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N o  fewer than 2,500 people have allegedly been displaced since the commencement of the Anambra and Kogi states communal bloody clash about 18 months ago. Disclosing this yesterday, a community leader in Aguleri, one of the warring communities in Anambra, and Patron of Omambala Indigenous Youth Foundation, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Abala, regretted that the states and Federal Government have not put a stop to the war. According to him, “these displaced people on the side of Anambra state need medication, food and shelter to help curtail the suffering they are going through”. He stressed the need for the warring communities of Odeke and Echeno in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State and Enugu Otu Agulueri, Eziagulu Otu, Mkpunando and Agulueri, Anambra East Local Government Areas of Anambra State to have a covenant and boundary demarcation to end the war. “The traditional ruler of Igala, HRM Attah Agabaidu Michael Idakwo Anieh Oboni, HRH Rev JJ Agbata the Doga of Echen...

The U.S. Agency for International Development, United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and WHO have signed a $10.5 million grant agreement to assist Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria’s North East. Ratidzal Ndhlovu, who spoke on behalf of the agencies at an event in Abuja on Thursday, said they were delighted to sign such an agreement, tagged Integrated Humanitarian Assistance for Northeast Nigeria. According to her, insurgency remains the biggest security challenge in Nigeria which has affected 24.5 million people. “Since the insurgency started we have witnessed an upsurge against civilians, schools, religious houses as well as mass abduction of women and children,” she said. Mrs. Ratidzal, who decried the deplorable condition of insurgency survivors, said there was urgent need for their health and psychosocial support for them. She said the partners would do their best to ensure that Adamawa, Borno and Yobe had access to basic primary health facilities. Mrs. R...