an estimated 3,500 people who have fled their homes and sought shelter in barracks and police stations around Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northern Nigeria.

Nigeria: Thousands flee violence in northeast

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:42:36 +0000

Date: 29 Jul 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

NIGERIA: Toll on civilians still unclear in Delta

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:05 +0000

ABUJA Thursday, June 11, 2009 (IRIN) - With access to Nigeria's Delta creeks still restricted, the extent of the impact of military operations on Delta residents remains unclear, say rescue workers.

NIGERIA: Nomad-farmer clashes increase as pasture shrinks

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:16 +0000

KANO Monday, June 08, 2009 (IRIN) - Amid deadly clashes with farmers and expulsion orders by state authorities, thousands of nomadic herders in Nigeria do not know where to turn.

Nigeria: Over 2,000 displaced out of aid workers' reach

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:25:03 +0000

Date: 26 May 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

CAMEROON-NIGERIA: Bakassi's displaced in flux, peninsula vulnerable

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:38:16 +0000

Source: IRIN A 18 October rebel attack on the Bakassi peninsula exposes the region's continued vulnerability to "insurgency, piracy and unruliness," according to a UN senior officer who coordinates the Cameroon Nigeria Mixed Commission that oversaw the handover of the peninsula from Nigerian to Cameroonian authorities on 14 August.

Cameroon-Nigeria: Bakassi returnees overwhelm authorities

SC.WebAdmin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:37:59 +0000

Source: IRIN Up to 100,000 Nigerians displaced from Bakassi in southern Nigeria are sheltering in makeshift camps 10 kilometres away in the state of Akwa Ibom. More keep arriving according to the Nigerian Red Cross, leading local authorities to fear an impending humanitarian crisis.