Nigeria president denounces Biafran separatists. Abuja AFP President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday railed against separatists seeking Nigerias dismemberment and called for proper dialogue after clashes between pro Biafra activists and security forces in the restive southeast. HOW' alt='History And Activities Of Boko Haram In Nigeria Latest' title='History And Activities Of Boko Haram In Nigeria Latest' />Speaking as Nigeria marked its 1. Britain, Buhari also said that corruption remained the African oil giants number one enemy. The 7. 4 year old former general later flew out of the capital for a lightning surprise visit to Maiduguri, the city in northeastern Nigeria that is the epicentre of the bloody insurgency by Boko Haram Islamists. He paid tribute to troops on the frontline of the battle against jihadists linked to the Islamic State group on his first visit to the city since taking office in 2. I assure you under this leadership there will be resources available, as much as the country can afford it, to support your operations, Buhari told the troops in Maiduguri. Buhari, who fought in the 1. Biafran war, said in his Abuja speech that those seeking to carve up the country had no idea of the havoc they could potentially wreak. Those who are agitating for a rerun were not born by 1. He said the war had cost about two million lives, resulting in fearful destruction and untold suffering. The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB movement wants an independent state for the Igbo people who dominate the southeast region. Tension has been building since October 2. Nnamdi Kanu was arrested and held in custody until he was released on bail in April. His trial on charges of treasonable felony is expected to resume this month. The army flooded the southeastern state of Abia with troops this month, ostensibly as part of an operation against violent crime, but the IPOB suspected it was an attempt to curb its activities. Supporters clashed in Abia and neighbouring Rivers state, while the violence threatened to take on a wider ethnic dimension when unrest flared in the central city of Jos. Nigerias government has since formally proscribed the IPOB as a terrorist organisation and accused it of stoking tensions by making false claims online of genocide against Igbos. Nigeria News Update. We give you news updates all round the clock. Some Northern Nigeria youth groups on Tuesday in Kaduna issued what they called a Kaduna Declaration in which they declared war against all Igbos residing in. Buhari called for proper dialogue in the provincial and national legislatures to defuse the tensions, saying These are the proper and legal fora for national debate, not some lopsided, un democratic body with pre determined set of objectives. Buhari, who was elected in 2. Nigeria reverted from military to democratic rule. In spite of oil prices being an average of 1. Nigeria is ranked by Transparency International as one of the worlds most corrupt countries. Boko-Haram_2.jpg' alt='History And Activities Of Boko Haram In Nigeria Latest' title='History And Activities Of Boko Haram In Nigeria Latest' />Last year it was placed 1. The economy must be rebalanced so that we do not depend on oil alone. We must fight corruption which is Nigerias number one enemy. Our administration is tackling these tasks in earnest, Buhari said. Nigeria On the move and unable to move because of conflict. MSFIgor Barbero. Displaced people arrive in the town of Pulka, in the northeast of Nigeria. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian armed forces in the northeast of the country. Some of them have already lived for years in temporary homes. Others are on the move from one place to another. All of them recount a life full of hardships in search of a glimmer of hope. These are some of their stories in the towns of Pulka and Banisheikh, Borno state, Nigeria. By the time we left, we had suffered a lot we were very scared. It took us two days to get here by foot, after we slept overnight in the bush. Some of the people we travelled with passed away on the journey. Some of our children died of thirst as we didnt have any water. Falmata is a 3. Shetimari, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. She recalls the beginning of the trip that took her away from her village. That was four years ago, in the midst of a conflict between the Nigerian armed forces and Boko Haram, which today has left nearly two million people displaced across the country and several hundred thousand refugees settled in neighbouring countries around the Lake Chad region, including Niger, Cameroon and Chad. Soul Clap Dj Kicks Rarest. Falmata is one of those who has lost almost everything. The journey brought her to the town of Banisheikh, about 9. Maiduguri. We settled here because we thought it was a safer place. A lot of people were killed in her village, including three of her relatives. Boko Haram members would come on motorbikes and rob their belongings some women were subjected to forced marriages, and other girls disappeared. We dont think it is safe enough to go back there yet. Falmata has moved from one camp to another in Banisheikh with her husband and seven children. The displaced community has grown and most now live in five settlements, sheltered only by flimsy plastic sheeting, supported with pieces of wood and stalk. These tiny spaces, in which they cook, sleep and spend most of their time, become terribly hot during Bornos summer when it rains, the plastic shelter leaks, and strong winds can rip holes in it. Sometimes the timber becomes infested with termites, damaging the frames, and causing the shelter to collapse. MSFIgor Barbero. Camp for internally displaced people in the town of Banisheikh, state of Borno. Unlike many roads across Borno, where movements can only be made with military escorts, traffic along the road from Banisheikh to Maiduguri has long been re established. Numerous checkpoints serve a reminder of the volatility of a place that is a recurrent crossing point for insurgents coming from the Sambisa forest in the southern part of Borno state, heading north to Niger. Over the past few months, following the escalation of the fighting, the Nigerian army has taken control of some towns in Borno. The clashes between the army and Boko Haram are forcing people to be displaced in all directions on a constant basis. People often have no choice but to leave their villages in the rural areas, sometimes separating from their relatives, and move to bigger towns where humanitarian agencies are concentrated. Aid is not reaching some inaccessible areas, and little information is emerging from these places. Pulka, close to the border with Cameroon, currently has around 6. New arrivals occur daily or weekly, to such an extent that humanitarian organisations now fear that the place is not fit to host many more people, particularly due to shortages of drinking water and insufficient shelter. When people arrive, they have very few belongings. The vast majority are women and children, as well as some elderly people, says Sabina Mutindi, medical programme manager of Mdecins Sans Frontires MSF in Pulka. The young generation of men is completely missing, adds Mutindi. Some of them may have died in the conflict, others may have joined the ranks of Boko Haram. We see every possible medical case. The patients are hypoglycaemic, exposed to a harsh environment, so they have respiratory tract infections, ulcers, high blood pressure. Once in Pulka, the fight is for survival. MSFIgor Barbero. Nigerian women and children displaced by the conflict between Boko Haram fetch water in the town of Banisheikh. Despite all the hurdles, for others, going to Pulka is a relief. Some had left the town when Boko Haram took over and have been in Cameroon for the last few years. Since May, the return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria has intensified, with people leaving Cameroon because of the conditions in the camps where they were seeking refuge. However, they are also heading to places where services are limited. We were told that we would be brought back to Nigeria, so we decided to come on our own. I decided to come to Pulka because it is my hometown, says Adama, a 2. Minawao camp in Cameroon for the last two years, until early May. However, the return to Nigeria was not easy during the journey, she had to cross a river and some people died when the canoe they were using capsized. In Minawao, life was not easy. The information we received was that things in Pulka were better. Upon her arrival, Adama found out that the food reservoirs and cattle stock she had left in the house she was renting in Pulka had disappeared, as well as all her other belongings. As a result, she moved into a health centre compound where MSF is running a hospital, and which is currently hosting around 2,0. People need to assist us with aid, says Adama. MSF has been working in Maiduguri in Borno state since August 2. The organisation is currently managing 1. Borno Maiduguri, Ngala, Monguno, Gwoza, Pulka and Banisheikh and regularly visits another five towns Bama, Banki, Dikwa, Damasak and Rann.