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The renewed attacks on farming communities in Shiroro, Munya, Wushishi, Rafi, Mariga and part of Mashegu local government areas of Niger State have again worsened the humanitarian crisis in the state, and bearing the brunt more are women, who now have to shoulder family responsibilities after losing their husbands. Checks at the IDP camps in…
No fewer than 15 communities have reportedly been dislodged in Mokwa LGA of Niger State by a flood. The Director General (DG) of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Garba Salihu, who disclosed this at the IDP camp in Kuta, Shiroro LGA, said the humanitarian situation in the state had been very challenging in…
The marauding bandits had struck again. The assailants, in their hundreds, sent many residents away from their farms, rustled animals and carted away food items. Hajara, a 25-year-old mother of four, fled Shadadi community in Niger state, Nigeria's north-central, with her children and never looked back.
The plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country has continued to assume worrisome dimensions with the rainy season wreaking havoc on their dwelling places. Our correspondents in Benue and Niger states in this report shed light on how these displaced people are affected by the rainy season. For Mary Shiadon, a displaced mother […]