US Grants $32.5M to Combat Hunger Among Nigeria’s Displaced Populations

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaUS Grants $32.5M to Combat Hunger Among Nigeria’s Displaced Populations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 6, 2025

In a rare policy reversal following widespread aid suspensions, the United States has approved US$32.5 million in humanitarian assistance for Nigeria. The funding aims to alleviate hunger among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in conflict-affected regions, marking a significant shift since the U.S. government under President Donald Trump withdrew most support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). According to a statement issued by the U.S. Mission to Nigeria, the new funds will deliver both...

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Stampede in Bama: One Dead, 21 Injured During Red Cross, UNICEF Cash Giveaway

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaStampede in Bama: One Dead, 21 Injured During Red Cross, UNICEF Cash Giveaway

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

What was meant to be a lifeline for vulnerable families in Bama, Borno State, turned tragic on Thursday, 15 May 2025, as a stampede at Kasugula Primary School claimed one life and left 21 others injured. The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), in a statement released from Maiduguri on Saturday, confirmed the sad development. The incident happened during the second day of a cash disbursement programme jointly organised by the Red Cross and United Nations...

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UNICEF teams up with Kate Henshaw, and three others to promote children’s rights in Nigeria

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUNICEF teams up with Kate Henshaw, and three others to promote children’s rights in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 2, 2023

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has partnered with Nigerian celebrities Kate Henshaw, Ali Nuhu, Waje and Cobhams Asuquo in its campaign to promote children’s rights to education, healthcare, security, and protection in Nigeria The four celebrities, described as UNICEF champions, were unveiled at an event in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Cristian Munduate, a UNICEF representative, said the champions are “individuals with authority and strength in their arts to guarantee children’s...

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UNICEF To Commit $ 270 million To Fight Poverty In Nigeria

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaUNICEF To Commit $ 270 million To Fight Poverty In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2023

In its efforts to aid humanitarian response and alleviation of poverty in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged its commitment to provide $ 270 million. Christian Mundate , the Country Representative of UNICEF disclosed this in Abuja, when she visited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu in company of the Chief of Health and HIV/AIDS, Eduardo Celades. The Deputy Director Information of the Ministry Rhoda Iliya in...

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Intersociety accuses Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch of political partisanship

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaIntersociety accuses Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch of political partisanship

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 7, 2023

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has called for the appointment of a non-Nigerian Researcher on Nigeria Affairs for the Human Rights Watch, HRW. The group, in a statement dated Thursday, 6 July 2023, also solicited a leadership overhaul of Amnesty International, AI, Nigeria. Emeka Umeagbalasi, the board chair of Intersociety, stated that the demands were imperative to purge the HRW and AI’s “advocacy activities in the country of entrenched...

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Camp Coordinator Solicit Support For IDPs To Advance Their Education

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaCamp Coordinator Solicit Support For IDPs To Advance Their Education

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 12, 2023

The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Uhogua, near Benin, has appealed for sponsorship from well-meaning Nigerians to help some IDPs achieve their educational dreams. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, Coordinator of the camp, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to her, the appeal became necessary, following the large number of IDPs in tertiary institutions, currently sponsored by the camp management. Folorunsho said that in view...

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Journalists Make Case For Nigerians Across The Globe

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaJournalists Make Case For Nigerians Across The Globe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 30, 2023

To reduce cases of irregular migration and human trafficking among Nigerians, the Journalists International Forum on Migration (JIFORM) has urged the Tinubu administration to ensure decent job negotiation for Nigerians across the world. The forum in a statement on Monday by its President Dr Ajibola Abayomi said the creation of the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs would deepen the gains of human capital migration to the nation’s economy. The statement reads in part: “Nigerians in diaspora...

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BREAKING NEWS: Sit-At-Home Over as IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeBREAKING NEWS: Sit-At-Home Over as IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2022

By Emmanuel Chisom Chigbata (Staff Rporter) The Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Court ruled among other things that Nigeria is in breach of extradition treaty and laws and have breached Kanu’s fundamental human right, that the proceeding against him in the Federal High Court is tainted with illegality and that the Federal High Court breached...

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Police Brutality: Over 74 Persons Received N287 million As Compensation

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsPolice Brutality: Over 74 Persons Received N287 million As Compensation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 15, 2022

No fewer than 74 persons of police brutality have received compensation N287 million in compensation from National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The first batch of N146million compensation was awarded on December 23, 2021, to 26 people. Dr. Salamatu Suleiman, the chairman of the NHRC governing board, congratulated the petitioners for their faith in the human rights mechanisms in Nigeria. “The commission will continue to exercise its mandate to promote and protect the rights of every...

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FG Pays N289m Compensation To 74 #EndSARS Victims

Human Rights & FreedomNewsFG Pays N289m Compensation To 74 #EndSARS Victims

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 14, 2022

…apologises for violation of victims’ human rights The federal government has paid a total sum of N289,384,09 million as compensation to 74 victims of police brutality. The symbolic presentation of cheques to the various beneficiaries and victims was done at the Headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, the chairperson of the governing board of the commission, Dr Salamatu Suleiman, said a total of N431,88,094 million...

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