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title: "NRC Nigeria | Fact sheet"
description: "Nigeria’s humanitarian context continued to be shaped by protracted crisis, recurrent intercommunal violence, worsening socio-economic conditions and intensifying climate-related shocks. In the north-eastern BAY region (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states) insecurity continues to drive displacement, restrict access to essential services, and undermine people's safety and dignity."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/fact-sheets/nrc-nigeria--fact-sheet"
language: "en"
published: "2018-07-31T22:00:00Z"
modified: "2026-06-19T10:35:02Z"
---

Facts and figures

# NRC Nigeria | Fact sheet

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[Nigeria](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=90) [Country fact sheet](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=331)

Nigeria’s humanitarian context continued to be shaped by protracted crisis, recurrent intercommunal violence, worsening socio-economic conditions and intensifying climate-related shocks. In the north-eastern BAY region (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states) insecurity continues to drive displacement, restrict access to essential services, and undermine people's safety and dignity.

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