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[ 28th Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  Since 2009, the North east has been the theatre of the violent campaigns of the Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, its breakaway group, the Islamic State's West Africa Province  ( ISWAP ) , and counter insurgency forces. PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA ) , in an August 2019 report, said insurgency activities of extremist Islamic groups had led to the death of an estimated 35,000 persons in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.
[ 31st August 2020, Jere, Mafa, Kondunga and Maiduguri ] Recommendation: Community child protection mechanisms need to be reinforced and realigned with the national child protection laws. Further research is required to properly understand these community systems and how it can be aligned to the national child protection response.
[ 24th Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  A Nigerian presidential spokesman declined to comment on the death toll. Nigeria's war with Islamist insurgencies Boko Haram and Islamic State's West Africa Province has spawned one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with millions of people dependent on aid. The conflict shows little sign of ending. Children younger than five account for more than nine out of 10 of those killed, with 170 dying every day, the UNDP said. If the conflict continues to 2030, more than 1.1 million people may die, the agency said.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria ] Targeting schools and abducting hundreds of students for huge ransom has been taken to new heights since Boko Haram joined the Islamic State West Africa Province  ( ISWAP )  in their armed campaign in the North East and neighbouring Cameroon and Chad. A United Nations report estimates that the 12 year BokoHaram conflict in the North East has contributed to the death of nearly 350,000 people, more than 90 per cent are children .The UN Development Programme says that for every person killed directly in the fighting, and at least nine other lives are lost because of the impact of the war.
[ 28th Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  Recently, the United Nations Mine Action Service  ( UNMAS )  said in a report in June, that it had collated an estimated 1,366 incidents involving explosive hazards from January 2016 to April 2021, in the North east region.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] Nigerians have been justifiably confused by conflicting poverty data presented by the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the World Bank. According to Buhari, his administration has lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out of poverty within the past two years. But no sooner had he made the statement than the World Bank asserted that inflation has plunged seven million Nigerians into poverty.
NEW YORK/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 12, 2021   Hundreds of children are falling ill with measlesin Zabarmari, a small town in Nigeria's conflict affected Borno state, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medicines Sans Frontières  ( MSF )  warned today. A vaccination campaign is needed to curb the epidemic in Zabarmari and the state capital Maiduguri.
[ 22nd Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  The PSRP document presented by the bank stated that only 51 per cent of installed capacity was available for generation, as an average Nigerian consumed four times less energy than her counterpart in a typical lower middle income country. It, however, noted that every Nigerian paid less for electricity than what it costs to supply electricity to them.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] The multidimensional poverty measure the World Bank appears to be applying. By this measure 47.3% Nigerians, or 98 million people, live in multidimensional poverty. Most of them are located in northern Nigeria. This poverty rate does not include Borno State, where insurgency has prevented data collection.
[ 23th March 2021, Nigeria ]  He explained that many people are pushed into poverty when they contract TB due to lost income, transport costs and other expenses.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria ] Nigeria had commenced COVID 19 vaccination on March 5, 2021, having received approximately four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX, a UN backed effort that promises access to vaccines for up to 20 per cent of participating countries' population
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] The problems of fragile HLP rights for the different population groups revolve around lack of access to farmland, tenure insecurity and evictions, living in low quality housing and crowded conditions, and conflicts over land, to name a few. Some return locations  ( including those to which IDPs return spontaneously )  lack basic housing facilities and access to farmland, and the affected communities are unable to claim HLP rights, especially in garrison towns in Borno State. Many female headed households have difficulty accessing and paying for rental accommodation  ( more so in Borno than Adamawa and Yobe States ) . Eviction from houses exposes women to significant risks, including sexual exploitation and abuse.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] One reason for the World Bank's assertion that seven million Nigerians have been driven into poverty is the 22% increase in the price of food. Food prices contributed about 60% to Nigeria's inflation rate of 18%. Rising food prices exacerbate poverty because it reduces the real purchasing power of households, and shifts expenditures away from essential items such as health, education and housing.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] The situation has deteriorated since the spread of COVID 19: it has increased eviction cases from 6 10 households per month to more than 100 evictions per month. More of the eviction cases have been reported in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mobbar, Gwoza LGAs of Borno State; and Mubi and Yola in Adamawa State.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria ]  High levels of conflict across the Northeast is driving limited engagement in agricultural activities, declines in humanitarian access, and displacement, with many populations being displaced multiple times. This, coupled with the significantly above average staple food prices, constrains household purchasing power and food access
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] An average Nigerian household spends about 56% of income on food, the highest in the world. Countries like US, UK, Canada, and Australia spend 6.4%, 8.2%, 9.1%, and 9.8%. Nigeria's high expenditure on food implies that a slight increase in food prices would push more people into multidimensional poverty.
[ 4th May 2021, Nigeria ] Furthermore, a good majority of stakeholders in the formal education system agree that education personnel, learners and visitors always wear face mask in the classrooms  ( 78% ) , 74% of them said learners wash their hands with soap under running water before entering the classroom and 64% agreed that there are posters on safety protocols in every classroom and in the learning centres. Only 37% of the respondents agree that some persons still shake hands and hug  ( 31% ) .
[ 7th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The project has also responded to the trauma of conflict and displacement, with psychosocial support services so far reaching 13,500 households.
[ 3rd Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  The latest feat comes barely a week after at least seven soldiers of the Nigerian Army were killed by an improvised explosive device planted by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. ISWAP, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, has become the dominant terrorist faction in Northeast Nigeria after its fighters fought and defeated Boko Haram, killing the latter's leader, Abubakar Shekau.
[ 4th May 2021, Nigeria ] Among the non formal education respondents, 73% agreed that face masks are used by all in the school premises, 69% attest to their schools' compliance with hand washing procedures and 69% of the respondents agree that there are posters on safety in every classroom in the school. 47% of the respondents agreed that learners and personnel still shake hands and 38% agree that they still hug in their school.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] Food prices have been rising in Nigeria and pushing more people into poverty for a few reasons. First, the depreciation in the value of the Naira has resulted in steep increases in the prices of imported food items, such as rice, sugar, milk, beverages, and frozen food. The Naira has depreciated by about 13% during the past year. Second, because of Nigeria's rapid population growth, food supply in the country may be lagging demand. Nigeria's population has been growing by about 2.6% per annum, while agriculture value added has been growing at 2%.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria ]  In a credible worst case scenario in which households are cut off from humanitarian food assistance and typical food and income sources for a prolonged period, Famine  ( IPC Phase 5 )  could occur in Nigeria. While the conflict in the Northeast has persisted for over 20 years since 2009, conflict in the first half of 2021 is higher than in recent years  ( Figure 1 ) . This has led to further displacement, and IOM now estimates that over 2.1 million people are displaced in the Northeast as of February 2021.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] This means that agricultural output is barely keeping pace with consumption. Supply shortfalls have been exacerbated by instability, banditry, terrorist attacks, poor infrastructure and climate change. Also, the exodus of farmers to urban centres in search of illusive opportunities.
[ 9th July 2021, Yobe State, Nigeria ]  A security source listed other new bases of the insurgents as Tarmuwa and Yunusari local governments areas of Yobe State; and Mubi, Madagali, and Gombi local government areas of Adamawa State. From there, they attacked Geidam and then abducted three personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service. Boko Haram attacks have intensified in Yobe State generally since January, claiming many lives, including the lives of soldiers. They have also led to the destruction of livelihoods, government property, and public facilities. In February, Nigerian soldiers were killed in Goniri, a border community between Yobe and Borno states when a Boko Haram terrorist rammed an explosive laden vehicle into them during a clash. The bomber, believed to be a member of the Islamic State West Africa Province faction of the group, had targeted the military convoy in Goniri.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] Regardless of who is right, Nigeria's poverty profile is grim and embarrassing for a country endowed with humongous human and natural resources. The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics said in 2020 that 40% or 83 million Nigerians live in poverty. Although Nigeria's poverty profile for 2021 has not yet been released, it is estimated that the number of poor people will increase to 90 million, or 45% of the population, in 2022.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria  ]  THE Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA ) , Faisal said this during a media briefing on the progress of COVID 19 vaccination in Nigeria, held on Tuesday, July 13, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. He said the country had ended the first phase of its strategic COVID 19 vaccination plan and was now preparing to commence the second phase in the next few weeks. He also disclosed that Nigeria had received communication for the delivery of some vaccine shipments in the coming months.
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria  ]  According to Shuaib, 3.924 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca/Moderna would be delivered by end of July or early August 2021 from the COVAX Facility, whie 3.930 million doses of Pfizer Bio N Tech/Moderna COVID 19 vaccine would be shipped into the country in August from the COVAX Facility donated by the United States government. About 3.577 million doses of Pfizer Bio N Tech/Moderna COVID 19 vaccine would be received in the third quarter  ( Q3 )  from the COVAX Facility and 29.850 million doses of Johnson & Johnson  ( Jassen )  COVID 19 vaccine by the end of September.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] Returnees who relocated prematurely from IDP camps back to their homes face the risk of NSAG attacks, sparse access to services, and as a result further displacement. Some of the areas that the state government has identified for imminent return, for example in Abadam, Kukawa and Marte LGAs, are currently inaccessible to humanitarian actors
[ 3rd Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  The Nigerian Army successfully repelled a terrorist attack on Damboa, a Borno community, killing over 50 attackers in the process, an official has said.
[ 22nd Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  In Nigeria, Amnesty International continues to document the devastating impact that the decade long conflict in northeast Nigeria has had on children. Boko Haram has carried out widespread abductions of young girls and boys. Rather than protecting children fleeing Boko Haram areas, the Nigerian military has been accused of unlawfully detaining them for months or years and subjecting them to torture and other inhuman treatment.
[ 12   18 July 2021, Nigeria ] Bama: 202 arrivals were recorded in Bama LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 123 individuals from Marwa region in Cameroon and 79 individuals from within Bama LGA in Borno State. Sixty one per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation, 24 per cent of the movements were due to poor living conditions and 15 per cent of the movements recorded were due to military operations.
[ 7th August 2021, Katsina state ]  Mr Danja, however, said the state government was addressing the outbreak. “Free drugs for the treatment of this outbreak are being purchased for distribution to hospitals for treatment of cases, health education on prevention and management of the disease is ongoing, active case search and surveillance are also on going across the state,' he said.
[ 16th July 2021, Nigeria ] Nigeria's inflation rate fell for the third consecutive month in June to 17.75 per cent from 17.93 per cent recorded in May, amid decelerating increase in food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The statistics office said Friday that the prices of goods and services, measured by the Consumer Price Index  ( CPI )  increased by 17.75 per cent in June 2021 when compared to May 2021. This is 0.18 percentage points lower than the rate obtained a month earlier. “This implies that prices continued to rise in June 2021 but at a slightly slower rise than it did in May 2021,' NBS said.
[ 7th August 2021, Katsina state ]  The Katsina State Government has confirmed 60 people dead in a cholera outbreak in the state. The state commissioner for health, Yakubu Danja, disclosed this Saturday morning at a meeting with officials of the Nigerian Medical Association  ( NMA )  in Katsina. He also disclosed that over 1,400 people have been affected by the disease so far.
[ 20th July 2021, Nigeria ] Not a few had their sources of livelihood gasping for air under suffocating economic conditions just as the economy was struggling to sputter to life after a global recession which the pandemic simply squelched. The government as well as private businesses had their capacities to perform effectively constricted. The air is still thick with post pandemic effects. The impact of climate change writ large, the country has been classified as one of the 10 most vulnerable countries in the world according to a climate change vulnerability index. We are occupying an unenviable position on terrorism index and the existence of deadly security challenges runs deep.
[ 17th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Mobility trends: During the reporting period, on average, 1,283 individuals were observed at FMPs on a daily basis. This represents a decrease of less than 1 per cent in comparison to the 1,290 individuals observed on a daily basis in January 2021. Due to fear of border closure as a proposed security measure during the presidential runoff election that was held in Niger and many people that stayed back to vote, there was a major decline in movements recorded on 21 February
[ 15th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The 120 new cases on Sunday are lower than this year's lowest daily tally of 195 new cases recorded about a fortnight ago. The figure is the lowest since October 22, 2020, when there were just 37 new infections. Sunday's figure is also slightly lower than the 205 reported a day earlier and has raised the total number of infections in the country to 160,657.
[ 15th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The total death tally in the country remains 2,013. Four people died from the disease on Saturday. The 120 new cases were reported from 14 states – Lagos  ( 32 ) , Rivers  ( 25 ) , Kaduna  ( 20 ) , Bayelsa  ( 13 ) , Kano  ( 7 ) , Jigawa ( 5 ) , Borno  ( 5 ) , Abia  ( 4 ) , Oyo  ( 3 ) , Plateau  ( 2 ) , FCT  ( 1 ) , Ogun  ( 1 )  Nasarawa  ( 1 )  and Imo  ( 1 ) .
[ 15th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  According to NCDC data published Sunday night, a total of 145,399 have recovered after treatment. Meanwhile, over 18,000 infections are still active in the country. Last Friday, Nigeria commenced the vaccination of its citizens after receiving almost four million doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines.
[ 15th July 2021, Nigeria ] The News Agency of Nigeria  ( NAN )  reports that the new infections indicate a decrease from the 159 cases registered on Thursday. The NCDC noted that no death was reported as of July 16 2021, leaving Nigeria's total number of deaths from the pandemic at 2,126. It stated that the 132 additional new cases were reported from five states and the FCT. Lagos State, where a majority of the cases were picked on Friday, reported 109, while Rivers registered 16, Gombe and Katsina recorded three and two respectively, while the FCT and Nasarawa reported one each.
[ 15th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Lagos had the highest figure on Sunday with 32 new cases followed by Rivers and Kaduna with 25 and 20 infections respectively. Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.6 million tests. More than two thirds of the over 160,000 people infected by COVID 19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] The lockdown eroded social cohesion and increased conflict within identity groups, as well as within other small, homogeneous groups such as villages and families. These smaller groups were most likely to be confined together in lockdown, increasing the frequency of interactions and tensions between a more limited set of social contacts. In the case of families, this density of interactions within close quarters often increased substantially due to multiple members of the household being out of work, schools being closed, and other family members returning from work in other states.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  HEALTH: USAID/BHA supports the UN Children's Fund  ( UNICEF ) , the UN World Health Organization  ( WHO ) , and eight NGOs to provide life saving health care to conflict affected populations throughout Nigeria. Often in coordination with nutrition and WASH programming, USAID/BHA provides medical supplies, supports health units, and trains community health workers to meet local health needs, including through COVID 19 prevention and response activities. USAID/BHA partners deploy mobile teams to deliver health care and nutrition services to hard to reach populations particularly in conflict affected northeastern Nigeria and distribute vaccines to and conduct emergency health services for populations in need. In addition, State/PRM funds UNHCR and NGOs that support essential health interventions for IDPs and other vulnerable populations in Nigeria.
[ 15th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The Federal Capital Territory  ( FCT )  has taken delivery of 219,800 doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA ) , according to the Acting Secretary, Health and Human Secretariat, Dr. Mohammed Kawu.
[ 11th July 2021, Lagos, Nigeria ]  Sanwo Olu said that as at July 7, Lagos State had recorded a total of 60,202 confirmed cases, of which 55,135 had recovered in community and 770 are currently being managed actively in community. He said that over the course of managing the COVID 19 pandemic, about 4,382 patients had been admitted into the various COVID 19 care centres in Lagos, with 357 registered fatalities.
[ 12th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The disease centre, which stated this in an update on its Facebook page Monday night, noted that the new 153 cases reported in Lagos for Monday also included the state's unreported 74 cases on Sunday. It also said no new death was reported within the last 24 hours keeping the fatality toll at 2,124. Nigeria had recorded two deaths from the pandemic on Sunday.
[ 19th July 2021, Nigeria ] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC )  has announced that the country recorded 146 new COVID 19 cases and one death on Monday. In an update on its Facebook page on Monday night, the centre said the new infections raised the country's toll to 169,678. Also, with the new death on Monday, Nigeria's total fatality from the pandemic now stands at 2,128. Of the new cases on Monday, Lagos recorded 134 infections while Ondo reported three. Kwara, Cross River and the FCT reported two each. Oyo and Rivers states reported one case each.
[ 12th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Nigeria's commercial hub and coronavirus pandemic epicentre, Lagos, on Monday, once again took the lion share of the country's new COVID 19 infections. Out of the 166 new cases confirmed by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC ) , Lagos recorded 153, amounting to more than 92 per cent of the total figure. The remaining seven per cent was contributed by three other states and the Federal Capital Territory  ( FCT ) .
Since then, Boko Haram, one of largest Islamist groups in Africa, has orchestrated attacks on various targets, including religious and political groups as well as civilians. Insecurity has been heightened further by the actions of predominantly Muslim Fulani herdsmen, also known as the Fulani Militia, who have clashed frequently with Christian farmers over grazing land.
[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] CHALLENGES: Stock out of reagent in the molecular laboratory interrupting COVID 19 testing within the state . Massive population displacement and attacks on hospitals and PHC centers by the Non state Armed Groups  ( NSAGs )  are disrupting COVID 19 response and health services in affected LGAs  ( Geidam, Yunusari, and Gujba LGAs )  . Insecurity and military operations are limiting contact tracing, active case search, and community sensitization in security compromised LGAs . Bad geographical is limiting access to remote communities to sustain COVID 19 prevention activities
[ 10th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The recent increase in infection figures in Nigeria is attributed to the rising tally from Lagos. For instance, the city reported 94 out of 98 cases on Saturday. On Sunday, the state's governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu issued a statement alerting residents and Nigerians of a possible third wave of the pandemic. He called for strict adherence to safety protocols
[ 7th June 2021, Nigeria ] In an audio tape released in April 2020 in which Abubakar Shekau – the leader of a Boko Haram faction fighting in the North East of Nigeria declared that the COVID 19 pandemic is a form of punishment from God, he pronounced that the only cure for the disease is commitment and return to Allah with strict observance of congregational prayers.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] More than 280,000 Nigerians are registered as refugees in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, with the majority having fled violence in Nigeria's north east. Conditions for refugees in these bordering countries are often worse than those of IDPs.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  87% of the total showers are functional while 13% need to be repaired. 21 sites in 4 LGAs  ( Girei in Adamawa state, Konduga, Jere and Maiduguri LGA in Borno state )  do not have shower on site. 1,505 showers needs to be repaired across 71 sites in 16 LGAs
[ 7th June 2021, Nigeria ] This tussle prevailed in the context of pervasive poverty that had impacted education levels and suppressed information access, which in turn made it harder to combat rumours. Prominent influential leaders of northern Nigeria became the lightning rod for the polio controversy and fought to sustain it to further diverse sociopolitical and religious interests.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] In north eastern Nigeria, conflict has further damaged an economy that was already strained by inequality, low agricultural productivity, and high unemployment, especially among youth.
[ 19th Mar, 2021, Nigeria ]  Included along with the front line health workers in the first phase of the national vaccination campaign are support staff and other health workers as well as first responders in the military, paramilitary and other security agencies, including immigration services.
[ 12th   18th Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  National COVID 19 multi partner Emergency Operations Centre  ( EOC )  continues to coordinate response activities across states . Continued dissemination of key safety precaution messages in Ramadan. Activation of Umaru Shehu Ultramodern Hospital PCR Laboratory, Borno state as a public laboratory for COVID 19 testing. Ongoing genomic sequencing of all positive samples from travellers arriving Nigeria
[ 12th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Apart from Lagos' 153 cases and the FCT's four, the three other states that contributed to the Monday tally is Gombe with two cases while Oyo and Rivers reported one each. According to the NCDC statistics, a total of 164,476 recoveries have been recorded so far across Nigeria with about 2,113 cases still active. Nigeria has also reportedly tested more than 2.3 million samples for the virus out of its roughly 200 million population.
[ 14th April 2021,Nigeria ]  The NCDC said the new cases registered on Tuesday included 30 in Lagos, Enugu 11, FCT 11, Akwa Ibom eight, Osun five, Kaduna four, Ebonyi and Rivers two each and Ekiti, one.
[ 10th Mar, 2021, In north western Nigeria ]  Most localities impacted by severe cropland loss are situated far from urbanized areas and more specifically concentrated close to forests, where armed groups usually make camps. In addition to cropland losses, important settlement damage was detected in more than 80 villages, most of which occurred between 2019 and 2020 agricultural seasons. It is worth mentioning that, even though the focus was set on those 3 states in the NW, cropland losses were also detected in areas of Kebbi and Kaduna states
[ 7th June 2021, Nigeria ] Coronavirus Seen as an Attack: There is a significant portion of the community in and around Maiduguri who believe that COVID 19 has nefarious origins. Overall, 36 per cent of respondents who did not hear from Boko Haram think that coronavirus is an attack by foreign countries. Across the whole sample, female respondents are more likely to believe COVID is an attack by foreign countries than male respondents  ( 47 per cent compared to 30 per cent ) . Likewise, there was a differential across age categories, albeit smaller, with children more likely to believe that COVID was an attack  ( 44 per cent )  than adults  ( 37 per cent ) .
[ 12th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  On Thursday, Nigeria recorded 287 new COVID 19 infections in 18 states in continuation of a steady run of low figures. Thursday's tally which is lower than the 394 infections on Wednesday raised the total infections in the country to 159,933. Nigeria reported an average of 1,000 infections daily between December and January. Infection figures have relatively reduced with daily cases hovering between 195 and 709 in the past two weeks.
[ 12th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The 195 cases last Saturday are the lowest reported since August 31, 2020, when there were 138 new infections. The 287 new cases were reported from 18 states: Lagos  ( 107 ) , Kwara  ( 26 ) , Akwa Ibom  ( 23 ) , Bauchi  ( 22 ) , Ogun  ( 21 ) , Rivers  ( 19 ) , Kaduna  ( 14 ) , FCT  ( 11 ) , Abia  ( 8 ) , Edo  ( 8 ) , Ekiti  ( 6 ) , Kano  ( 5 ) , Gombe  ( 4 ) , Osun  ( 4 ) , Oyo  ( 3 ) , Plateau  ( 3 ) , Nasarawa  ( 2 ) , and Delta  ( 1 ) . Lagos had the highest toll on Thursday with 107 new cases, almost half of the days total. The city is the most affected by the disease in Nigeria.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  A February 23 attack on Borno's capital of Maiduguri the base of operations for many humanitarian organizations working in northeastern Nigeria left 17 dead and more than 45 injured after OAGs launched rocket propelled grenades into residential areas, the UN reports
[ 10th Mar, 2021, In north western Nigeria ]  ZAMFARA. As shown in Map 4, Anka is the most affected LGA in terms of cropland change as well as settlement damage; over one quarter of villages  ( and estimated population )  have known a severe decrease in cultivated areas, and 26 localities were detected as damaged between 2019 and 2020 growing seasons. According to ACLED data, “during the week of 23 March 2020, Nigerian Armed Forces conducted operations against local militias in the Sunke and Bagega area of Anka LGA'. The analysis also shows a significant decrease in agricultural activities in the LGAs of Maradun and Shinkafi, as well as localised areas of Birnin Magaji, Bukkuyum, Gummi and Maru.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  The attacks on Dikwa resulted in increased security threats against relief actors operating in the LGA, prompting the temporary withdrawal of aid workers and reducing organizations' ability to reach vulnerable IDP and host community populations in Dikwa.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  Under the agreement, an initial group of more than 340 Nigerian refugees from the Minawo camp which hosts more than half of the 117,000 Nigerian refugees registered in Cameroon relocated to Banki town in Borno's Bama LGA as of March 8. The returnees received emergency food assistance and relief commodities upon their arrival in Borno.
[ 10th Mar, 2021, In north western Nigeria ]  KATSINA. Most LGAs of Katsina state shows little to no change in agricultural patterns in 2020 compared to previous years. Yet, this does not imply security is stable in those areas; on the contrary, ACLED data tends to prove that violent events have increased in 2020. Physical impacts on cultivated land patterns may possibly be detectable in 2021.
[ 23rd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  On Tuesday, the agency also said Lagos State has the highest number of people vaccinated with 58,461. This is followed by Bauchi with 23,827, Jigawa  20,800, Ogun – 19,257 and Kaduna  14,527. States with the lowest number of vaccinated people Include Ebonyi – 77, Sokoto – 98 and Akwa Ibom – 127. The Nigerian government said it aims to vaccinate about 109 million people against the COVID 19 virus over a period of two years.
[ 23rd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Nigeria in early March received 3.94 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility, led by the World Health Organisation, and has commenced vaccination beginning with healthcare workers and other providers of essential services. The country also received 300,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccines from telecom giant, MTN, on Sunday, according to the Chairman of PTF on COVID 19, Boss Mustapha.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  Intercommunal conflict and organized criminal group  ( OCG )  violence including abductions continue to drive displacement in northwestern Nigeria and generate humanitarian needs. The number of IDPs in Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara states in northwestern Nigeria neared 280,000 people in December, representing a nearly 50 percent increase from the 187,000 IDPs in July, according to the International Organization for Migration  ( IOM )
[ 12th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.6 million tests. More than two thirds of the 159,000 people infected by COVID 19 in Nigeria has recovered after treatment. According to NCDC data published Monday night, a total of 142,404 people have recovered after treatment. Meanwhile, over 18,000 infections are still active in the country.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  34% of camps has access to primary on site while 66% access varies in distance or not accessible due to distance  ( figure 12 )  Over 60% of the camps need instructional and writing materials. 41% of camps neither has access to a functional primary school or alternative form of basic education on site
[ 23rd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  About 215,277 Nigerians have received their first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccines. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA )  made this known in a tweet on Tuesday evening. The figure is almost double the number of peoplevaccinatedas of Monday, March 22, as announced by the head of the agency, Faisal Shuaib. Mr Shuaib while speaking at the weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force  ( PTF )  on COVID 19 on Monday had said 122,410 people have received jabs of the AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine.
[ 1st Mar, 2021, Nigeria ]  The pandemic, lockdown and resulting isolation, including confinement and movement restrictions, have made conflict affected children even more vulnerable to grave violations in several contexts. Socio economic impacts and increased military presence are also making boys and girls more susceptible to push and pull factors for child recruitment and use by armed forces and armed groups, sexual violence or abduction.
[ 24th March 2021, Nigeria ]  The ministry is now working to support vulnerable persons under our purview that requires vaccination in line with the NPHCDA's plan to reach this group in the second phase,' Ms Farouq said.
[ 16th March 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  The humanitarian community and the Government of Nigeria officially launched the north east Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan for 2021 earlier today. The plan requests US$1 billion to enable partners to provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people   amongst a total of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021.
[ 16th March 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  A combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north east. As many as 5.1 million people are threatened by acute hunger during the upcoming lean season – the worst outlook in four years.
[ 24th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Having received 3.94 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines in early March, Nigeria has since commenced vaccination beginning with healthcare workers who are often at the risk of exposure to infections being the first responders to patients. The country also received 300,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccines from the telecom giant, MTN, on Sunday, according to the Chairman of PTF on COVID 19, Boss Mustapha.
[ 16th March 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  Abuja, 16 March 2021  Ongoing conflict continues to be the main driver of humanitarian needs in northeast Nigeria, where millions of people have been displaced. Longstanding insecurity and violence, compounded by climate change, and the impact of Covid 19 are increasing the vulnerability of close to nine million people. Close to two million people are internally displaced, while millions of people depend on humanitarian partners for basic services, and up to 5.1 million people are facing hunger in the lean season – the worst outlook in four years.
[ 24th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Over three million vulnerable persons need jabs of the COVID 19 vaccine, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said on Monday.
[ 16th Mar 2021, North east Nigeria ] More than 213,000 or 14% of the IDPs report movement restrictions in their place of displacement which are not related to COVID 19 pandemic. More than 51% of the IDPs in need of protection services indicated they do not possess personal identification documents. Furthermore, 40% of the people in need are children without access to core child protection services, including those who are experiencing signs of psychological distress and not currently living with their households.
[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  A joint statement from a February 10 meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon formed in 2017 between the Government of Cameroon  ( GoC ) , the Government of Nigeria  ( GoN ) , and the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Refugees  ( UNHCR )  confirmed that nearly 5,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon had expressed a willingness to return home.
[ 24th March 2021, Nigeria ]  The Nigerian government said it aims to vaccinate approximately 109 million people against the COVID 19 virus over a period of two years. Health authorities said only eligible population from 18 years and above, including pregnant women, will be vaccinated.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] The conflict has significantly impaired the capacities of families and communities to appropriately care for children; and the COVID 19 pandemic has compounded this by impeding livelihoods and access to basic services, and increasing psycho social distress among caregivers.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  21% of IDP camps managed by CCCM partners has a waiting time of over 30minutes at water points. In addition, 14% of latrines needs desludgement while 13% of showers are damaged across 16 LGAs. Furthermore, 75% of families received food in kind or cash the previous month while 25% of IDPs in 17 LGAs did not benefit.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] Physical assault, sexual violence, denial of resources, opportunities and services, and psychological and emotional abuse are among the violations most frequently reported, recurrently perpetrated by intimate or former partners  ( domestic violence ) . Girls and boys under the age of 18 years are also at risk of GBV, mainly occurring within the context of child sexual abuse and child/early marriage
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  79% of the displacement sites has an average waiting time at water points less than 30minutes while 19% is between 30minutes and an hour and 2% is above one hour
[ 16th Mar 2021, North east Nigeria ] The number of people in need decreased by 10% in comparison to 2020, following a revised estimate of the number of civilians living in areas that are no longer accessible to humanitarian actors. Furthermore, the number of host community members in protection need reduced by 16% due to the rationalization of needs in host communities which has been tied to the hosting burden and severity of protection needs.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] According to the MSNA, at least 1% of the surveyed households report having children  ( either gender )  under 17 married off in the three BAY states. Significant gaps exist in addressing specialized reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls, especially in deep field locations. Adolescent girls, female or child headed households, and orphaned girls living with foster carers among others are at particular risk of GBV.
[ 23rd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  While Nigeria's success in managing the disease reflects in the country's relatively low death tally and high recovery rate, the government has made some blunders and faced some challenges in managing the virus. PREMIUM TIMES highlighted five of those challenges when the country marked one year of COVID 19 outbreak on February 27.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] The reliance on emergency food assistance also arises since households do not have sustainable access to livelihoods. This owes mainly to the inadequate land for production for both livestock and crop farmers, in turn due to insecurity. Some farmlands are yet to be demined, which also constrains access. Restrictions on other farming inputs, particularly fertilizer, further reduce productivity and production in general. .
[ 10th Mar, 2021. Nigeria ]  COVID 19 Awareness: 99% of individuals were aware of the COVID 19 pandemic.
[ 8th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Finding: Additionally, climate change is widely identified as having negative impacts on the population in Borno State. Of the community leaders reporting climatic shifts, 86 per cent knew people whose life or income has been negatively affected by these changes.
[ 16th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Unconfirmed reports indicated that an NGO had stored food items in the school for distribution but the insurgents got the information and decided to attack the school and loot the items. Villagers said the gunmen also invaded the primary healthcare centre in the village and set the facility ablaze after looting its drugs store.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] The host community also needs support mainly because many of the health facilities are abandoned or out of service. Similarly, in 2021 the health sector anticipates the same population groups will need life saving health services. Vulnerable population groups like elderly, pregnant women, disabled persons and people with chronic health conditions are more at risk of infection of COVID 19 and they will be prioritised for timely health care support.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ]  Only 54% of infants under six months old are exclusively breastfed in the BAY States. A total of 721,000 pregnant and lactating women will require contextualized and skilled IYCF counselling both at facility and community levels to improve the rates of exclusive breastfeeding. The nutrition sector will provide life saving treatment to both SAM and MAM cases to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with global acute malnutrition.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] Based on available data, more than 300,000 IDPs residing in informal camps or settlements in the BAY states are facing threats of forced eviction by landowners  ( most of whom are individual not institutional landowners ) . More than 50% of people who have returned to their place of origin after recapture by the Nigerian security forces report housing, land and property damage.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] As of now, 1,200,000 individuals, the majority of whom are IDPs/returnees, need HLP assistance. More than 600,000 people in the BAY states are either living or residing in houses or land without tenure security or any form of documentation. Besides, 24,000 people  ( 2% of those who need HLP help )  who have managed to secure rental abode within the host communities have no means or stable income to pay these rents
[ 16th Mar 2021, North east Nigeria ] More than 4 million individuals in the north east require specialized protection services in 2021. This number considers only those in areas accessible to the authorities and humanitarian actors. While those in inaccessible areas can also be presumed to need assistance, assessing their situation was not possible.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  A total of 97,808HH need complete NFI kits. 5,287HH of the 97,808HH in need of NFIs are new arrivals in Damboa  ( 2,226HH ) , Monguno  ( 1,257HH ) , Maiduguri  ( 915HH ) , Konduga  ( 329HH ) , Bama  ( 175HH ) , Gwoza  ( 150HH ) , Kaga  ( 110HH ) , Ngala  ( 55HH ) , Jere  ( 48HH ) , Biu  ( 11HH ) , Dikwa  ( 9HH ) , and Kala Balge  ( 2HH ) . 73% of the sites reported that blankets/mats are the most needed NFIs while Kitchen sets are the second most needed NFIs
[ 23rd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Thus far, Nigeria has recorded 161, 737 infections resulting in over 2,030 deaths. The victims have included health workers, politicians, businessmen, public workers and others. On April 17, The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, died at 69, becoming the most popular COVID 19 fatality in West Africa as of then.
[ 1st Jan  1st Sep 2020,North east Nigeria ] Amid high levels of insecurity and limited economic opportunities, most of the affected people in the BAY States depend on humanitarian aid. Still, assistance is largely confined to cities and towns – in Borno State, mostly to ‘garrison towns' – as NSAGs continue to target civilians and humanitarian personnel. NSAG violence killed more than 420 civilians in the first nine months of 2020.
[ 16th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  One in three Nigerians able and willing to work had no jobs in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to theNational Bureau of Statistics. The bureau reported Monday that Nigeria's unemployment rate rose to 33.3 per cent, translating to some 23.2 million people, the highest in at least 13 years and the second highest rate in the world. The figure jumped from 27.1 per cent recorded in the second quarter amidst Nigeria's lingering economic crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  89% of latrines in Borno are functional while 11% are damaged. 2 sites in Jere and Konduga LGA in Borno state do not have latrines on site. 46% of latrines across 125 sites in 18 LGAs need gender marking. 14% of latrines needs desludgement across 76 sites in 16 LGAs
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  48% of the IDPs are living in emergency shelter, 34% in makeshift, 8% in collective/ communal shelter, 5% in public facilities and 5% in transitional shelter. 3,515HH are sharing shelter across 31 sites in 11 LGAs.
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] Logistics: The high level of humanitarian needs in the crisisaffected BAY states places a huge demand on the logistics capacity. At the same time, a volatile security situation is putting more and more strain on the logistics resources available. Several conflict affected areas remain inaccessible or only partially accessible, and movements are particularly hampered during the rainy season.
[ 16th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Unemployment rate in the country has more than quadrupled since 2016 when the economy slipped into a recession. A second recession occurred in 2020. The federal government in itsEconomic Sustainability Planhad predicted that the rate of unemployment would rise to 33.6 per cent at the end of 2020 if urgent steps were not taken
[ 16th Mar 2021,North east Nigeria ] Several LGAs including Gubio, Nganzai, Magumeri, Mobbar, and Kala balge in Borno State and Geidam in Yobe State have significantly higher GAM rates than those states' averages in other words, pockets of high acute malnutrition. The sector attributes this to the worsening food security and WASH situation in the area amidst access and security constraints.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ] The lack of adequate land space and proper access to IDPs continues to hinder service delivery and aggravating human suffering of infants and adults alike. Shelter and NFI needs are enormous as a results of new population movements and damages to existing shelters and household materials
[ 1st 15th June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] SHOWERS: 84% of the total showers are functional while 16% need to be repaired. • 24 sites in 4 LGAs  ( Girei in Adamawa state, Jere, Magumeri and Maiduguri LGA in Borno state )  do not have shower on site. • 1,641 showers needs to be repaired across 71 sites in 18 LGAs
[ 24th March 2021 , Nigeria ]  The Chief Executive Director of EL Lab, Dr Elochukwu Adibo said data made available by NTBLCP, has shown that private sector engagement has increased TB case detection by 68 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to 2019.
[ 16th Mar 2021, North east Nigeria ] Reports also mentioned many have been raped, forced into marriage and labour, physically, sexually and emotionally abused, exposed to sexually transmitted diseases, and often impregnated by their captors. Safety measures  ( including safe energy alternatives to firewood )  are needed to reduce women's and girls' vulnerability to conflict related sexual violence. Required too is the provision of comprehensive response and reintegration services for survivors.
[ 24th March 2021 , Nigeria ]  He further identified challenges to case detection to include funding infrastructure and logistics especially alternative power supply to meet the demand for uninterrupted service delivery, unavailable support for public samples to support operational costs and human resources.
[ 1st 28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria ]  The ETS continues to provide reliable Internet connectivity and security communications services to the response community in 10 sites. Since the beginning of the year, the team has provided Internet connectivity to more than 1,996 users from 77 organizations across North East Nigeria.