Human Welfare

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, has said that despite improvements in the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad region, millions continue to remain dependent on life-saving assistance. The top UN relief chief at the Berlin Conference on the Lake Chad Basin region on Monday, September 3, 2018 urged greater international support for the region to safeguard the ...

The European Union on Monday, September 3, 2018 announced new funding of €138 million funding for humanitarian assistance and development in Lake Chad Region. According to a statement on Monday in Abuja, by the Press Officer to Delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Modestus Chukwulaka, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides made the announcement speaking at the High-Level ...

The UNICEF Representative in Namibia, Rachel Odede, has called for the speedy regulation of the 2015 Child Care and Protection Act in the country. The representative said this in a statement on Monday following the mutilation and murder of a nine-year-old girl from Windhoek that occurred on Aug. 28. “UNICEF is devastated by the heart-breaking story of the mutilation and ...

A crocodile attacked and ate a woman and her five-month-old baby, who had gone to fetch water from a lake in north-western Uganda, officials said on Monday, September 3, 2018. The attack on the shores of Lake Albert on Friday is yet another example of human-animal conflict in Africa. This is a situation where species often have to fight over ...

The Federal Government says it has developed a N6.7 billion robust plan of action for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement of northeast devastated by Boko Haram activities. Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, said this at a side event tagged “Strengthening the Humanitarian and Development Partnership in the Lake Chad Region” at the UN headquarters in New ...

In commemoration of the 2018 United Nations International Youth Day, Gender and Environmental Risk Reduction Initiative (GERI) in partnership with Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), organised an interactive session for youths at one of the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Benue State. The IDP Camp at Abagena in Makurdi was the venue of the activity held on Friday, August 17, 2018. ...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have called for the protection of humanitarian workers who have become targets and victims of conflicts. They made the call on Saturday, August 18, 2018 in Abuja as they commenced activities to commemorate the 2018 World Humanitarian Day with the theme “Not a ...

The World Food Programme (WFP), in conjunction with its partner INTERSOS, has distributed fuel-efficient stoves to 7,340 displaced families in Banki town, Borno State. According to a statement signed by Kelechi Onyemaobi, WFP’s National Communications Officer, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in Abuja, the stoves were distributed under WFP’s Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) Initiative. Onyemaobi said that ...

It was neither a Saturday nor a Sunday. And it wasn’t in the evening. It was a weekday during school hours, at a time when their counterparts are learning. Scores of children were seen whooping jubilantly over a new bride at the El-Miskin centre camp – one of the several internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Nigeria. A petite girl ...

Minister in Charge, First Baptist Church, Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Rev. Armstrong Ajayi, has called for more inter-ethnic marriages among Nigerians to promote peace and unity. He made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, July 30, 2018 in Abuja to commemorate the International Day of Friendship. Ajayi observed that the country could overcome ...