Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Friday presented relief items to victims of the fire disaster at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Monday.

About 4000 IDPs were rendered homeless by the fire that destroyed 688 makeshift homes at Customs House, IDP camp.

Sources said the fire outbreak was caused by IDPs cooking in their thatched and corrugated iron sheet homes, due to intense cold weather.

On Thursday, some humanitarian agencies erected large tarpaulin tents to shield the vulnerable inmates from the biting harmattan.

Responding to the situation, the NEDC management visited the camp on Friday to provide urgent palliative like food and beddings to the affec...