UN suspends humanitarian air service in northeast Nigeria over $5.4m funding gap. The shutdown threatens aid delivery to displaced, hunger-stricken communities in Borno and Yobe. UN warns millions risk worsening isolation amid global donor fatigue. The United Nations (UN) has suspended a key humanitarian air service in Nigeria’s conflict-ridden northeast due to a severe funding … Read more
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has issued a wanted notice for nine individuals linked to terrorism and violent extremism in the North East of Nigeria. The individuals identified are: Abu Khadijah, Abur Rahman, Dadi Gumba, Abu Yusuf, Musa Wa’a, Usman Kanin Shehu, Ibrahim Suyeka, Ba Sulhu, and Idris Taklakse. Maj-Gen Edward Buba, the Director of Defence … Read more
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the full restoration of electricity supply to Damaturu in Yobe State and Maiduguri in Borno State after completing extensive repairs on the 330kV Gombe-Damaturu-Maiduguri transmission line. In a statement on Friday, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, confirmed that the Gombe-Damaturu line was successfully reactivated … Read more
The Federal Government has revealed that over four million children in Nigeria’s Northeast and Northwest regions are currently suffering from malnutrition. This alarming statistic was shared by Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, Director of the Nutrition Department at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, during a five-day strategic meeting in Keffi, Nasarawa State. EDITOR’S PICKS #Endbadgovernance: … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ukrainian government has intervened by offering 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable individuals in northeast Nigeria, amid the country’s rising inflation and food price challenges. This information comes from a statement released by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, the Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the … Read more
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have killed six people in raids on herding villages in northeast Nigeria, militia and residents said Sunday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked Bunuri and Gaderi villages as well as a nearby herding settlement in Gubio district late Saturday, stealing livestock and killing residents, they … Read more