Abuja, 24 January 2025 – A total of just over US$ 910 million is required to respond to the humanitarian needs of 3.6 million people in need of life-saving assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY)...
Abuja, 15 January 2025 - I am horrified by the recent mass killing of fishermen and farmers in Borno State’s Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) reportedly by members of a non-state armed group...
12 September 2024 For Immediate Release MEDIA ADVISORY We are pleased to invite you to a press briefing by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, on flooding...
ABUJA, 11 September 2024 - I am deeply disturbed by reports of the brutal killing of at least 128 men and boys in Mafa, in Yobe State’s Tarmuwa Local Government Area (LGA), on 1 September. The attack...
Abuja, 30 June 2024 - The United Nations strongly condemns the suicide bomb attacks on civilian populations in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday. The exact number of people...
Abuja, 6 March 2024 The United Nations strongly condemns the reported abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of them women, boys and girls, in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno...
I am alarmed by the impact that continued conflict is having on vulnerable people, in particular on children, in north-east Nigeria. Yesterday, I visited El-Miskin Camp in Maiduguri, Borno State,...
The United Nations strongly condemns the reported ambush and brutal killing of more than 30 civilians in Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area in Borno State yesterday. Several people were...
Yesterday’s killing of a staff member of the humanitarian non-governmental organization Médecins du Monde in Damboa, Borno State is deeply disturbing and sad. On behalf of the United Nations, I...
1. Support the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Floods Emergency Appeal The IFRC Emergency Appeal aims to reach 500,000 people through a multi-sectoral intervention addressing...
Abuja, 1 November 2022 – Over this past week, I spoke with people that have lost all their possessions as a result of devastating floods, during visits to Adamawa in the north-east and Anambra in the...
By Mr. Matthias Schmale, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food...
Abuja, 2 March 2021 I am gravely preoccupied by reports of an ongoing violent attack by non-state armed groups in Dikwa, Borno State, during which several aid facilities were impacted. The attack...
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...
