Nigeria Records 1,134,828 IDPs In 2023

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said in 2023, Nigeria recorded 1,134,828 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP).

This was contained in its document titled: “Report of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria 2023.”
Defining IDPs, NBS said the internal displacement of persons which is the forced movement of people within their own country due to conflict, violence, natural disasters, or other crisis, without crossing international border constitutes one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in Nigeria.

North East region, Banditry/kidnapping in the NorthWest region, armed conflict, and communal clashes in other parts of the country.