Aliyu Dawobe Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/byline/aliyu-dawobe/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Thu, 08 May 2025 10:59:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 Aliyu Dawobe Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/byline/aliyu-dawobe/ 32 32 42672738 ICRC Mourns 48 Slain Colleagues on World Red Cross Day https://prnigeria.com/2025/05/08/icrc-mourns-slain-colleagues/ Thu, 08 May 2025 10:56:45 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=162032 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, we mourn our colleagues who were appallingly killed while trying to save

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]]> 162032 Flood Victims in Nigeria, Chad, Others Get Red Cross’ Relief Materials https://prnigeria.com/2024/09/24/flood-victims-nigeria-red/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:57:28 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=144918 Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in recent weeks as floods ravage several countries in West Africa. Torrential rains in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria have left hundreds dead and caused massive damage.

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]]> 144918 International Community Must Prioritize Geneva Conventions, ICRC Urges https://prnigeria.com/2024/08/12/international-community-must/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:26:38 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=141204 On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for a renewed political commitment to these crucial treaties.

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]]> 141204 Boko Haram: Horrors of a Decade Still Haunt https://prnigeria.com/2024/04/15/boko-haram-horrors-decade/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:31:08 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=130145 Boko Haram: Horrors of a Decade Still Haunt By Aliyu Dawobe, The horrors of the attack on Baga town in January 2015, and the survival journey, is still fresh in the memories of Fatsuma Adamu. Fatsuma, a 40-year-old mother, managed to escape with her 4 children. The memories of trekking about 200 kilometers from Baga […]

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]]> 130145 Israel-Palestine War: ICRC Seeks Protection of Patients, Health Workers, Others in Gaza https://prnigeria.com/2023/11/11/israel-palestine-war-icrc/ Sat, 11 Nov 2023 06:26:33 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=110136 Israel-Palestine War: ICRC Seeks Protection of Patients, Health Workers, Others in Gaza The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for the respect and protection of medical facilities, patients and healthcare workers in Gaza. Overstretched, running on thin supplies and increasingly unsafe, the healthcare system in Gaza has reached a point of […]

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]]> 110136 Malnutrition Rises in Nigeria’s northeast as Food Prices Soar https://prnigeria.com/2023/10/30/malnutrition-northeast-food-prices-soar/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:10:00 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=109102 Malnutrition Rises in Nigeria’s northeast as Food Prices Soar The acute food insecurity and malnutrition situation in Nigeria is deteriorating as economic crisis continue to deprive millions of people affected by the protracted conflict in the northeast from accessing food. Consecutive shocks to the economy – including a 300 percent increase in fuel prices due […]

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]]> 109102 ICRC Hails Nigeria for Ratifying ‘Convention on Cluster Munitions’ https://prnigeria.com/2023/03/02/icrc-hails-nigeria-ratifying/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:48:15 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=90837 ICRC Hails Nigeria for Ratifying ‘Convention on Cluster Munitions’ By Aliyu Dawobe, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) congratulates Nigeria for becoming the 111th state to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Nigeria ratified the treaty on 28 February 2023, which will take effect from 1st August, and prohibits all use, production, transfer, […]

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]]> 90837 ICRC turns 160 as work to protect civilians from horrors of conflict continues https://prnigeria.com/2023/02/16/icrc-turns-work-protect/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:42:09 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=89906 ICRC turns 160 as work to protect civilians from horrors of conflict continues Abuja (ICRC) –The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 17 February marks its 160th year of work to bring relief to millions of people adversely affected by armed conflict. Technological advances have changed warfare drastically since 1863. But one thing […]

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]]> 89906 ICRC Clocks 160, Pledges to Continue Providing Humanitarian Aids https://prnigeria.com/2023/02/16/icrc-clocks-pledges-continue/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:37:53 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=89889 ICRC Clocks 160, Pledges to Continue Providing Humanitarian Aids    By Aliyu Dawobe,   The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 17 February marks its 160th year of work to bring relief to millions of people adversely affected by armed conflict.   Technological advances have changed warfare drastically since 1863. But one thing […]

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]]> 89889 ICRC Raises Alarm over 14,000 Missing Children in Nigeria https://prnigeria.com/2022/08/29/icrc-raises-alarm-missing/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:49:28 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=77449 ICRC Raises Alarm over 14,000 Missing Children in Nigeria According to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 64,000 cases of disappeared persons have been reported across Africa. In Nigeria alone, over 25,000 people have been reported missing. Almost 14,000 or more than half of the missing are children. […]

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]]> 77449 ICRC Raises Concerns over safety of displaced families willing to return home https://prnigeria.com/2022/01/31/icrc-raises-concerns-safety/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:57:38 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=69699 ICRC Raises Concerns over safety of displaced families willing to return home Abuja: Following the decision to close camps for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is closely following the situation in Borno State, as additional movement of population could exacerbate vulnerabilities for thousands of families and increase […]

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]]> 69699 ICRC Opens Rehabilitation centre in Maiduguri for Producing Artificial Limbs, wheelchairs and crutches for Disabled https://prnigeria.com/2020/11/19/icrc-wheelchair-disabled/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:58:42 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=58973 ICRC Opens Rehabilitation centre in Maiduguri for Producing Artificial Limbs, wheelchairs and crutches for Disabled The first physical rehabilitation centre in the Borno state capital Maiduguri had opened bringing physical rehabilitation services to hundreds of people living with physical disabilities in Nigeria’s conflict-stricken northeast. The centre, which will be run by the International Committee of […]

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]]> 58973 ICRC Calls for Restraint by security forces as EndSARS Protests continue in Nigerian Cities https://prnigeria.com/2020/10/21/icrc-security-forces-endsars-cities/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:23:13 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=55852 ICRC Calls for Restraint by security forces as EndSARS Protests continue in Nigerian Cities First responders seeking to assist the wounded must be allowed to do their work unimpeded in Nigeria’s ongoing protests, while live ammunition must be used only as a last resort by security forces, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

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]]> 55852 ICRC Hails Nigeria’s Commitment to a Global Nuclear Ban https://prnigeria.com/2020/08/06/icrc-nigeria-nuclear-ban/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:56:33 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=42706 ICRC Hails Nigeria’s Commitment to a Global Nuclear Ban The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes Nigeria’s commitment to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on 06 August 2020. Nigeria signed the Treaty on 20 September 2017, after it was adopted […]

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]]> 42706 ICRC Trains Deathcare Workers on COVID-19 Pandemic https://prnigeria.com/2020/07/20/icrc-deathcare-covid-19-pandemic/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:54:05 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=35331 ICRC Trains Deathcare Workers on COVID-19 Pandemic Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supports the training of trainers organized by the Federal Ministry of Health, Public Health Department, in collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and participation of the World Health Organization and the Federal Ministry of Environment. […]

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]]> 35331 ICRC Equips Nigerian Surgeons on Lifesaving Techniques in Areas of Armed Conflict https://prnigeria.com/2019/11/14/icrc-equips-nigerian-surgeons/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:31:39 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=26540 ICRC Equips Nigerian Surgeons on Lifesaving Techniques in Areas of Armed Conflict Abuja (ICRC) – Health professionals working in areas affected by armed conflict and violence received essential training that will enable them to provide lifesaving surgical care to weapon wounded patients in difficult environments with limited equipment and resources. The training, that took place […]

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