North-East insurgency: 17,000 Nigerians still missing – ICRC

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Key context: <img width="1200" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc.jpg 1200w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icrc-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p>An estimated 17,000 Nigerians who went missing, mostly following attacks in insurgency-troubled parts of the North-East and other conflict zones, remain unaccounted for, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. The update was given on Wednesday ahead of this year’s commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared, observed annually on August [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/26/north-east-insurgency-17000-nigerians-still-missing-icrc/">North-East insurgency: 17,000 Nigerians still missing – ICRC</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.