There is no word to describe how I feel after my visit to Zabarmari communities yesterday. It is with great sadness, but also indignation, that I met the families of the victims of Saturday’s violent...
Abuja, 29 November 2020 I am outraged and horrified by the gruesome attack against civilians carried out by non-state armed groups in villages near Borno State capital Maiduguri. Tens of civilians...
Abuja, 19 August 2020 This is now the fourth consecutive year I mark World Humanitarian Day in Nigeria. This year, humanitarian workers are stretched like never before, and so are the people of...
ABUJA, 15 June – Today the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) announced a US$22.4 million funding allocation for 2020 that will help address the increased vulnerability of people affected by both the...
Abuja, Nigeria, 14 April 2020 – A shipment of ventilators and other essential medical supplies procured by the UN system in Nigeria to support the Government’s COVID-19 response arrived at Nnamdi...
Your Excellency, Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ms Sadiya Umar Farouq, Your Excellency, the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Mr Janez...
ABUJA, 20 January – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, strongly condemns the attack by non-state armed groups against the main humanitarian accommodation in Ngala, in the...
Abuja, 16 January 2020 I am deeply relieved that some civilians, including three aid workers, who were abducted by nonstate armed groups along the Monguno – Maiduguri road on 22 December 2019 have...
I am horrified by reports received yesterday of the execution of many civilians and the abduction of several others on the Monguno-Maiduguri road, in northern Borno State, and on the Damaturu-Biu...
Your Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces – Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari, The Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster...