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Highlights More than 50,000 Nigerian rural dwellers (65% of them women) have benefited from the programme. The UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme supports 69 environmental, capacity-building and poverty reduction projects in 23 states in Nigeria. The project was awarded a…

Shell’s investors are facing a tougher international legal environment that is likely to have a dramatic impact on its balance sheet as claims mount from its activities in the Niger Delta, according to a new independent…

This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Nigeria that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis. The research, produced in collaboration with scientists from the…

Suleimon Idis is the closest thing the village of Atakpa in central Nigeria has to a doctor. He is a dispensary officer who works with people who have become sick during the recent flooding. People have…

ABUJA — All year long, activists have been making noise about Bagega, a Nigerian village at the epicenter of the worst known lead poisoning outbreak ever. They want money promised by the Nigerian government so…

Social Media Campaign Seeks President’s Release of Promised Cleanup Funds (Abuja, December 6, 2012) – The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of…

Incentive payments to encourage health workers to get involved in the polio vaccination campaign in Nigeria appear to have had unforeseen consequences - and may contribute to the shockingly low rate of babies given routine immunisation…

AI Index: AFR 01/014/2012 Africities 2012- is an international summit taking place in Dakar, Senegal, where delegates, including local government officials, city mayors, property developers and private companies from around the world, will discuss urban development in…

Affordable, safe, effective vaccine protecting young people from devastating disease GENEVA, 3 December 2012 – A revolutionary meningitis vaccine will reach the 100 millionth person this week in a region of Africa that has been plagued by…

Food Insecurity Remains Minimal as Main Harvest Peaks KEY MESSAGES The ongoing main harvest has replenished food stocks across the country. Staple food prices at most markets have been either stable or declining compared to last month, which has improved…