Northwest IDPs Near 800,000 Mark – UNHCR

  The forcibly displaced population across Nigeria’s Northwest geopolitical zone has climbed by 143,189 persons in just six months, marking a 22 percent surge that exposes the deepening humanitarian fallout from banditry and armed violence in the region. Fresh figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria Forcibly Displaced Populations dashboard, published…

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UNHCR Data Shows Sharp Rise In Nigerian Refugee Returns

  The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home more than doubled within the first quarter of 2026, offering a cautious but measurable sign of progress in one of Africa’s most protracted displacement crises, even as internally displaced persons within Nigeria’s own borders continued to surge. Fresh data drawn from three successive Forcibly Displaced…

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