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[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Insecurity and displacement are cited as one of the two main reason for lack of access to land  ( mentioned by 37.4 percent of households )  – particularly in northern Borno. Insecurity further increases transportation prices in key supply corridors, thus further driving prices of food and key livelihood inputs. Safety is perceived as a major issue is northern Borno, particularly in Gubio, Nganzai, and Maiduguri LGAs, and Karasuwa and Gujba of Yobe states, and parts of northern Adamawa – particularly Song and Lamurde LGAs.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Recommendations: Multisectoral programming for improved nutrition outcomes   Given high overlaps between monetary poor and multidimensional poor – especially the widespread deprivation observed in WASH and shelter across all types of households, there is a need to address critical services to further improve overall wellbeing and prevent households from having to make hard choices when prioritizing needs;   In particular, the increase in health related needs calls for a scale up of the response from the health sector, as it is well documented that food security beneficiaries will be reallocating or prioritizing their resources towards health care needs at the expense of a diverse and nutritious diet.
[ 4th June 2021, Yobe state ] Child Protection Sub/Working Group: Needs: • The report from the rapid needs assessment indicates an increase in the number of children at danger of protection risks, such as unaccompanied and separated children  ( UASC ) , children associated with armed forces and armed groups  ( CAAG )  and children with disabilities. • Child protection case management and other specialized services are needed to help prevent or address exposure to abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence. • There are needs for family tracing and reunification for unaccompanied and separated children. • Psychosocial support services, including individual and group counselling, are required.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Sickness and old age are also mentioned as other shocks affecting some households, particularly as barriers
affecting access to income.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Recommendations: Returnees and IDPs living in camps are most vulnerable and such should be prioritised. These households are also most likely to encounter challenges related to personal safety and protection, and such any assistance should take into account these constraints without further compromising the safety of households.   Within host communities, households hosting IDPs or having chronically ill members, or having precarious sources of income such as daily wage labour or relying on begging, or household heads that are female or have no education, should be targeted as most vulnerable for receiving food assistance.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Recommendations: Transfer values: Given that 42 percent of households have expenditures below the SMEB  ( food only MEB ) , restricting cash transfer values to monetary values of food baskets will alleviate food insecurity in the short term but is unlikely to improve overall wellbeing i.e. meeting all essential needs in a sustained matter. Setting of transfer values should thus consider these outcomes, in addition to reach and coverage of cash transfer programmes. The assessment shows that even IDPs, who have been receiving humanitarian assistance, can hardly satisfy their needs with the transfer values and entitlements received, and even assistance does not prevent them from adopting ever more severe coping mechanisms.
[ 16   30 June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] WATER SOURCE: The main source of drinking and non drinking water at displacement sites is the borehole  ( 85% ) . Other sources of water supply include hand pumps, wells, water vendors and water trucking. 78% of the displacement sites has an average waiting time at water points less than 30minutes while 17% is between 30minutes and an hour and 5% of sites above one hour  ( figure 8 ) .
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Movement restrictions also disrupted transhumance, as mentioned by a third of households with transhumant livestock. Bayo LGA is particularly hard hit area.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Two thirds of all households have access to land to grow crops. Among households reporting access to land, only 60 percent of households cultivated during the 2020 planting season  ( May – September ) , with the most cultivated main crops being maize  ( 43.2 percent of agricultural households ) , sorghum  ( 19.3 percent of agricultural households )  and millet  ( 15.9 percent of agricultural households ) . Rice, beans, and groundnuts are other important secondary crops.
[ 3rd Sept 2021, Northern Nigeria ]  Kano, Nigeria, 3 September 2021   At the time of the attack on Fatima's school, nearly 1,000 students had been abducted at schools across northern Nigeria, most of them from the north west region, which has recently been the epicenter of school attacks in Nigeria.
[ 14th Aug 2021, Nigeria ]  In 12 years of protracted conflict in the north east, thousands of children in the region have been killed, maimed, abducted, displaced, and experienced multiple violations of their human rights. UNICEF is deeply worried that conflict affected children continue to be casualties of war.
[ 1stOct 2020,North east Nigeria ]  With 43.7 percent of households falling under poor or borderline categories, this figure marks a ten percentage point increase in severity of food consumption compared to previous years, and the second highest figure since the peak of the crisis.
At least 10 people have been killed and 47 others have been injured in brutal Rocket propelled grenade  ( RPG )  attacks on residential areas of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital in northeast Nigeria, late on Tuesday.
AOAV recorded 297 casualties from incidents of explosive violence in Nigeria last year, 140 of which were civilian. Of these civilian casualties, 10 were children and 3 were women. It should be noted that, although AOAV does its best to record casualties of explosive violence using English language media sources, the actual casualty figures are likely to be far higher.
Although figures vary, there are reports that casualties are rising – with up to 16 dead and over 60 injured. A local media outlet has stated that among the dead are nine young boys, who were playing football in a playground when the attacks hit. Four of the boys were killed instantly, while the other five later died from their injuries.
During the period 13   19 February 2021, 237 movements were observed at three Points of Entry in Borno State. Of the total movements recorded, 110 were incoming from the Far North Region in Cameroon, while 4 were incoming from the North Region in Cameroon and 5 were incoming from N‘Djamena in Chad. Additionally, 117 outgoing movements were recorded from Borno State to the Far North Region in Cameroon and 1 outgoing movement to the North Region of Cameroon .
Although they have not claimed resposibility, Boko Haram are widely believed to be responsible for these attacks. Boko Haram has previously made incursions into Maiduguri, using heavy guns and suicide bombers. Among recent attacks, residents of Maiduguri have been struggling with a power blackout, after jihadis blew up supply lines, causing water shortages and disrupting daily life.
[ 20th  21st Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  A total of eight deaths were also recorded from the virus on Sunday. The eight deaths indicated a significant decrease from the 18 fatalities on Saturday and raised the death toll to 1,839 in total. With 521 new infections from 20 states, Nigeria now has a total of 152,074 confirmed cases.
During the period 01   30 June 2021, 1,083 movements were observed at four Points of Entry in Borno state. Of the total movements recorded, 419 were incoming from the Far North Region in Cameroon and 4 from Ndjamena in Chad. Additionally, 657 outgoing movements were recorded from Borno State to the Far North Region in Cameroon and 3 outgoing movement to Ndjamena in Chad.
[ 22nd Feb2021,Borno state ]  Some neighbourhoods, such as Zabarmari, are too insecure for visits by MSF's mobile team. In this situation, MSF employs a simple yet effective method to provide children with essential healthcare. The team trains a person from the neighbourhood to carry out rapid malaria tests and malnutrition screening, and to either give appropriate medication or, if a child's condition is serious or hard to determine, to refer them to an MSF hospital in the capital. In this way, children living in hard to reach villages have access to basic healthcare every day, at any time they need it.
[ 22nd Feb2021,Borno state ]  Despite the significant security challenges in working outside the main cities in Borno state, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders  ( MSF )  have been running mobile clinics to provide basic healthcare to children under 16 in a number of locations outside Maiduguri, namely Dusuman, Musari and Ahmed Grema camp for displaced people in Shuwari. People in these locations have very limited access to medical care, as the few local clinics that exist are desperately short of essential medications; they also charge for their services, putting them out of most people's reach.
[ 1st June 1st Nov 2020, Nigeria ]  Even if respondents became laxer about health and safety practices, their access to soap and water appeared to improve throughout 2020. The share of households with insufficient access to drinking water in the past seven days halved from 20% to 10% between June 2020 and November 2020, while the share of households with insufficient access to water for hand  washing dropped from 6% to 2% over the same period.
[ 23rd Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  The Nigerian government has explained why children in the country will not be receiving the approved COVID 19 vaccines when it finally arrives. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA ) , Faisal Shuaib, while speaking at Monday's weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force  ( PTF )  on COVID 19, said the vaccines have not been proven to be safe for children.
[ 23rd Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  Mr Shuaib reiterated that the country has the capacity to store and manage the expected vaccines, with the cold chain requirements of +2 °C to +8°C.
[ 23rd Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control  ( NAFDAC )  recently approved the AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine for use in Nigeria with vaccination expected to begin by the end of February. Nigeria has recorded over 150,000 COVID 19 cases and over 1,800 deaths from the virus.
[ 22nd Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  Mr Ehanire at the weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force  ( PTF )  on COVID 19 said there are sufficient bed spaces at various isolation centres across the country to accommodate COVID 19 patients.
[ 21st March, 2021 Nigeria ]  Nigeria suffered it's worst phase of the pandemic between December 2020 and January with daily infections averaging over 1,000. But there has been a steady run of low figures in nearly a month with daily infections hovering between 112 and 709.
[ 21st March, 2021 Nigeria ]  According to NCDC data published Saturday night, a total of 147,775 people have recovered after treatment. Meanwhile, over 12,000 infections are still active in the country.
[ 22nd Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  Nigeria's health minister, Osagie Ehanire, on Monday said persons at risk of contracting the COVID 19 virus are among those reluctant to accept hospital admission.

“Findings from Supportive Supervision of treatment centres indicate that vulnerable and “at risk“ persons, are among those reluctant to accept hospital admission, especially if they have no severe symptoms,' Mr Ehanire said at the weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force  ( PTF )  on COVID 19.
[ 1st Sep Oct2020, Nigeria ]  A new survey has shown that COVID 19 infection is higher among males than females in Nigeria. The household seroprevalence survey conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC )  was done in Lagos, Enugu, Nasarawa and Gombe States between September and October 2020. Findings from the survey show infection rates as high as 10 in 100 males, compared with seven in 100 females in Gombe; and 21 in 100 men against 17 in 100 women in Nasarawa.
[ 1st Dec 2020, North east Nigeria ]  The number of IDPs represents an increase of 6,108 individuals or less than 1 per cent vis à vis the last assessment  ( Round 34 )  conducted in October 2020 when 2,144,135 IDPs were identified. The Round 35 number increased with 1.5 per cent compared to the number of IDPs identified in Round 33  ( August 2020 ) .
How Severe, How Many and When – Of the 61 Local Government Areas  ( LGAs )  in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states included in the IPC Acute Malnutrition current analysis  ( September – December 2020 ) , seven LGAs were classified in IPC AMN Phase 4  ( Critical ) , 19 LGAs were in IPC AMN Phase 3  ( Serious ) , 21 LGAs were in IPC AMN Phase 2  ( Alert )  and 14 LGAs were in IPC AMN Phase 1  ( Acceptable ) . The situation is expected to remain stable during the projection period of January   April 2021  ( post harvest )  with only one LGA deteriorating from IPC Phase 2 to Phase 3.
[ 21st Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  “Per our findings, the continuous mismanagement of palliative items and funds earmarked for the COVID 19 response has created a wider gap between the rich and the poor where the vulnerable and marginalised are denied access to the palliative items that rightfully belong to them,' the civic organization said.
[ 1st April 2021, Nigeria ] In 2018 the Walk Free Foundation estimated there were almost 1.4 million individuals living in modern slavery in Nigeria. According to their definition of modern slavery, this phenomenon covers a range of ‘specific legal concepts including forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, slavery and slavery like practices, and human trafficking'. The report does not indicate what percentage of the estimated number of Nigerian victims of modern slavery were victims of human trafficking.
The reporting period of 01 15 June, 2021 witnessed departures of 500HH from Monguno LGA across four  ( 4 )  camps  ( Kuya, Gana Ali, NRC 1&2, and GGSS camp )  to Marte LGA following the Government return plan. In addition to the departures, the internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  were affected by the rain, heavy storm, and floods across camps in MMC and Jere LGA. An estimated 1,400 shelters were damaged leading to further displacement of the households occupying the affected shelters. In addition, 589HH in Magumeri  ( 280HH ) , Monguno  ( 57HH ) , MMC  ( 45 )  and Jere  ( 23 )  are living in the open and are constrained to using inadequate materials to construct provisional shelters while having limited access to NFIs.
[ 1st 15th June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] LATRINES: 86% of latrines in Borno are functional while 14% are damaged. • 4 sites in maiduguguri  ( 2 ) , Jere  ( 1 ) , and Kala/Balge  ( 1 )  LGA in Borno state do not have latrines on site. 54% of latrines across 135 sites in 17 LGAs need gender marking. • 17% of latrines needs desludgement across 84 sites in 18 LGAs .
[ 1st 15th June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] WATER SOURCE: The main source of drinking and non drinking water at displacement sites is the borehole  ( 85% ) . Other sources of water supply include hand pumps, wells, water vendors and water trucking. 79% of the displacement sites has an average waiting time at water points less than 30minutes while 17% is between 30minutes and an hour and 4% of sites above one hour .
[ 1st Nov2020,Borno state ]  Dusuman is a community outside Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Nigeria's Borno state. Nearby is the neighbourhood of Zabarmari, where dozens of rice farmers were beheaded in November 2020 – a brutal act for which the group commonly known as Boko Haram took responsibility. The Nigerian military is struggling to retake control of the territory within Borno state as a whole, but many areas, such as Dusuman, remain very insecure. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to provide people with humanitarian assistance and medical care.
[ 22nd Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  The government is also accused of failing to ensure displaced children have access to adequate education. One concerning recent development was the abduction of 42 people at the Government Science College Kagara in central Niger state in the early hours of 17 February 2021. Authorities confirmed that 27 of those abducted were students, one of whom was shot dead. This occurred barely three months after a similar incident at a school in Kankara, Katsina state.
[ 1st April 2021, Nigeria ] Exploitation and trafficking of children: Data indicate that child labor is a widespread problem in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Living Standards Survey 2018/2019, 13 % of Nigerian boys and 10 % of Nigerian girls  ( 5 14 years old )  indicated to spend their time working only. According to UNICEF's 2016 2017 Multi Indicator Cluster Survey, 50.8 % of the surveyed children  ( 5 17 years old )  had engaged in economic activities or household chores in the previous week. 1 % of the surveyed children had engaged in such activities ‘under hazardous conditions'. Relatively more boys than girls between five and seventeen years old had partaken in child labor under hazardous conditions in the week before the survey took place, 42.8 % against 35.1 %.
[ 22nd Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  The infectious disease agency disclosed that the 65 new cases were reported from 11 states  Lagos 41, Kaduna 6, Kano 3, Rivers 3, Plateau 3, Akwa Ibom 2, Imo 2, Oyo 2, Edo 1, Bauchi 1 and Osun 1. With the new cases, Nigeria has recorded a total of 164,488 infections as of April 21, 2021.According to the data, 35 persons were discharged on Wednesday after testing negative to the COVID 19 virus. This brings the total number of discharged persons to 154,441
[ 25th Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria  ( PSN )  has raised concern that Nigeria may not be able to produce COVID 19 vaccines and others unless the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari sign the Pharmacy Bill into law. Speaking at a media briefing on roll out of the COVID 19 vaccine, yesterday, in Lagos, the PSN insisted that the vaccines were safe and should be accepted in Nigeria, even as the group urged caution on the use of Ivermectin for treatment of the pandemic. They said Ghana received COVID 19 vaccines under the COVAX facility before Nigeria due to poor appropriation in national budget for health, weak logistics and inadequate infrastructure.
[ 22nd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  While the impact of water scarcity can be felt by all, no one suffers more than the most vulnerable children. Children and families living in vulnerable communities face the double edged sword of coping with high water scarcity levels while having the lowest water services, making access to sufficient water especially susceptible to climate shocks and extreme events.
[ 24th Feb 2021,Nigeria ] Nigeria is experiencing a second wave of COVID 19 outbreaks. As of 24 February 2021, Nigeria has confirmed 153,842 cases of COVID 19 including 1,885 deaths. COVID 19 is preventable by social distancing, wearing of face masks and regular hand washing with soap under running water.
[ 16th   21st Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  low case detection. • Sub optimal sample collection.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Farmer herder conflicts are reported in high incidence in Gujba and Yusufari in Yobe states, and in northern Adamawa LGAs of Hong, Song, Gombi and Maiha. Most incidents occurred on rare occasions i.e. once or twice in the last three months  ( Annex B )
[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  The number of IDPs represents an increase of 34,011 individuals or 1.6 per cent vis à vis the last assessment  ( Round 35 )  conducted in December 2020 when 2,150,243 IDPs were identified. The Round 36 number increased with 1.9 per cent compared to the number of IDPs identified in Round 34  ( October 2020 ) . The Round 36 assessment is in line with the recent trend of total IDP numbers steadily inching up during the last 10 rounds of assessments  ( since Round 26 )
Following intense attacks in surrounding areas beginning on 14 Feb by Non State Armed Group  ( NSAG ) , more than 3,000 IDPs arrived in Dikwa leading to a substantial population displacement wave. Immediately after the attack, a rapid assessment was carried out to inform the humanitarian community and government partners to continue operations. Primary needs include Non Food Items  ( NFI ) , Health and Nutrition, WASH and Food Security, with partners staying to deliver. Fresh attacks in Dikwa on 18 February and 1 March further reduced the humanitarian footprint and increased security threats. Meanwhile, the affected people in Dikwa continue to rely on humanitarian assistance
[ 22nd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Although about 70 per cent of Nigerians are reported to have access to a basic water services, more than half of these water sources are contaminated. And although 73 per cent of the country's population have access to a water source, only nine litres of water on average is available to a Nigerian daily.
[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  During this round of assessments, some specific LGAs in Borno recorded an increase in IDPs of more than 5 per cent. The steepest increase was recorded in Ngala LGA with almost 10 per cent or 7,704 individuals compared to Round 35. The increase of IDP numbers in Ngala LGA was mainly a result of a considerable influx of individuals from IDP camps in Rann, Kala/Balge LGA, caused by poor living conditions in the camps. Additionally, newly displaced IDPs were escorted to camps in Ngala LGA following military operations in neighbouring LGAs. Also the LGAs Bayo and Magumeri recorded increasing IDP numbers of 7.5 per cent and 7 per cent respectively. The increase in Magumeri LGA was the result of a combination of a number of petty attacks in some villages within the LGA, and the arrival of IDPs from the neighbouring LGA Nganzai following recent activities of the NSAG in that area.
[ 14th  18th December 2020, Nigeria ] Majority of the Local government covered do not put any measure in place to support the education of the children during the COVID 19 Lockdown. 100% of the respondents interviewed in Akira Uba reported that their Children had learnt through radio reading cycle during the lockdown. 30% of the people interviewed in Bama reported using reading cycle while the rest did nothing. The case for Dikwa was a bit different from Bama as 53% of the people reported using radio reading cycles and online learning. Pulka and Madagali has 10% of the people reported using online learning during the lockdown. The rest of local governments did not do anything to help the learners during the Lockdown based of the feedback from the assessment key informants.
[ 14th  18th December 2020, Nigeria ] The impact of the protracted emergency in North eastern Nigeria has continued to deteriorate the available infrastructure and weakening efforts to alleviate the suffering of the people.
[ 23rd Feb 2021,Maiduguri ]  Boko Haram insurgents attacked the relatively peaceful city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, February 23 2021, killing 16 people, including nine children.
[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  Many displacements occurred because of the recent attacks in the inaccessible areas within Geidam LGA. Additionally, an influx from Yunusari LGA was reported as a result of increased threats of abductions, attacks and the forceful confiscation of livestock and other valuables by NSAGs. Also Kaltungo LGA in Gombe State noted an increase of 27 per cent or 948 individuals. This because of a surge in communal clashes in neighbouring Billiri LGA which has led to the arrival of numerous IDPs into Kaltungo LGA.
[ 23rd Feb 2021,North east Nigeria ] From north to south, on land and water, Nigeria's security woes are deepening. Multiple reports of violence and conflicts point to the ubiquitous wave of security challenges. Beyond the open grazing crisis, new attacks have been recorded in the northeast and northwest violence, and there are emerging threats in the south south and southeast zones.
[ 1st Jan 2021,Nigeria ] CHALLENGES: Water supply remains inadequate in the settlements. In Ikyogen, all three boreholes have failed. The yield remains insufficient and will merely meet about 20 percent of the water needs. The settlement currently depends on water treated from the Amire river, about 1.3 km away. Boreholes in Ukende and Adagom refugee settlements, CRS, are generally saline and unsuitable for household use. Efforts to provide shallow boreholes to supply fresh water continue in Ukende settlement, CRS.
[ 1st Jan 2021,Nigeria ] CHALLENGES: There is no COVID 19 compliant ambulance for emergency evacuations in Adikpo, Ogoja and Takum. The only available tricycle ambulance in, Benue, is not functional. UNHCR is supporting schools to remain open where health conditions permit and mitigates the risk of spread of COVID 19 through increased access to WASH, health services and information campaigns. Distribution of COVID 19 prevention items is ongoing in 79 primary and secondary schools to curb the spread of COVID 19 in BCT states.
[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno's capital city, continued to host the highest number of IDPs among all LGAs in the state with 305,153 individuals or 19 per cent of IDPs in Borno. A small increase in IDPs was recorded in this LGA compared to Round 35  ( 1,511 individuals or less than 1% ) . Maiduguri Metropolitan Council was closely followed by Jere as the LGA hosting the second highest number of IDPs in Borno State with 297,610 individuals or 18 per cent of IDPs in Borno. Jere LGA witnessed a considerable increase of 10,025 individuals or 3.5 per cent compared to Round 35. The influx of IDPs in Jere LGA was largely due to arrivals from the LGAs Gubio, Konduga and Magumeri LGAs as a result of renewed levels of insecurity in those LGAs and the fear of attacks in the near future. Monguno was the LGA hosting the third highest number of IDPs in Borno State with 151,813 individuals or 9 per cent of displaced individuals in the state.
[ 22nd Feb 2021,Nigeria ] The survey reveals that the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2  ( SARS CoV 2 )  antibodies in Lagos and Enugu states is 23 per cent. “19 per cent in Nasarawa State, and 9 per cent in Gombe State. This means that as many as 1 in 5 individuals in Lagos, Enugu and Nasarawa State would have ever been infected with SARS CoV 2. In Gombe, the proportion is about 1 in 10.' According to the infectious disease agency, these rates of infection are higher than those reported through the national surveillance system.
[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  Among the other five states in north east Nigeria, Yobe recorded a notable change in the number of IDPs with an increase of almost 9 per cent  ( or 12,678 individuals ) , from 143,759 persons in Round 35 to 156,437 individuals in Round 36. Adamawa remained the state with the second highest number of IDPs with 208,334 individuals or just under 10 per cent of the total amount of IDPs in north east Nigeria. Remarkably, in Taraba, IDP numbers decreased with just under 7 per cent  ( or 5,933 individuals )  compared to Round 35. This was as a result of IDPs moving back to their locations of origin for farming activities.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] At the time of data collection, three fourths of all households had some household stock, broken down further by the following duration: 34 percent households only had enough stock to last for a week, another 33 percent had enough to last two to four weeks, and only 8.5 percent of households had enough to last at least a month. The high prevalence of households reporting low stock suggests a high dependence of markets to access to food, or low replenishment of stock due to the ongoing harvest at the time of the data collection.
[ 1st Jan 2021,Nigeria ]  HEALTH: UNHCR is providing technical support to health facilities/workers through provision of COVID 19 prevention materials/equipment, on site mentoring, capacity building, and supply of lifesaving medication to 14 primary health centers in BCT States. Over 5,000 refugees and host community members including pregnant women, children less than 5 years and elderly individuals received free health care services at the supported facilities. The Nigerian Red Cross Society took over health projects for Cameroonian refugees in Benue, Cross River and Taraba States in January from the former UNHCR partner FHI 360.
[ 1st Jan 2021,Nigeria ] A joint shelter assessment was conducted by UNHCR and its partners to identify vulnerable individuals in need of transitional shelters in Adagom 1& 3 settlements, Ogoja, CRS. A total of 120 households including elderly people, individuals with disability, GBV survivors, large single headed families and chronically ill individuals were assessed to be in dire need of transitional shelters.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ]  These needs match with the individual dimensions of the multidimensional deprivation index. For example, in Bayo LGA in Borno state, water is mentioned as the greatest perceived need with 96 percent of households reporting serious problems with accessing water. This is matched by the finding Bayo has the highest incidence  ( 70 percent )  of households drinking water from an unimproved source.
[ 3rd Sept 2021, Northern Nigeria ]  Nigeria currently has more than 10 million children out of school   most of them in the north, and most of them girls   and the school attacks and kidnappings have only made the situation worse.
[ 19th Apr 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  During the fifth round of the COVID 19 Situation Analysis in Nigeria's North East Zone, it was reported that Internally Displaced Persons  ( IDPs )  were aware of the ongoing pandemic in 99 per cent of locations assessed. This number remained unchanged compared to the fourth round of assessments, published in January 2020.
[ 19th Apr 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  In locations where IDPs were living among host communities, respondents in 38 per cent  ( up from 37% )  of the locations assessed felt that everyone knew about the pandemic. In 39 per cent of the locations  ( down from 40% ) , it was perceived that most inhabitants knew about COVID 19, and in 19 per cent of the locations, about half of the population was aware of the pandemic  ( up from 17% ) . In the state Gombe, the perception that most inhabitants knew about the coronavirus pandemic was the highest at 47 per cent, followed by Yobe and Adamawa, both at 43 per cent. The perception that everyone knew about the pandemic was highest in Bauchi with 56 per cent of the locations assessed.
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] This section profiles vulnerability by household characteristics. Displacement/migration status is the most critical marker of household vulnerability, with 93 percent of returnees and 86 percent of IDPs showing at least one form of vulnerability. Returnees – nearly all of whom are concentrated in Gubio, Mobbar, Gujba, Gwoza and Damboa LGAs    and IDPs living in camps throughout Borno are most likely to be severely vulnerable and demonstrate multiple vulnerabilities. Forty one percent of the returnees and the IDPS in camp have an economic capacity below MEB, poor or borderline food consumption scores, and are multidimensionally poor simultaneously  ( Image 39 ) . Households hosting IDPs are also more vulnerable
[ 1st Oct 2020,North east Nigeria ] Income source and low levels of education are other key socioeconomic determinants. This includes households where only women are involved in generating income, and household heads without any education. Households with precarious sources of income, such as selling natural resources, daily wage labour including both agricultural labour and well as unskilled labour tend to be most vulnerable. 36 percent of all households with as main income daily wage activities have an economic a capacity below MEB, are multidimensionally poor and have a poor and borderline FCS, which is significantly higher compared to agricultural households or those having a business or a stable salaried employment  ( Fig 40 ) . No significant distinction in levels of vulnerability is found between urban and rural households. Households with female heads or with chronically ill members also tend to be highly vulnerable.
[ 1st Dec2020,North east Nigeria ]  Despite the official entry points remaining closed due to COVID 19 preventive measures, cross border movements were recorded in the four entry points monitored by UNHCR and partners in Banki, Damasak, Ngala and Pulka. 2,851 individuals, the majority women and girls, moved in and out of Nigeria with 49% of the population recorded in Banki, 40% in Damasak, 8% in Ngala and 3% in Pulka. Nigerians accounted for 80% of the recorded movements, the rest were Cameroonians. The major triggers for movement in the period included family visits  ( 37% ) , spontaneous return from countries of asylum  ( 17% ) , job opportunities  ( 16% )  and forced displacement due to insurgency and counter insurgency  ( 11% ) . Other triggers were access to services in camps in Nigeria, seasonal migration and COVID 19 fears.
[ 1st Feb 2021, Nigeria ]  The COVID 19 pandemic both deepens humanitarian needs and complicates the response. The Nigerian economy has suffered from the fall in global oil prices and from restriction measures to curtail the spread of the virus, particularly intermittent border closures and the need to dedicate resources to respond to the pandemic. The consequent impairment of livelihoods cascades down to loss of income and buying power, with acute effects on the already vulnerable and foodinsecure. Operationally, COVID 19 measures to keep humanitarian staff and beneficiaries safe consume time and resources.
[ 22nd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The figures in Nigeria are particularly worrying, with 26.5 million Nigerian children experiencing high or extremely high water vulnerability – or 29 per cent of Nigerian children. The analysis, part of theWater Security for Allinitiative, identifies areas where physical water scarcity risks overlap with poor water service levels. Communities living in these areas depend on surface water, unimproved sources of water, or water that can take more than 30 minutes to collect.
[ 22nd Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water remains a challenge in Nigeria, with over 86 per cent of Nigerians lacking access to a safely managed drinking water source. The problem is compounded by poor drinking water quality and lack of equity in access.
[ 19th Apr 2021, North East, Nigeria ]  When comparing the disruption of access to services between respondents living in camps/camp like settings and respondent living in host communities, the consequences of the COVID 19 outbreak affected the access to services in of both types of IDPs in similar ways.
[ 14th  18th December 2020, Nigeria ] Recommendation: COVID 19: Strengthen COVID 19 awareness and education in school and communities. Provision of locally sourced personnel protective equipment  ( PPEs )  . Explore ways education could continue during second wave of COVID Lockdowns . Continuous education and observance on COVID 19 protocols in schools and communities.
[ 16th  28th Feb 2021, North east Nigeria  ]  The main source of drinking and non drinking water at displacement sites is the borehole  ( 84% ) . Other sources of water supply include hand pumps, wells, water vendors and water trucking.
[ 14th  18th December 2020, Nigeria ] Recommendation, Child Protection 1. Provision of services to protect girls from sexual violence 2. Create awareness on the dangers of sexual violence and exploitations 3. Advocacy in school and communities against bullying and harassment 4. Provide meaningful care and support to separated and unaccompanied children through reunification and other essential services 5. Establishment, awareness and strengthening of the referral pathways in the communities 6. Establishment and strengthening of community child protection structures, case management and child friendly spaces for psychosocial avenues for children 7. Work with other partners and community structures to advocate against children recruitment into armed groups and early marriage and other harmful and dangerous practices etc.
[ 15th April 2021, Nigeria: Gombe, Adamawa States ]  Tension and anxiety are mounting in most of the communities along the borders between Gombe and Adamawa State as villages inhabited by Wajas and Lungudas were completely deserted for fear of attack.
[ 3rd March, 2021, Nigeria ]  After reporting an average of over 1,000 infections daily between December 2020 and January, infection figures have relatively reduced with daily cases hovering between 195 and 709 in the past two weeks. Eight people also died from the disease on Friday, raising the fatality toll to 2,009.
[ 3rd March, 2021, Nigeria ]  The 399 new cases were reported from 18 states – Lagos  ( 101 ) , Anambra  ( 96 ) , Edo  ( 50 ) , Abia  ( 29 ) , Imo  ( 28 ) , Ogun  ( 19 ) , Akwa Ibom  ( 16 ) , Kaduna  ( 13 ) , FCT  ( 7 ) , Bayelsa  ( 6 ) , Kano  ( 6 ) , Oyo  ( 6 ) , Delta  ( 5 ) , Rivers  ( 5 ) , Nasarawa  ( 4 ) , Ebonyi  ( 3 ) , Osun  ( 3 )  and Gombe  ( 2 ) . Lagos had the highest toll on Friday with 101 new cases, almost half of the days total. The city is the most affected by the disease in Nigeria.
[ 1st Oct 2020, North east Nigeria ] Conflict, explosive remnants of war and insecurity have cut people off from their main means of livelihoods  farming and fishing. This causes major food insecurity in north east Nigeria, which COVID 19's effects on incomes have exacerbated: despite good crop yields, food insecurity is rising. Findings of the October 2020 Cadre Harmonisé  ( CH )  analysis projected that about 5.1 million people in the three states will be food insecure in the lean season between June and August 2021 – a 19% and 34% increase on the 2020  ( after COVID 19 June CH Update )  and 2019 figures respectively. According to the Nutrition and Food Security Surveillance Round 9, conducted in October 2020, the level of acute malnutrition increased in all the three states compared to 2019.
[ 1st Nov 1st Dec 2020, Nigeria ]  Even with respondents back at work, however, evidence of churning in the non farm enterprise sector suggests people's working situations remain precarious. Around 17% of households who had non farm businesses during 2020 were not operating their business in December 2020. Of these, 61%  ( 11% of all households with non farm businesses )  had also been closed for at least one month between June and November 2020. Moreover, just 23% of households with non farm businesses in 2020 operated them continuously since the peak of restrictions in April/May.
[ 16   30 June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] LATRINES: 85% of latrines in Borno are functional while 15% are damaged. • 4 sites in maiduguguri  ( 2 ) , Jere  ( 1 ) , and Kala/Balge  ( 1 )  LGA in Borno state do not have latrines on site. 58% of latrines across 132 sites in 17 LGAs need gender marking. • 18% of latrines needs desludgement across 83 sites in 17 LGAs
[ 12th 18th April 2021, Nigeria: Borno State ]  Jingles on benefit of facemask, handwashing, social distance, de stigmatization is ongoing in Kanuri, Hausa, Shuwa Arab, Fulfulde, and Baburbura on BRTV, DANDAL KURA and PEACE FM radio station sponsored by UNICEF, NORWAGIAN REFUGE COUNCIL,RESCUE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE and Translators without border in collaboration with DFID.
[ 1st Feb 2021, North east Nigeria ] Global acute malnutrition  ( GAM )  rates of 10.7% were recorded in Borno, 7.5% in Adamawa and 13.6% in Yobe. According to the survey, several LGAs had high pockets of global acute malnutrition of above the 15% threshold  ( emergency phase ) , including Gubio, Magumeri, Mobbar and Bayo in Borno State and all LGAs in northern Yobe. Movement restrictions and insecurity continue to hamper the ability of IDPs, returnees and the host communities to access basic services, livelihoods, and land for farming and grazing. This means that more people will rely on humanitarian aid to survive in 2021.
[ 14th April 2021, Nigeria ] In 2018, Amnesty International revealed that Nigerian security forces had failed to act on warnings that Boko Haram fighters were heading towards Dapchi town in Yobe state, where they later abducted 110 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College.
[ 1st Nov 1st Dec 2020, Nigeria ]  Farm work was more prevalent for poorer households than richer households in the 2020/21 agricultural season. Around 89% of households in the poorest consumption quintile engaged in crop related farm work in the 2020/21 agricultural season, compared with 66% of households in the richest consumption quintile. This underlines the particular importance of agricultural work for poor and vulnerable Nigerians.
[ 1stJul 1st Nov 2020, Nigeria ]  The share of respondents implementing safe practices has fallen throughout the course of the COVID 19 crisis despite the rising daily confirmed cases. In July 2020, 83% of respondents reported washing their hands after being in public all or most of the time, yet by November 2020, this figure had dropped to 73%. Similarly, the share of respondents wearing masks in public all or most of the time reduced from 74% in July 2020 to 60% in November 2020.
[ 31st August 2020, Jere, Mafa, Kondunga and Maiduguri ] Recommendation: The fact that ever breastfeeding rates are low, suggests that women are not being provided with sufficient information and support. This are areas that requires urgent attention. It is important that increase awareness of the important of child breastfeeding is bolstered. Because of the current Covid pandemic, MSG meetings and house to house visit are not as frequent. Mediums like radio, health facility and community leaders to should be used in raising awareness of child breastfeeding. It is also critical that maternity facilities are able to provide breastmilk for sick born, separated children and children who have lost their mothers as a result of death during child birth or conflict.
[ 26th April 2nd May 2021, Nigeria: Adamawa State ] Broadcast of weekly Community Radio Program by Radio Nigeria Fombina FM and Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation  ( ABC )  Radio specifically on promoting compliance to safety protocols, voluntary testing, wearing facemask and handwashing is currently ongoing based on the following schedule: • Fombina FM Radio  ( FM 101.5 ) : Thursday 10.30 – 11.30am  ( with repeat broadcast on Saturday, 12.00 – 1.00pm ) . • ABC Radio  ( AM 1440 ) : Wednesday, 4.30 – 5.30pm  ( with repeat broadcast on Friday, 1.00 – 2.00pm ) . The Covid 19 centered community radio programming will run from weekly for four  ( 4 )  months.Ongoing daily broadcast of 10 jingles per day in Radio Nigeria Fombina FM, 10 jingles per day by Gotel Radio; 10 jingles per day by ABC Radio, 5 jingles per day by Pulaako FM and 5 TV jingles per day in Adamawa State Television.
[ 1st Nov 1st Dec 2020, Nigeria ]  Even with the sizeable shift towards agricultural work, farming households were relatively positive and optimistic about their main crop revenues for the 2020/21 agricultural season. More than three quarters of crop farming households reported that actual and expected revenues from the sale of their main crop would be higher or much higher in the 2020/21 agricultural sea  son compared with previous agricultural seasons.
[ 1st Dec 2020, North east Nigeria ] COMMUNICATION : Camps and camp like settings Friends and neighbours were cited as the most trusted source of information in 54 per cent of camps/camp like settings  ( similar to the last round of assessment ) , followed by local and community leaders in 29 per cent of camps/camp like settings  ( down by 5% )  and aid workers in 7 per cent of camps/camplike settings.
[ 14th Jan 2021,Northern Nigeria ]  When rating fear, most respondents  [ 63.5% ]  had marked fear i.e. ≥ 7 out of 10 and 56% admitted to modifying their habits recently in fear of contracting the virus. As regards attitude to religious norms, 77.77% agreed on cancellation of the lesser pilgrimage as a measure to curb the spread of the disease while 23.64% admitted that greater pilgrimage  ( Hajj )  should proceed despite the persistence of the ongoing pandemic. About 50% of the respondents insisted on attending Friday congregational prayers despite social distancing. One in four people still harbored stigma towards a person who has recovered from the virus.
( 15th March,2021, Nigeria ) He said the agency is working closely with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC )  to monitor any unusual adverse reaction to the vaccines. Nigeria commenced vaccination of its citizens beginning with healthcare workers who are often at the risk of exposure to infections being the first responders to patients.
( 15th March,2021, Nigeria ) “As part of the vaccine launch in the states that occurred last week, over 8,000 Nigerians have been administered the vaccines thus far,' he said. “We have not received any official report of serious adverse effects from any of those who have been vaccinated but mild side effects such as swelling at the side of the vaccination is expected as this is normal.'
[ 1st June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] UNFPA continues to provide Sexual Reproductive Healthcare services in collaboration with State Ministry of Health, Women Affairs and Social development. The integrated SRH services are mainly provided through the Minimum Initiative Service Package  ( MISP )  framework.
[ 1st Feb 2021, Nigeria ] It is important to underline that the requirements for this 2021 HRP are less than those for 2020  ( after the COVID 19 revision )  not because needs are lesser, but because the new requirements better reflect the hard realities of operating and delivering in northeast Nigeria. Humanitarian actors can reach only a subset of the people in need, and even for those they can reach, aid materials and services often cannot flow freely enough to meet all needs. In other words, insecurity makes many locations inaccessible and constrains transport and access to the nominally accessible humanitarian hub locations. However, as partners and common services continue to adapt to the operational challenges, they may revise targets and requirements during 2021 to reach more of the people in need.
[ 12th 18th April 2021, Nigeria: Borno State ]  Laboratory: Cumulative Positivity rate is 7.3 percent. Test per million of Population: 2,753 Case per million Population: 201 .Total COVID 19 test conducted 20,317 by Borno State . Training for sample collection at LGAs conducted.
[ 1st September 2020,Nigeria ]  Unemployment could soar to as high as 40 percent, affecting SMEs and youth the most, and thereby slow the recovery. Before the pandemic, unemployment was projected to rise to 33.5 percent in 2020  ( from 23 percent in 2019 ) . McKinsey estimates that one third of jobs across the formal and informal sectors are at risk either from job loss or reduction in wages and hours, with more than half of the workforce in sales and service, manufacturing, tourism, and construction adversely affected because of the pandemic  ( Jayaram and others 2020 ) . As of May 2020, 4 in 10 workers in Nigeria were already reporting a loss of labor income  ( World Bank Group 2020 ) .
[ 1st Jul 1st Dec 2020, Nigeria ]  Households have also continued to adopt potentially harmful coping strategies in response to shocks. Around 58% of households that experienced a shock between July 2020 and December 2020 reduced their food consumption, while 26% reduced their non food consumption. As in the past, many households also adopted coping strategies which could reduce their long term financial security, with 31% of shock hit households relying on their savings.
[ 1st Jul 1st Dec 2020, Nigeria ]  Households continued to experience severe shocks as the COVID 19 crisis persisted since March 2020. Between July 2020 and December 2020, 83% of households reported an increase in the price of major food items that they consumed, demonstrating a widespread deterioration in purchasing power.