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United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), Mr Antonio Jose Canhandula, revealed on Tuesday in Lagos that of the over 2.8million Internally Displaced…

An estimated 30,000 Nigerians have returned since Tuesday from Cameroon to the flashpoint town of Rann, which has been targeted repeatedly by Boko Haram militants this year, the UN refugee agency said in an emailed comment to Reuters on…

THE United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has disclosed that over 1.9 million Nigerians are still in various Internally Displaced Persons camps in Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram insurgencies in North East part of Nigeria.…

Zannah Mustapha, the Nigerian mediator who brokered a deal for the release of dozens of Chibok school girls captured by Boko Haram, has been named this year's winner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen…

The Office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has cautioned against the forceful return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon. The UN Refugee Agency gave the caution in a statement on Thursday following the return…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Wednesday said that it would not continue to provide refugees in Nigeria with financial assistance. UNHCR’s new Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Antonio Canhandula,…